25th Feb 2008 11:48
UBS AG (EPT)25 February 2008 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 UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in BHP Billiton PlcClass of relevant security to which the 0.5 USD Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 22 FEBRUARY 2008 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 9,503,166 0.43% 7,265,081 0.33%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 9,503,166 0.43% 7,265,081 0.33% (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 thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (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) SALE 2000 1605 pence SALE 1500 1605 PURCHASE 72 1605 PURCHASE 790 1605 PURCHASE 875 1605 PURCHASE 880 1605 SALE 2000 1606 PURCHASE 1500 1606 PURCHASE 2219 1606 SALE 4800 1607 SALE 4607 1607 SALE 1554 1607 SALE 1300 1607 SALE 754 1607 SALE 500 1607 SALE 308 1607 PURCHASE 261 1607 PURCHASE 733 1607 PURCHASE 1000 1607 SALE 2949 1608 SALE 2000 1608 SALE 1899 1608 SALE 919 1608 SALE 894 1608 SALE 313 1608 SALE 293 1608 SALE 183 1608 PURCHASE 195 1608 PURCHASE 790 1608 PURCHASE 1696 1608 PURCHASE 1814 1608 PURCHASE 5998 1608 PURCHASE 33 1608.5 SALE 5000 1609 SALE 1551 1609 SALE 1031 1609 SALE 1000 1609 SALE 325 1609 SALE 304 1609 PURCHASE 100 1609 PURCHASE 1000 1609 PURCHASE 1000 1609 PURCHASE 1200 1609 PURCHASE 1300 1609 PURCHASE 1300 1609 PURCHASE 1849 1609 PURCHASE 2000 1609 PURCHASE 2000 1609 PURCHASE 2700 1609 PURCHASE 3100 1609 SALE 7533 1610 SALE 1564 1610 PURCHASE 46 1610 PURCHASE 135 1610 PURCHASE 173 1610 PURCHASE 1000 1610 PURCHASE 1200 1610 PURCHASE 1200 1610 PURCHASE 2000 1610 PURCHASE 2049 1610 PURCHASE 2049 1610 PURCHASE 4540 1610 PURCHASE 5000 1610 SALE 6897 1611 SALE 1600 1611 SALE 1100 1611 SALE 1055 1611 SALE 500 1611 SALE 448 1611 SALE 169 1611 SALE 45 1611 PURCHASE 490 1611 PURCHASE 648 1611 PURCHASE 875 1611 PURCHASE 1900 1611 SALE 2500 1612 SALE 2000 1612 SALE 1782 1612 SALE 1379 1612 SALE 800 1612 SALE 732 1612 SALE 468 1612 PURCHASE 136 1612 PURCHASE 187 1612 PURCHASE 293 1612 PURCHASE 733 1612 PURCHASE 737 1612 PURCHASE 1587 1612 PURCHASE 1829 1612 PURCHASE 2000 1612 PURCHASE 2000 1612 PURCHASE 2265 1612 SALE 3619 1613 SALE 2269 1613 SALE 1200 1613 SALE 175 1613 PURCHASE 131 1613 PURCHASE 387 1613 PURCHASE 1000 1613 PURCHASE 1050 1613 PURCHASE 1900 1613 PURCHASE 2271 1613 PURCHASE 2500 1613 SALE 3431 1614 SALE 3169 1614 SALE 1746 1614 SALE 1300 1614 