16th Apr 2008 11:52
UBS AG (EPT)16 April 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 15 APRIL 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 8,939,185 0.41% 4,147,437 0.19%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,939,185 0.41% 4,147,437 0.19% (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) PURCHASE 290 1730 pence PURCHASE 126 1732 PURCHASE 2913 1732 PURCHASE 3922 1732 PURCHASE 50000 1732 SALE 3000 1734 SALE 1416 1734 SALE 1347 1734 PURCHASE 338 1734 PURCHASE 3400 1734 PURCHASE 10972 1734 SALE 578 1735 PURCHASE 523 1735 PURCHASE 723 1735 PURCHASE 2500 1735 PURCHASE 2924 1735 PURCHASE 2924 1735 PURCHASE 4390 1735 PURCHASE 5000 1735 PURCHASE 5087 1735 PURCHASE 10929 1735 PURCHASE 500 1737 PURCHASE 3289 1738 PURCHASE 436 1739 PURCHASE 724 1739 PURCHASE 941 1739 PURCHASE 1111 1739 PURCHASE 1478 1739 PURCHASE 1788 1739 SALE 1744 1740 SALE 1314 1740 SALE 531 1740 PURCHASE 83 1740 PURCHASE 153 1740 PURCHASE 153 1740 PURCHASE 162 1740 PURCHASE 162 1740 PURCHASE 251 1740 PURCHASE 309 1740 PURCHASE 374 1740 PURCHASE 500 1740 PURCHASE 500 1740 PURCHASE 567 1740 PURCHASE 622 1740 PURCHASE 650 1740 PURCHASE 650 1740 PURCHASE 935 1740 PURCHASE 1000 1740 PURCHASE 1201 1740 PURCHASE 1249 1740 PURCHASE 10000 1740 SALE 1660 1741 SALE 1417 1741 SALE 1230 1741 SALE 564 1741 SALE 535 1741 SALE 300 1741 SALE 81 1741 SALE 34 1741 PURCHASE 86 1741 PURCHASE 153 1741 PURCHASE 271 1741 PURCHASE 416 1741 PURCHASE 500 1741 PURCHASE 629 1741 PURCHASE 640 1741 PURCHASE 648 1741 PURCHASE 656 1741 PURCHASE 684 1741 PURCHASE 1074 1741 PURCHASE 1077 1741 PURCHASE 1123 1741 PURCHASE 1124 1741 PURCHASE 1142 1741 PURCHASE 1300 1741 PURCHASE 1840 1741 PURCHASE 2000 1741 PURCHASE 2500 1741 PURCHASE 3756 1741 PURCHASE 6965 1741 SALE 581 1742 SALE 532 1742 PURCHASE 223 1742 PURCHASE 300 1742 PURCHASE 707 1742 PURCHASE 779 1742 PURCHASE 800 1742 PURCHASE 1239 1742 PURCHASE 1281 1742 SALE 1899 1743 SALE 896 1743 PURCHASE 564 1743 PURCHASE 11 1744 PURCHASE 39 1744 PURCHASE 143 1744 PURCHASE 194 1744 PURCHASE 272 1744 PURCHASE 345 1744 PURCHASE 350 1744 PURCHASE 640 1744 PURCHASE 658 1744 PURCHASE 746 1744 PURCHASE 1000 1744 PURCHASE 1300 1744 PURCHASE 1351 1744 PURCHASE 1384 1744 PURCHASE 4000 1744 PURCHASE 4655 1744 SALE 179 1744.5 SALE 376 1745 SALE 149 1745 PURCHASE 17 1746 PURCHASE 32 1746 PURCHASE 41 1746 PURCHASE 101 1746 PURCHASE 111 1746 PURCHASE 151 1746 PURCHASE 479 1746 PURCHASE 500 1746 PURCHASE 500 1746 PURCHASE 500 1746 PURCHASE 500 1746 PURCHASE 564 1746 PURCHASE 564 1746 PURCHASE 564 1746 PURCHASE 564 1746 PURCHASE 631 1746 PURCHASE 648 1746 PURCHASE 678 1746 PURCHASE 827 1746 PURCHASE 827 1746 PURCHASE 827 1746 PURCHASE 1000 1746 PURCHASE 1000 1746 PURCHASE 1005 1746 PURCHASE 1900 1746 PURCHASE 2200 1746 PURCHASE 2599 1746 PURCHASE 6000 1746 PURCHASE 61 1747 PURCHASE 83 1747 PURCHASE 164 1747 PURCHASE 307 1747 PURCHASE 1200 1747 PURCHASE 1281 1747 PURCHASE 1904 1747 PURCHASE 3714 1747 PURCHASE 4248 1747 SALE 