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Macquarie Group Limited14 January 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 11 January 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 5,000 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 14 January 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Buy Sell Exec Exec Price QuantitySALE 599 39.25SALE 140 39.17SALE 509 39.17SALE 213 39.12SALE 87 39.09SALE 120 39.06SALE 409 39.07SALE 93 39.07SALE 369 38.98SALE 431 39SALE 59 38.99SALE 383 38.99SALE 115 38.98SALE 252 38.98SALE 472 39SALE 380 38.96SALE 315 38.9SALE 216 38.87SALE 178 38.87SALE 268 38.75SALE 288 38.69SALE 273 38.75SALE 294 38.54SALE 231 38.57SALE 230 38.67SALE 224 38.69SALE 251 38.7SALE 290 38.69SALE 246 38.65SALE 198 38.71SALE 207 38.74SALE 211 38.74SALE 171 38.79SALE 192 38.75SALE 195 38.73SALE 185 38.67SALE 176 38.7SALE 106 38.66SALE 130 38.67SALE 1 38.57SALE 111 38.57SALE 86 38.6SALE 96 38.55SALE 79 38.6SALE 72 38.72SALE 70 38.67SALE 88 38.68SALE 63 38.62SALE 85 38.62SALE 84 38.63SALE 86 38.7SALE 124 38.75SALE 94 38.7SALE 42 38.7SALE 101 38.71SALE 124 38.71SALE 128 38.68SALE 15 38.76SALE 143 38.73SALE 171 38.69SALE 195 38.73SALE 228 38.74SALE 344 38.54SALE 190 38.59SALE 206 38.63SALE 194 38.65SALE 211 38.6SALE 142 38.56SALE 75 38.56SALE 228 38.56SALE 211 38.55SALE 233 38.46SALE 197 38.5SALE 241 38.48SALE 254 38.53SALE 246 38.47SALE 305 38.42SALE 217 38.44SALE 2 38.44SALE 330 38.49SALE 304 38.5SALE 295 38.55SALE 333 38.58SALE 104 38.53SALE 221 38.53SALE 459 38.52SALE 1145 38.3PURCHASE 18679 38.6743TOTAL SALE 18679TOTAL PURCHASE 18679 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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