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UBS AG (EPT)17 March 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 Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 14 MARCH 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 341 0.00% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 341 0.00% 0 0.00% (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 610 12640 AUD CENTS PURCHASE 35 12641 SALE 1019 12650 SALE 196 12650 PURCHASE 819 12652 PURCHASE 158 12666 PURCHASE 693 12669 SALE 200 12689 SALE 1165 12696 PURCHASE 910 12701 SALE 470 12703 PURCHASE 486 12704 SALE 489 12705 PURCHASE 625 12710 SALE 9 12710 PURCHASE 905 12710 SALE 15 12713 SALE 34 12713 SALE 88 12713 SALE 90 12713 PURCHASE 1100 12715 PURCHASE 100 12715 PURCHASE 233 12715 PURCHASE 18 12715 PURCHASE 9 12715 PURCHASE 1507 12715 SALE 324 12719 SALE 1053 12720 SALE 500 12722 SALE 1000 12723 PURCHASE 36 12725 PURCHASE 154 12725 PURCHASE 320 12725 PURCHASE 300 12727 PURCHASE 20 12727 SALE 1963 12730 PURCHASE 151 12730 PURCHASE 85 12730 PURCHASE 16 12730 PURCHASE 363 12731 PURCHASE 100 12732 PURCHASE 100 12733 PURCHASE 154 12733 PURCHASE 100 12733 SALE 1000 12736 PURCHASE 148 12736 SALE 161 12737 SALE 50 12737 SALE 47 12737 PURCHASE 120 12737 PURCHASE 300 12740 PURCHASE 1221 12779 PURCHASE 465 12779 SALE 373 12796 SALE 100 12812 SALE 1 12813 SALE 7 12813 SALE 7 12813 SALE 400 12813 SALE 254 12816 PURCHASE 200 12820 SALE 286 12850 SALE 789 12850 SALE 122 12855 PURCHASE 400 12858 PURCHASE 3 12858 SALE 336 12860 SALE 27 12860 SALE 250 12860 SALE 516 12860 PURCHASE 755 12861 PURCHASE 1 12866 PURCHASE 136 12866 PURCHASE 207 12866 PURCHASE 73 12868 PURCHASE 100 12869 PURCHASE 88 12869 PURCHASE 100 12873 PURCHASE 100 12873 SALE 27 12880 SALE 22 12880 PURCHASE 895 12881 SALE 828 12888 SALE 235 12890 SALE 194 12899 PURCHASE 260 12900 PURCHASE 300 12900 PURCHASE 135 12901 SALE 251 12919 SALE 1935 12919 PURCHASE 624 12920 PURCHASE 184 12921 PURCHASE 2 12921 PURCHASE 200 12922 PURCHASE 12 12922 PURCHASE 500 12925 PURCHASE 8 12928 PURCHASE 85 12928 PURCHASE 40 12929 PURCHASE 322 12929 PURCHASE 100 12930 PURCHASE 83 12930 SALE 49759 12932.76 PURCHASE 49759 12932.76 SALE 133 12938 SALE 228 12939 SALE 212 12940 SALE 4 12944 PURCHASE 300 12944 PURCHASE 48744 12944.76 SALE 48744 12944.76 PURCHASE 1020 12950 SALE 498 12960 SALE 222 12960 SALE 7 12967 PURCHASE 43 12971 PURCHASE 912 12973 PURCHASE 627 12975 PURCHASE 557 12975 PURCHASE 100 12978 SALE 210 12979 SALE 201 12982 SALE 299 12983 SALE 60 12984 SALE 542 12985 SALE 216 12985 SALE 450 12990 PURCHASE 340 12991 PURCHASE 3 12991 PURCHASE 7 12991 PURCHASE 100 12991 PURCHASE 108 12992 PURCHASE 47 12992 PURCHASE 292 12992 SALE 178 12993 SALE 216 12994 SALE 1923 12995 PURCHASE 600 12995 SALE 209 12997 PURCHASE 37 13000 PURCHASE 100 13000 PURCHASE 65 13000 PURCHASE 31 13000 