700 1748 SALE 200 1748 PURCHASE 42 1748 PURCHASE 113 1748 PURCHASE 155 1748 PURCHASE 500 1748 PURCHASE 500 1748 PURCHASE 564 1748 PURCHASE 564 1748 PURCHASE 793 1748 PURCHASE 800 1748 PURCHASE 880 1748 PURCHASE 1000 1748 PURCHASE 1000 1748 PURCHASE 1300 1748 PURCHASE 1605 1748 PURCHASE 1885 1748 PURCHASE 2500 1748 PURCHASE 2599 1748 SALE 600 1749 SALE 338 1749 SALE 125 1749 SALE 50000 1750 SALE 1936 1750 SALE 179 1750 PURCHASE 10 1750 PURCHASE 142 1750 PURCHASE 471 1750 PURCHASE 530 1750 PURCHASE 625 1750 PURCHASE 686 1750 PURCHASE 698 1750 PURCHASE 784 1750 PURCHASE 1206 1750 PURCHASE 1305 1750 PURCHASE 2375 1750 PURCHASE 4500 1750 PURCHASE 19043 1750 SALE 1400 1751 SALE 1382 1751 SALE 318 1751 PURCHASE 43 1751 PURCHASE 84 1751 PURCHASE 199 1751 PURCHASE 421 1751 PURCHASE 428 1751 PURCHASE 490 1751 PURCHASE 564 1751 PURCHASE 616 1751 PURCHASE 625 1751 PURCHASE 677 1751 PURCHASE 691 1751 PURCHASE 965 1751 PURCHASE 1400 1751 PURCHASE 1766 1751 PURCHASE 1933 1751 PURCHASE 2067 1751 PURCHASE 2067 1751 PURCHASE 3057 1751 PURCHASE 3933 1751 SALE 1350 1752 SALE 650 1752 PURCHASE 79 1752 PURCHASE 155 1752 PURCHASE 183 1752 PURCHASE 195 1752 PURCHASE 250 1752 PURCHASE 266 1752 PURCHASE 287 1752 PURCHASE 404 1752 PURCHASE 421 1752 PURCHASE 542 1752 PURCHASE 603 1752 PURCHASE 617 1752 PURCHASE 620 1752 PURCHASE 620 1752 PURCHASE 650 1752 PURCHASE 650 1752 PURCHASE 660 1752 PURCHASE 704 1752 PURCHASE 768 1752 PURCHASE 1200 1752 PURCHASE 1660 1752 PURCHASE 1945 1752 PURCHASE 2500 1752 PURCHASE 277 1753 PURCHASE 335 1753 PURCHASE 500 1753 PURCHASE 524 1753 PURCHASE 564 1753 PURCHASE 600 1753 PURCHASE 600 1753 PURCHASE 603 1753 PURCHASE 620 1753 PURCHASE 633 1753 PURCHASE 647 1753 PURCHASE 650 1753 PURCHASE 650 1753 PURCHASE 651 1753 PURCHASE 652 1753 PURCHASE 664 1753 PURCHASE 681 1753 PURCHASE 709 1753 PURCHASE 711 1753 PURCHASE 716 1753 PURCHASE 721 1753 PURCHASE 840 1753 PURCHASE 969 1753 PURCHASE 1000 1753 PURCHASE 1020 1753 PURCHASE 1060 1753 PURCHASE 1069 1753 PURCHASE 1147 1753 PURCHASE 1300 1753 PURCHASE 1817 1753 PURCHASE 1819 1753 PURCHASE 1831 1753 PURCHASE 1831 1753 PURCHASE 2400 1753 PURCHASE 2474 1753 PURCHASE 2513 1753 PURCHASE 2558 1753 PURCHASE 2558 1753 PURCHASE 2558 1753 PURCHASE 2558 1753 PURCHASE 4884 1753 PURCHASE 4884 1753 PURCHASE 5000 1753 PURCHASE 5000 1753 PURCHASE 8100 1753 PURCHASE 6 1754 PURCHASE 800 1754 PURCHASE 1200 1754 PURCHASE 1323 1754 PURCHASE 2494 1754 PURCHASE 2500 1754 PURCHASE 4536 1754 PURCHASE 10000 1754 PURCHASE 100000 1754.5335 SALE 2200 1755 SALE 1465 1755 SALE 235 1755 PURCHASE 53 1755 PURCHASE 164 1755 PURCHASE 177 1755 PURCHASE 389 1755 PURCHASE 425 1755 PURCHASE 500 1755 PURCHASE 500 1755 PURCHASE 500 1755 PURCHASE 564 1755 PURCHASE 564 1755 PURCHASE 840 1755 PURCHASE 880 1755 PURCHASE 880 1755 PURCHASE 880 1755 PURCHASE 880 1755 PURCHASE 903 1755 PURCHASE 960 1755 PURCHASE 1300 1755 PURCHASE 1350 1755 PURCHASE 1404 1755 PURCHASE 1416 1755 PURCHASE 1660 1755 PURCHASE 1701 1755 PURCHASE 