SALE 1020 1614 SALE 919 1614 SALE 877 1614 SALE 800 1614 SALE 747 1614 SALE 703 1614 SALE 598 1614 SALE 500 1614 SALE 500 1614 SALE 440 1614 SALE 315 1614 SALE 262 1614 SALE 220 1614 SALE 220 1614 SALE 200 1614 PURCHASE 600 1614 PURCHASE 716 1614 PURCHASE 790 1614 PURCHASE 800 1614 PURCHASE 995 1614 PURCHASE 1500 1614 PURCHASE 1874 1614 PURCHASE 2000 1614 PURCHASE 3030 1614 SALE 5173 1615 SALE 3937 1615 SALE 3870 1615 SALE 1900 1615 SALE 1800 1615 SALE 1359 1615 SALE 1300 1615 SALE 1100 1615 SALE 929 1615 SALE 920 1615 SALE 919 1615 SALE 550 1615 SALE 535 1615 SALE 534 1615 SALE 417 1615 SALE 295 1615 SALE 188 1615 SALE 57 1615 SALE 50 1615 PURCHASE 46 1615 PURCHASE 72 1615 PURCHASE 105 1615 PURCHASE 200 1615 PURCHASE 301 1615 PURCHASE 303 1615 PURCHASE 399 1615 PURCHASE 520 1615 PURCHASE 547 1615 PURCHASE 651 1615 PURCHASE 790 1615 PURCHASE 900 1615 PURCHASE 1107 1615 PURCHASE 1177 1615 PURCHASE 1765 1615 PURCHASE 1852 1615 PURCHASE 1866 1615 PURCHASE 2000 1615 PURCHASE 3021 1615 PURCHASE 3937 1615 PURCHASE 13570 1615 PURCHASE 23057 1615 SALE 8838 1616 SALE 700 1616 SALE 520 1616 SALE 441 1616 SALE 187 1616 SALE 151 1616 SALE 124 1616 PURCHASE 6 1616 PURCHASE 31 1616 PURCHASE 387 1616 PURCHASE 490 1616 PURCHASE 600 1616 PURCHASE 700 1616 PURCHASE 943 1616 PURCHASE 956 1616 PURCHASE 1200 1616 PURCHASE 1200 1616 PURCHASE 1300 1616 PURCHASE 1300 1616 PURCHASE 1429 1616 PURCHASE 1849 1616 PURCHASE 2265 1616 PURCHASE 2265 1616 PURCHASE 4764 1616 PURCHASE 14506 1616 SALE 1700 1617 SALE 1226 1617 SALE 1000 1617 SALE 917 1617 SALE 295 1617 SALE 290 1617 SALE 177 1617 SALE 176 1617 SALE 73 1617 SALE 27 1617 PURCHASE 65 1617 PURCHASE 100 1617 PURCHASE 200 1617 PURCHASE 200 1617 PURCHASE 228 1617 PURCHASE 299 1617 PURCHASE 400 1617 PURCHASE 430 1617 PURCHASE 636 1617 PURCHASE 664 1617 PURCHASE 700 1617 PURCHASE 756 1617 PURCHASE 803 1617 PURCHASE 1000 1617 PURCHASE 1100 1617 PURCHASE 1292 1617 PURCHASE 1300 1617 PURCHASE 1387 1617 PURCHASE 1500 1617 PURCHASE 1562 1617 PURCHASE 1638 1617 PURCHASE 1922 1617 PURCHASE 3162 1617 PURCHASE 3562 1617 PURCHASE 3723 1617 PURCHASE 3952 1617 PURCHASE 5508 1617 PURCHASE 5831 1617 SALE 2200 1618 SALE 1500 1618 SALE 1472 1618 SALE 1429 1618 SALE 1300 1618 SALE 1200 1618 SALE 1003 1618 SALE 757 1618 SALE 734 1618 SALE 711 1618 SALE 707 1618 SALE 702 1618 SALE 694 1618 SALE 690 1618 SALE 612 1618 SALE 599 1618 SALE 500 1618 SALE 347 1618 SALE 316 1618 SALE 200 