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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)24 December 2007 FORM 38.5 (b) 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 Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21-Dec-2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 1,764,875 0.053 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1,764,875 0.053 (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 (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 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) Purchase 2,000 39.65Purchase 10,106 39.65Purchase 5,561 40.02Purchase 5,989 40.03Purchase 376 40.05Purchase 5,613 40.05Purchase 8,887 40.05Purchase 3,825 40.05Purchase 1,218 40.05Purchase 518 40.05Purchase 4,219 40.03Purchase 59 40.03Purchase 4,278 40.03Purchase 632 40.01Purchase 187 40.00Purchase 1,000 40.00Purchase 3,150 40.00Purchase 246 40.00Purchase 381 40.00Purchase 1,000 40.00Purchase 18 40.00Purchase 250 40.00Purchase 1,500 40.00Purchase 1,000 40.00Purchase 1,412 40.00Purchase 4,278 40.00Purchase 719 40.00Purchase 200 40.00Purchase 1,000 40.00Purchase 3,000 40.00Purchase 214 40.00Purchase 4,278 39.99Purchase 1,054 39.99Purchase 2,000 39.99Purchase 2,079 39.99Purchase 567 39.97Purchase 34 39.97Purchase 107 39.97Purchase 134 39.97Purchase 3,436 39.97Purchase 542 39.98Purchase 2,031 39.98Purchase 2,132 39.98Purchase 1,305 39.98Purchase 1,380 39.76Purchase 18,620 39.76Purchase 20,000 39.66Purchase 1,500 39.62Purchase 192 39.61Purchase 2,000 39.55Purchase 596 39.58Purchase 28 39.58Purchase 5 39.58Purchase 1 39.58Purchase 2 39.58Purchase 52 39.58Purchase 1,000 39.58Purchase 16 39.58Purchase 300 39.58Purchase 379 39.60Purchase 441 39.60Purchase 3 39.60Purchase 2 39.60Purchase 37 39.60Purchase 3,031 39.70Purchase 400 39.70Purchase 11 39.67Purchase 26 39.67Purchase 51 39.67Purchase 2 39.67Purchase 6 39.67Purchase 1 39.67Purchase 26 39.67Purchase 26 39.67Purchase 40 39.67Purchase 13 39.67Purchase 9 39.67Purchase 12 39.67Purchase 17 39.67Purchase 325 39.67Purchase 1 39.67Purchase 3 39.67Purchase 31 39.60Purchase 1 39.60Purchase 5 39.60Purchase 5 39.60Purchase 10 39.60Purchase 97 39.60Purchase 316 39.60Purchase 2,973 39.98Purchase 870 40.05Sale -1,620 39.76Sale -1,380 39.76Sale -18,620 39.76Sale -39 39.76Sale -1,341 39.76Sale -3,160 39.76Sale -13,201 39.76Sale -3,639 39.76Sale -500 39.78Sale -500 39.65Sale -26 39.55Sale -1,474 39.55Sale -483 39.45Sale -17 39.45Sale -900 39.74Sale -200 39.74Sale -400 39.74Sale -500 39.74Sale -9,123 39.75Sale -218 39.75Sale -21 39.75Sale -600 39.75Sale -144 39.75Sale -500 39.75Sale -30 39.75Sale -250 39.75Sale -9,114 39.75Sale -12,856 39.76Sale -300 39.76Sale -103 39.76Sale -300 39.76Sale -95 39.76Sale -79 39.76Sale -2,933 39.76Sale -33 39.76Sale -411 39.76Sale -101 39.76Sale -7,912 39.76 TOTAL BUYS:147397 TOTAL SELLS:93123 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONS 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) NO Date of disclosure 24-Dec-2007 Contact name Collins, Carolyn Telephone number 44 20 7888 0241 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) ADVISOR Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group