3340 1755 PURCHASE 5000 1755 PURCHASE 500 1756 PURCHASE 602 1756 PURCHASE 960 1756 PURCHASE 964 1756 PURCHASE 1000 1756 PURCHASE 1600 1756 PURCHASE 1660 1756 PURCHASE 1835 1756 PURCHASE 3540 1756 PURCHASE 6000 1756 PURCHASE 248 1757 PURCHASE 248 1757 PURCHASE 275 1757 PURCHASE 308 1757 PURCHASE 360 1757 PURCHASE 382 1757 PURCHASE 500 1757 PURCHASE 715 1757 PURCHASE 960 1757 PURCHASE 1000 1757 PURCHASE 1300 1757 PURCHASE 1300 1757 PURCHASE 1660 1757 PURCHASE 1660 1757 PURCHASE 1660 1757 PURCHASE 1660 1757 PURCHASE 1814 1757 PURCHASE 2256 1757 PURCHASE 2384 1757 SALE 2400 1758 SALE 1847 1758 SALE 1500 1758 SALE 1000 1758 SALE 722 1758 SALE 499 1758 SALE 339 1758 PURCHASE 200 1758 PURCHASE 247 1758 PURCHASE 1070 1758 PURCHASE 1096 1758 PURCHASE 1100 1758 PURCHASE 1753 1758 PURCHASE 2444 1758 SALE 1287 1759 PURCHASE 59 1759 PURCHASE 152 1759 PURCHASE 153 1759 PURCHASE 561 1759 PURCHASE 564 1759 PURCHASE 564 1759 PURCHASE 600 1759 PURCHASE 783 1759 PURCHASE 1195 1759 PURCHASE 1287 1759 PURCHASE 1660 1759 SALE 1610 1760 SALE 64 1760 PURCHASE 78 1760 PURCHASE 79 1760 PURCHASE 205 1760 PURCHASE 500 1760 PURCHASE 500 1760 PURCHASE 500 1760 PURCHASE 564 1760 PURCHASE 564 1760 PURCHASE 783 1760 PURCHASE 960 1760 PURCHASE 1100 1760 PURCHASE 1132 1760 PURCHASE 1132 1760 PURCHASE 1300 1760 PURCHASE 1300 1760 PURCHASE 1300 1760 PURCHASE 1300 1760 PURCHASE 1443 1760 PURCHASE 1660 1760 PURCHASE 1660 1760 PURCHASE 3000 1760 PURCHASE 3400 1760 SALE 284 1761 SALE 150 1761 PURCHASE 274 1761 PURCHASE 275 1761 PURCHASE 364 1761 PURCHASE 1000 1761 PURCHASE 1080 1761 PURCHASE 1100 1761 PURCHASE 1660 1761 PURCHASE 2000 1761 PURCHASE 4247 1761 PURCHASE 283 1762 PURCHASE 297 1762 PURCHASE 960 1762 PURCHASE 2000 1762 SALE 2494 1763 SALE 940 1763 SALE 736 1763 SALE 572 1763 SALE 752 1764 SALE 287 1764 SALE 485 1765 SALE 485 1765 SALE 132 1765 SALE 1964 1767 PURCHASE 282 1769 PURCHASE 400 1769 PURCHASE 657 1769 PURCHASE 2459 1769 SALE 13077 1770 SALE 2215 1770 SALE 1323 1770 SALE 25000 1771.339 SALE 6689 1772 SALE 5000 1772 SALE 4500 1772 SALE 3000 1772 SALE 2557 1772 SALE 2269 1772 SALE 2240 1772 SALE 2052 1772 SALE 1846 1772 SALE 1759 1772 SALE 1750 1772 SALE 1660 1772 SALE 1300 1772 SALE 1300 1772 SALE 1300 1772 SALE 1300 1772 SALE 1296 1772 SALE 1241 1772 SALE 1241 1772 SALE 1173 1772 SALE 1000 1772 SALE 975 1772 SALE 905 1772 SALE 892 1772 SALE 700 1772 SALE 650 1772 SALE 550 1772 SALE 550 1772 SALE 500 1772 SALE 450 1772 SALE 339 1772 SALE 329 1772 SALE 121 1772 SALE 8 1772 PURCHASE 2196 1772 SALE 33 1772.5 SALE 1383 1773 SALE 2883 1774 SALE 2500 1774 SALE 152 1774 SALE 101 1774 SALE 179 1777.5 SALE 1300 1778 SALE 700 1778 SALE 1404 1779 SALE 963 1779 SALE 246 1779 SALE 677 1781 SALE 2693 1782 PURCHASE 1300 1782 PURCHASE 2067 1782 TOTAL PURCHASES 641,973 TOTAL SALES 214,261 (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 16 APRIL 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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