1618 SALE 11 1618 PURCHASE 864 1618 PURCHASE 1200 1618 PURCHASE 1300 1618 PURCHASE 1300 1618 PURCHASE 1700 1618 SALE 500 1619 PURCHASE 200 1619 PURCHASE 600 1619 PURCHASE 1200 1619 PURCHASE 1300 1619 PURCHASE 1357 1619 PURCHASE 2500 1619 SALE 1840 1620 SALE 1633 1620 SALE 1581 1620 SALE 1200 1620 SALE 956 1620 SALE 428 1620 PURCHASE 200 1620 PURCHASE 1200 1620 PURCHASE 1200 1620 PURCHASE 1558 1620 PURCHASE 2595 1620 PURCHASE 31 1620.5 SALE 11800 1622 PURCHASE 1284 1622 PURCHASE 1499 1622 PURCHASE 1500 1622 PURCHASE 167 1623 PURCHASE 500 1623 PURCHASE 600 1623 PURCHASE 640 1623 PURCHASE 840 1623 PURCHASE 1000 1623 PURCHASE 1000 1623 PURCHASE 1500 1623 SALE 3437 1624 SALE 2177 1624 SALE 1833 1624 SALE 629 1624 PURCHASE 29 1624 PURCHASE 159 1624 PURCHASE 184 1624 PURCHASE 500 1624 PURCHASE 600 1624 SALE 9230 1625 SALE 1435 1625 SALE 1096 1625 SALE 498 1625 SALE 454 1625 PURCHASE 145 1625 PURCHASE 200 1625 PURCHASE 400 1625 PURCHASE 729 1625 PURCHASE 875 1625 PURCHASE 1200 1625 PURCHASE 1500 1625 PURCHASE 3600 1625 PURCHASE 173 1626 PURCHASE 506 1626 PURCHASE 600 1626 PURCHASE 1000 1626 PURCHASE 1993 1626 SALE 4070 1627 SALE 3297 1627 SALE 2009 1627 SALE 1300 1627 PURCHASE 800 1627 PURCHASE 1300 1627 SALE 1400 1628 PURCHASE 1 1628 PURCHASE 117 1628 PURCHASE 318 1628 PURCHASE 1000 1628 PURCHASE 1183 1628 PURCHASE 2800 1628 PURCHASE 6285 1628 PURCHASE 6754 1628 PURCHASE 1 1628.5 SALE 3341 1629 SALE 2165 1629 SALE 1477 1629 SALE 1000 1629 SALE 954 1629 SALE 634 1629 SALE 629 1629 SALE 35 1629 SALE 2 1629 PURCHASE 100 1629 PURCHASE 183 1629 PURCHASE 599 1629 PURCHASE 840 1629 PURCHASE 1780 1629 PURCHASE 1900 1629 SALE 9202 1630 SALE 3000 1630 SALE 2200 1630 SALE 1833 1630 SALE 1001 1630 SALE 1000 1630 SALE 1000 1630 SALE 1000 1630 SALE 800 1630 SALE 769 1630 SALE 367 1630 SALE 333 1630 SALE 97 1630 SALE 44 1630 PURCHASE 1 1630 PURCHASE 41 1630 PURCHASE 44 1630 PURCHASE 72 1630 PURCHASE 96 1630 PURCHASE 133 1630 PURCHASE 133 1630 PURCHASE 156 1630 PURCHASE 211 1630 PURCHASE 260 1630 PURCHASE 422 1630 PURCHASE 700 1630 PURCHASE 701 1630 PURCHASE 800 1630 PURCHASE 968 1630 PURCHASE 1000 1630 PURCHASE 1090 1630 PURCHASE 1200 1630 PURCHASE 1500 1630 PURCHASE 1556 1630 PURCHASE 1900 1630 PURCHASE 2050 1630 PURCHASE 2462 1630 PURCHASE 2500 1630 PURCHASE 2684 1630 PURCHASE 2912 1630 PURCHASE 6362 1630 SALE 7500 1631 SALE 3771 1631 SALE 3701 1631 SALE 3121 1631 SALE 2243 1631 SALE 1844 1631 SALE 1640 1631 