PURCHASE 2 13000 SALE 1023 13000 SALE 200 13000 SALE 20 13000 SALE 1486 13000 PURCHASE 180 13002 PURCHASE 1000 13002 SALE 1643 13002 PURCHASE 46 13004 PURCHASE 252 13004 PURCHASE 400 13004 PURCHASE 1 13004 PURCHASE 1922 13005 PURCHASE 1351 13005 PURCHASE 433 13007 SALE 1161 13007 PURCHASE 100 13009 PURCHASE 4 13009 PURCHASE 275 13010 SALE 84 13010 SALE 7 13010 SALE 141 13010 SALE 585 13010 PURCHASE 331 13011 PURCHASE 14 13011 PURCHASE 83 13011 PURCHASE 1500 13011 SALE 807 13015 SALE 27 13015 PURCHASE 96 13015 PURCHASE 153 13015 PURCHASE 76 13016 PURCHASE 163 13016 SALE 416 13018 SALE 7 13018 SALE 7 13018 SALE 279 13019 SALE 498 13019 PURCHASE 142 13020 PURCHASE 1920 13020 PURCHASE 100 13021 PURCHASE 363 13022 PURCHASE 1082 13022 PURCHASE 70 13023 PURCHASE 21 13023 PURCHASE 1083 13023 PURCHASE 100 13023 PURCHASE 248 13023 SALE 603 13023 PURCHASE 199 13025 SALE 457 13027 SALE 7 13027 SALE 524 13027 SALE 376 13027 PURCHASE 313 13030 SALE 651 13031 PURCHASE 304 13031 PURCHASE 342 13035 SALE 400 13035 PURCHASE 500 13039 PURCHASE 327 13040 SALE 579 13043 PURCHASE 204 13045 SALE 301 13047 SALE 252 13047 SALE 385 13047 SALE 578 13048 SALE 622 13048 SALE 214 13049 PURCHASE 1000 13050 SALE 302 13050 SALE 25 13050 PURCHASE 113 13051 PURCHASE 265 13051 SALE 161 13052 PURCHASE 100 13053 SALE 100 13053 PURCHASE 7 13054 PURCHASE 4 13054 PURCHASE 507 13054 PURCHASE 11 13054 PURCHASE 500 13056 SALE 708 13057 PURCHASE 207 13058 PURCHASE 361 13060 SALE 181 13060 SALE 279 13060 PURCHASE 400 13060 SALE 786 13060 PURCHASE 5 13060 PURCHASE 250 13060 SALE 147 13060 PURCHASE 128 13061 SALE 863 13061 PURCHASE 152 13062 PURCHASE 29 13062 PURCHASE 48 13062 PURCHASE 155 13062 PURCHASE 291 13062 PURCHASE 20 13062 PURCHASE 225 13062 PURCHASE 1 13062 PURCHASE 500 13062 PURCHASE 500 13062 SALE 267 13064 PURCHASE 365 13064 PURCHASE 45 13065 PURCHASE 151 13067 SALE 723 13069 SALE 28 13069 PURCHASE 150 13070 PURCHASE 14 13070 PURCHASE 1000 13070 PURCHASE 464 13073 SALE 547 13075 SALE 340 13077 SALE 327 13077 SALE 26 13077 SALE 111 13077 SALE 214 13078 SALE 297 13080 PURCHASE 65 13080 SALE 1382 13080 PURCHASE 158 13081 PURCHASE 2 13082 SALE 1654 13082 PURCHASE 44 13085 PURCHASE 79 13085 PURCHASE 112 13085 SALE 1161 13090 SALE 164 13090 SALE 7 13090 SALE 336 13090 SALE 8 13090 SALE 396 13090 PURCHASE 92 13091 PURCHASE 82 13091 SALE 223 13092 PURCHASE 300 13093 PURCHASE 13 13100 PURCHASE 250 13100 PURCHASE 100 13100 PURCHASE 20 13100 PURCHASE 100 13100 PURCHASE 50 13100 PURCHASE 200 13100 PURCHASE 175 13101 PURCHASE 66 13103 PURCHASE 87 13103 PURCHASE 233 13109 PURCHASE 300 13110 TOTAL PURCHASES 148,262 TOTAL SALES 147,247 (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 17 MARCH 2008Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7568 9289Name 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:
Rio Tinto