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Macquarie Group Limited06 February 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) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 05 February 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 (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 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 06 February 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature 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 Quantity SALE 997 39.89SALE 982 39.94SALE 525 39.82SALE 224 39.82SALE 898 39.82SALE 619 40.08SALE 384 40.03SALE 346 40.03SALE 13 39.99SALE 755 39.99SALE 606 39.99SALE 704 39.98SALE 453 39.94SALE 710 39.96SALE 502 39.96SALE 507 39.94SALE 455 39.92SALE 383 39.82SALE 390 39.8SALE 45 39.8SALE 113 39.81SALE 28 39.81SALE 28 39.81SALE 195 39.81SALE 47 39.88SALE 28 39.88SALE 94 39.88SALE 196 39.88SALE 642 39.97SALE 392 39.83SALE 460 39.82SALE 480 39.82SALE 333 39.79SALE 398 39.77SALE 279 39.75SALE 341 39.76SALE 29 39.74SALE 3 39.74SALE 578 39.74SALE 326 39.71SALE 234 39.75SALE 244 39.81SALE 190 39.85SALE 50 39.86SALE 136 39.86SALE 143 39.79SALE 148 39.76SALE 151 39.73SALE 117 39.73SALE 8 39.76SALE 8 39.76SALE 29 39.76SALE 28 39.76SALE 55 39.76SALE 116 39.83SALE 138 39.82SALE 141 39.78SALE 112 39.78SALE 144 39.79SALE 95 39.79SALE 51 39.79SALE 175 39.79SALE 21 39.79SALE 205 39.79SALE 122 39.8SALE 8 39.8SALE 28 39.8SALE 26 39.8SALE 229 39.76SALE 221 39.65SALE 254 39.65SALE 262 39.73SALE 347 39.74SALE 318 39.75SALE 301 39.85SALE 341 39.86SALE 286 39.78SALE 399 39.9SALE 348 39.75SALE 370 39.69SALE 380 39.74SALE 38 39.69SALE 353 39.69SALE 369 39.69SALE 395 39.64SALE 330 39.55SALE 68 39.61SALE 8 39.61SALE 8 39.61SALE 124 39.61SALE 123 39.61SALE 208 39.61SALE 396 39.66SALE 225 39.65SALE 298 39.65SALE 446 39.73SALE 84 39.75SALE 419 39.75SALE 300 39.64SALE 319 39.64SALE 667 39.76SALE 623 39.77SALE 400 39.71SALE 354 39.71SALE 2067 39.65PURCHASE 31089 39.8073TOTAL SALE -31089TOTAL PURCHASE 31089 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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