SALE 1373 1631 SALE 928 1631 SALE 880 1631 SALE 800 1631 SALE 800 1631 SALE 689 1631 SALE 500 1631 SALE 466 1631 SALE 457 1631 PURCHASE 8 1631 PURCHASE 27 1631 PURCHASE 28 1631 PURCHASE 63 1631 PURCHASE 76 1631 PURCHASE 288 1631 PURCHASE 306 1631 PURCHASE 500 1631 PURCHASE 763 1631 PURCHASE 779 1631 PURCHASE 1000 1631 PURCHASE 1072 1631 PURCHASE 1200 1631 PURCHASE 1308 1631 PURCHASE 1716 1631 PURCHASE 4498 1631 PURCHASE 4 1631.5 SALE 7410 1632 SALE 2500 1632 SALE 2000 1632 SALE 1899 1632 SALE 1819 1632 SALE 1752 1632 SALE 1600 1632 SALE 1468 1632 SALE 1433 1632 SALE 1400 1632 SALE 1374 1632 SALE 1219 1632 SALE 1136 1632 SALE 1000 1632 SALE 1000 1632 SALE 1000 1632 SALE 974 1632 SALE 957 1632 SALE 948 1632 SALE 934 1632 SALE 800 1632 SALE 708 1632 SALE 700 1632 SALE 700 1632 SALE 596 1632 SALE 500 1632 SALE 500 1632 SALE 292 1632 SALE 148 1632 SALE 100 1632 SALE 1 1632 PURCHASE 1 1632 PURCHASE 126 1632 PURCHASE 145 1632 PURCHASE 200 1632 PURCHASE 249 1632 PURCHASE 334 1632 PURCHASE 399 1632 PURCHASE 500 1632 PURCHASE 535 1632 PURCHASE 646 1632 PURCHASE 700 1632 PURCHASE 800 1632 PURCHASE 868 1632 PURCHASE 940 1632 PURCHASE 1000 1632 PURCHASE 1000 1632 PURCHASE 1500 1632 PURCHASE 1600 1632 PURCHASE 1700 1632 PURCHASE 7793 1632 PURCHASE 2 1632.5 SALE 3505 1633 SALE 2000 1633 SALE 1900 1633 SALE 1600 1633 SALE 1494 1633 SALE 1493 1633 SALE 1267 1633 SALE 1201 1633 SALE 1013 1633 SALE 1001 1633 SALE 1000 1633 SALE 1000 1633 SALE 1000 1633 SALE 1000 1633 SALE 1000 1633 SALE 998 1633 SALE 880 1633 SALE 800 1633 SALE 800 1633 SALE 700 1633 SALE 653 1633 SALE 653 1633 SALE 612 1633 SALE 600 1633 SALE 555 1633 SALE 520 1633 SALE 500 1633 SALE 492 1633 SALE 484 1633 SALE 453 1633 SALE 420 1633 SALE 265 1633 SALE 245 1633 SALE 67 1633 SALE 20 1633 SALE 2 1633 PURCHASE 1 1633 PURCHASE 8 1633 PURCHASE 100 1633 PURCHASE 140 1633 PURCHASE 170 1633 PURCHASE 175 1633 PURCHASE 202 1633 PURCHASE 236 1633 PURCHASE 336 1633 PURCHASE 357 1633 PURCHASE 370 1633 PURCHASE 387 1633 PURCHASE 499 1633 PURCHASE 500 1633 PURCHASE 599 1633 PURCHASE 684 1633 PURCHASE 700 1633 PURCHASE 782 1633 PURCHASE 782 1633 PURCHASE 800 1633 PURCHASE 840 1633 PURCHASE 902 1633 PURCHASE 1000 1633 PURCHASE 1000 1633 PURCHASE 1000 1633 PURCHASE 1000 1633 PURCHASE 1200 1633 PURCHASE 1200 1633 PURCHASE 1588 1633 PURCHASE 1617 1633 PURCHASE 1800 1633 PURCHASE 2300 1633 PURCHASE 3000 1633 PURCHASE 3352 1633 SALE 4286 1634 SALE 4000 1634 