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BNP Paribas London19 December 2007 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 BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE SNC Company dealt in BHP BILLITON PLC Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 18 December 2007 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 2,453,050 0.1087 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 2,453,050 0.1087 (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 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) Purchase 469 14.63Purchase 556 14.64Purchase 1017 14.65Purchase 363 14.66Purchase 100 14.67Purchase 794 14.69Purchase 483 14.7Purchase 1546 14.71Purchase 1179 14.72Purchase 777 14.73Purchase 427 14.74Purchase 2745 14.75Purchase 1000 14.76Purchase 4987 14.77Purchase 100 14.78Purchase 1126 14.79Purchase 378 14.8Purchase 3145 14.81Purchase 3029 14.82Purchase 1380 14.84Purchase 2001 14.85Purchase 5038 14.86Purchase 13602 14.87Purchase 9756 14.88Purchase 9339 14.89Purchase 12632 14.9Purchase 10783 14.91Purchase 11322 14.92Purchase 7992 14.93Purchase 8001 14.94Purchase 8471 14.95Purchase 7188 14.96Purchase 16053 14.97Purchase 20618 14.98Purchase 4411 14.99Purchase 9713 15Purchase 1233 15.01Purchase 13783 15.02Purchase 3340 15.03Purchase 11911 15.04Purchase 10921 15.05Purchase 3938 15.06Purchase 17611 15.07Purchase 8429 15.08Purchase 3215 15.09Purchase 2452 15.1Purchase 2211 15.11Purchase 2536 15.12Purchase 3209 15.13Purchase 1903 15.14Purchase 2014 15.15Purchase 12831 15.16Purchase 4525 15.17Purchase 3797 15.18Purchase 4995 15.19Purchase 5510 15.2Purchase 1927 16.07Total 304812 Sale 847 14.68Sale 1612 14.69Sale 1480 14.7Sale 1880 14.71Sale 10415 14.72Sale 2276 14.73Sale 1637 14.74Sale 2147 14.75Sale 7094 14.76Sale 4741 14.77Sale 8960 14.78Sale 466 14.79Sale 5818 14.8Sale 1103 14.83Sale 2968 14.84Sale 1760 14.85Sale 6696 14.86Sale 11555 14.87Sale 13110 14.88Sale 4772 14.89Sale 3958 14.9Sale 9894 14.91Sale 4309 14.92Sale 819 14.93Sale 15313 14.94Sale 26613 14.95Sale 10372 14.96Sale 14704 14.97Sale 146603 14.98Sale 2986 14.99Sale 1803 15Sale 877 15.01Sale 2773 15.0142Sale 568 15.02Sale 2524 15.03Sale 4944 15.04Sale 6543 15.05Sale 5444 15.06Sale 400 15.07Sale 1458 15.08Sale 618 15.09Sale 768 15.1Sale 23 15.11Sale 378 15.12Sale 9210 15.13Sale 4832 15.14Sale 5953 15.15Sale 2266 15.16Sale 960 15.17Sale 900 15.18Sale 331 15.19Sale 1048 15.2Sale 34000 18Total 415529 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) European etc. 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 19 December 2007 Contact name Darren Clarke Telephone number 020 7595 4821 Name of offeree/offeror with which connectedNature of connection (Note 9) Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group