SALE 3000 1634 SALE 2990 1634 SALE 1755 1634 SALE 1689 1634 SALE 1176 1634 SALE 1081 1634 SALE 1006 1634 SALE 1000 1634 SALE 932 1634 SALE 697 1634 SALE 250 1634 SALE 246 1634 SALE 208 1634 PURCHASE 5 1634 PURCHASE 6 1634 PURCHASE 14 1634 PURCHASE 44 1634 PURCHASE 68 1634 PURCHASE 145 1634 PURCHASE 188 1634 PURCHASE 193 1634 PURCHASE 193 1634 PURCHASE 194 1634 PURCHASE 200 1634 PURCHASE 349 1634 PURCHASE 400 1634 PURCHASE 500 1634 PURCHASE 500 1634 PURCHASE 590 1634 PURCHASE 632 1634 PURCHASE 700 1634 PURCHASE 800 1634 PURCHASE 800 1634 PURCHASE 999 1634 PURCHASE 1000 1634 PURCHASE 1200 1634 PURCHASE 1355 1634 PURCHASE 1495 1634 PURCHASE 1500 1634 PURCHASE 1500 1634 PURCHASE 1600 1634 PURCHASE 1755 1634 PURCHASE 1766 1634 PURCHASE 2438 1634 PURCHASE 2500 1634 PURCHASE 2991 1634 PURCHASE 3600 1634 SALE 5827 1635 SALE 3551 1635 SALE 3347 1635 SALE 1870 1635 SALE 1732 1635 SALE 1500 1635 SALE 1499 1635 SALE 1480 1635 SALE 1416 1635 SALE 1300 1635 SALE 1300 1635 SALE 1300 1635 SALE 1260 1635 SALE 1000 1635 SALE 1000 1635 SALE 1000 1635 SALE 1000 1635 SALE 998 1635 SALE 984 1635 SALE 905 1635 SALE 773 1635 SALE 752 1635 SALE 718 1635 SALE 717 1635 SALE 611 1635 SALE 600 1635 SALE 420 1635 SALE 399 1635 SALE 398 1635 SALE 280 1635 SALE 79 1635 SALE 2 1635 PURCHASE 80 1635 PURCHASE 600 1635 PURCHASE 800 1635 PURCHASE 1000 1635 SALE 4063 1636 SALE 1900 1636 SALE 1711 1636 SALE 1328 1636 SALE 1294 1636 SALE 1000 1636 SALE 600 1636 SALE 600 1636 SALE 422 1636 SALE 400 1636 SALE 355 1636 SALE 331 1636 SALE 27 1636 SALE 12 1636 PURCHASE 1 1636 PURCHASE 27 1636 PURCHASE 34 1636 PURCHASE 34 1636 PURCHASE 41 1636 PURCHASE 45 1636 PURCHASE 100 1636 PURCHASE 125 1636 PURCHASE 153 1636 PURCHASE 200 1636 PURCHASE 204 1636 PURCHASE 295 1636 PURCHASE 500 1636 PURCHASE 574 1636 PURCHASE 600 1636 PURCHASE 636 1636 PURCHASE 700 1636 PURCHASE 700 1636 PURCHASE 700 1636 PURCHASE 805 1636 PURCHASE 880 1636 PURCHASE 900 1636 PURCHASE 928 1636 PURCHASE 1000 1636 PURCHASE 1228 1636 PURCHASE 1276 1636 PURCHASE 1300 1636 PURCHASE 1417 1636 PURCHASE 1555 1636 PURCHASE 2000 1636 PURCHASE 2270 1636 PURCHASE 3173 1636 PURCHASE 3593 1636 PURCHASE 6201 1636 PURCHASE 8873 1636 SALE 11082 1637 SALE 3900 1637 SALE 1652 1637 SALE 1494 1637 SALE 1493 1637 SALE 1481 1637 SALE 1414 1637 SALE 1342 1637 SALE 1015 1637 SALE 1000 1637 SALE 800 1637 SALE 500 1637 SALE 81 1637 SALE 11 1637 PURCHASE 131 1637 PURCHASE 600 1637 PURCHASE 600 1637 PURCHASE 669 1637 PURCHASE 1000 1637 PURCHASE 1300 1637 PURCHASE 1355 1637 SALE 1982 1638 SALE 500 1638 SALE 500 1638 SALE 154 1638 SALE 68 1638 PURCHASE 294 1638 PURCHASE 400 1638 PURCHASE 400 1638 PURCHASE 500 1638 PURCHASE 901 1638 PURCHASE 1200 1638 PURCHASE 1300 1638 PURCHASE 4406 1638 SALE 4000 1639 SALE 2476 1639 SALE 1893 1639 SALE 1497 1639 SALE 1200 1639 SALE 1000 1639 SALE 996 1639 PURCHASE 111 1639 PURCHASE 180 1639 PURCHASE 183 1639 PURCHASE 183 1639 PURCHASE 183 1639 PURCHASE 204 1639 PURCHASE 260 1639 PURCHASE 500 1639 PURCHASE 800 1639 PURCHASE 864 1639 PURCHASE 997 1639 PURCHASE 1000 1639 PURCHASE 1000 1639 PURCHASE 1000 1639 PURCHASE 1000 1639 PURCHASE 1267 1639 PURCHASE 1704 1639 PURCHASE 1718 1639 PURCHASE 2028 1639 PURCHASE 2446 1639 PURCHASE 2978 1639 SALE 2332 1640 SALE 1482 1640 SALE 1194 1640 SALE 500 1640 PURCHASE 59 1640 PURCHASE 100 1640 PURCHASE 125 1640 PURCHASE 367 1640 PURCHASE 1014 1640 PURCHASE 1198 1640 PURCHASE 1340 1640 PURCHASE 1395 1640 PURCHASE 2646 1640 PURCHASE 2928 1640 PURCHASE 2929 1640 PURCHASE 4204 1640 PURCHASE 4833 1640 PURCHASE 5020 1640 PURCHASE 5551 1640 PURCHASE 6500 1640 SALE 3160 1641 SALE 1300 1641 SALE 1007 1641 SALE 789 1641 SALE 716 1641 PURCHASE 100 1641 PURCHASE 182 1641 PURCHASE 182 1641 PURCHASE 1000 1641 PURCHASE 1282 1641 PURCHASE 2779 1641 PURCHASE 4070 1641 SALE 3000 1642 SALE 1947 1642 SALE 1495 1642 SALE 828 1642 SALE 667 1642 SALE 300 1642 SALE 171 1642 SALE 132 1642 SALE 109 1642 SALE 100 1642 PURCHASE 124 1642 PURCHASE 127 1642 PURCHASE 800 1642 PURCHASE 1000 1642 PURCHASE 1000 1642 PURCHASE 3303 1642 SALE 6502 1643 SALE 5888 1643 SALE 3269 1643 SALE 1984 1643 SALE 1477 1643 SALE 1474 1643 SALE 1328 1643 SALE 803 1643 SALE 800 1643 SALE 277 1643 SALE 200 1643 SALE 169 1643 SALE 8 1643 PURCHASE 10 1643 PURCHASE 140 1643 PURCHASE 188 1643 PURCHASE 473 1643 PURCHASE 500 1643 PURCHASE 505 1643 PURCHASE 510 1643 PURCHASE 700 1643 PURCHASE 800 1643 PURCHASE 1000 1643 PURCHASE 1142 1643 PURCHASE 1400 1643 PURCHASE 1500 1643 PURCHASE 1663 1643 PURCHASE 1907 1643 PURCHASE 1985 1643 PURCHASE 2040 1643 PURCHASE 3141 1643 SALE 4000 1644 SALE 3428 1644 SALE 3359 1644 SALE 2855 1644 SALE 2482 1644 SALE 2434 1644 SALE 2000 1644 SALE 1943 1644 SALE 1491 1644 SALE 1480 1644 SALE 1475 1644 SALE 1296 1644 SALE 1248 1644 SALE 1226 1644 SALE 1000 1644 SALE 765 1644 SALE 700 1644 SALE 657 1644 SALE 540 1644 SALE 170 1644 SALE 145 1644 SALE 134 1644 SALE 97 1644 PURCHASE 14 1644 PURCHASE 62 1644 PURCHASE 733 1644 PURCHASE 1000 1644 PURCHASE 1070 1644 PURCHASE 3031 1644 SALE 8738 1645 SALE 1989 1645 SALE 1692 1645 SALE 1478 1645 SALE 1477 1645 SALE 1300 1645 SALE 1000 1645 SALE 903 1645 SALE 880 1645 SALE 154 1645 SALE 141 1645 SALE 110 1645 PURCHASE 140 1645 PURCHASE 193 1645 PURCHASE 498 1645 PURCHASE 664 1645 PURCHASE 672 1645 PURCHASE 1000 1645 PURCHASE 1000 1645 PURCHASE 1178 1645 PURCHASE 2500 1645 PURCHASE 3404 1645 PURCHASE 5400 1645 SALE 3000 1646 SALE 2800 1646 SALE 1000 1646 PURCHASE 216 1646 PURCHASE 648 1646 PURCHASE 650 1646 PURCHASE 663 1646 PURCHASE 737 1646 PURCHASE 2879 1646 PURCHASE 4000 1646 SALE 2446 1647 SALE 2400 1647 SALE 2047 1647 SALE 1493 1647 SALE 1473 1647 SALE 1419 1647 SALE 1300 1647 SALE 1000 1647 SALE 1000 1647 SALE 1000 1647 SALE 100 1647 SALE 100 1647 PURCHASE 200 1647 PURCHASE 340 1647 PURCHASE 510 1647 PURCHASE 600 1647 PURCHASE 602 1647 PURCHASE 674 1647 PURCHASE 681 1647 PURCHASE 900 1647 SALE 1401 1648 SALE 1000 1648 SALE 880 1648 PURCHASE 73 1648 PURCHASE 1000 1648 PURCHASE 1000 1648 PURCHASE 1000 1648 PURCHASE 2222 1648 PURCHASE 2742 1648 SALE 1324 1649 SALE 100 1649 PURCHASE 76 1649 PURCHASE 93 1649 PURCHASE 799 1649 PURCHASE 880 1649 PURCHASE 2000 1649 PURCHASE 9096 1649 SALE 2544 1650 SALE 1495 1650 SALE 1479 1650 SALE 1269 1650 SALE 115 1650 SALE 93 1650 SALE 86 1650 PURCHASE 1000 1650 PURCHASE 4900 1650 SALE 2000 1651 SALE 706 1651 SALE 186 1651 SALE 3454 1652 PURCHASE 91 1652 PURCHASE 100 1652 PURCHASE 405 1652 PURCHASE 1200 1652 PURCHASE 2000 1652 PURCHASE 3494 1652 SALE 2256 1653 SALE 1482 1653 SALE 1113 1653 PURCHASE 635 1653 PURCHASE 685 1653 PURCHASE 1000 1653 PURCHASE 1300 1653 PURCHASE 2000 1653 PURCHASE 996 1654 PURCHASE 1880 1654 SALE 963 1655 SALE 1952 1656 SALE 1332 1657 SALE 4 1657 SALE 1475 1658 SALE 1436 1658 SALE 3595 1659 SALE 1035 1659 PURCHASE 25 1660 PURCHASE 1988 1660 PURCHASE 4217 1660 SALE 2479 1661 SALE 100 1661 SALE 3000 1663 SALE 1480 1663 SALE 969 1663 SALE 600 1663 SALE 500 1663 PURCHASE 5000 1663 TOTAL PURCHASES 678,710 TOTAL SALES 630,189 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 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) NO Date of disclosure 25 FEBRUARY 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISER 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:
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