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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)11 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 INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 8-Feb-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 238,424 0.007 1,387,090 0.413(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 238,424 0.007 1,387,090 0.413 (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(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 771 35.9Purchase 15000 35.9Purchase 4229 35.9Purchase 378 35.93Purchase 772 35.95Purchase 1250 35.95Purchase 1 35.95Purchase 50 35.95Purchase 1069 35.95Purchase 204 35.95Purchase 4276 35.95Purchase 2578 36Purchase 93 35.98Purchase 790 35.98Purchase 625 35.98Purchase 50 35.98Purchase 17 35.98Purchase 847 35.98Purchase 473 36.02Purchase 5508 36.11Purchase 64 36.11Purchase 259 36.11Purchase 128 36.11Purchase 2000 36.11Purchase 453 36.11Purchase 41 36.11Purchase 63 36.11Purchase 2 36.11Purchase 130 36.11Purchase 17 36.11Purchase 511 36.11Purchase 8000 36.11Purchase 1812 36.11Purchase 162 36.11Purchase 252 36.11Purchase 10 36.11Purchase 520 36.11Purchase 68 36.11Purchase 4000 36.15Purchase 4578 36.15Purchase 72 36.15Purchase 100 36.15Purchase 609 36.15Purchase 641 36.15Purchase 756 36.15Purchase 96 36.13Purchase 76 36.13Purchase 16 36.07Purchase 32 36.07Purchase 386 36.07Purchase 385 36.07Purchase 231 36.07Purchase 3022 36.07Purchase 922 36.07Purchase 91 36.07Purchase 1487 36.07Purchase 2 36.07Purchase 1064 36.07Purchase 599 36.07Purchase 514 36.07Purchase 2821 36.07Purchase 2500 36.06Purchase 2500 36.05Purchase 2019 36.05Purchase 280 36.05Purchase 385 36.05Purchase 385 36.05Purchase 1931 36.05Purchase 4 35.98Purchase 1000 35.98Purchase 5000 35.98Purchase 1291 35.98Purchase 60 35.98Purchase 3276 35.98Purchase 925 35.95Purchase 59 35.95Purchase 180 35.95Purchase 382 35.95Purchase 3454 35.95Purchase 9579 35.95Purchase 421 35.94Purchase 6714 36.1Purchase 8286 36.1Purchase 4392 36.15Purchase 5000 36.15Purchase 5000 36.15Purchase 483 36.15Purchase 125 36.15Purchase 4615 36.2Purchase 5000 36.2Purchase 385 36.2Purchase 5000 36.2Purchase 4913 36.2Purchase 5000 36.2Purchase 5000 36.2Purchase 500 36.2Purchase 4587 36.2Purchase 10000 36.2Purchase 235 36.2Purchase 939 36.2Purchase 29 36.2Purchase 301 36.19Purchase 160 36.19Purchase 316 36.19Purchase 11781 36.19Purchase 25 36.19Purchase 480 36.19Purchase 51 36.19Purchase 82 36.19Purchase 44 36.19Purchase 1276 36.19Purchase 484 36.18Purchase 247 36.26Purchase 103 36.26Purchase 1650 36.26Purchase 2000 36.26Purchase 2115 36.27Purchase 385 36.27Purchase 4 36.33Purchase 1275 36.33Purchase 22 36.33Purchase 547 36.33Purchase 264 36.33Purchase 6 36.33Purchase 382 36.33Purchase 4832 36.34Purchase 73 36.34Purchase 95 36.34Purchase 32 36.35Purchase 10000 36.35Purchase 4968 36.35Purchase 15 36.25Purchase 29 36.25Purchase 10 36.25Purchase 100 36.25Purchase 100 36.25Purchase 100 36.25Purchase 3000 36.25Purchase 1646 36.25Purchase 1280 36.28Purchase 400 36.27Purchase 300 36.27Purchase 300 36.27Purchase 1120 36.27Purchase 700 36.27Purchase 900 36.27Purchase 3976 36.32Purchase 121 36.32Purchase 1365 36.32Purchase 1010 36.32Purchase 524 36.32Purchase 486 36.35Purchase 1020 36.35Purchase 1 36.35Purchase 1120 36.35Purchase 2373 36.34Purchase 400 36.35Purchase 100 36.35Purchase 1000 36.35Purchase 700 36.35Purchase 300 36.35Purchase 300 36.35Purchase 300 36.35Purchase 100 36.35Purchase 100 36.3Purchase 600 36.3Purchase 500 36.3Purchase 800 36.3Purchase 364 36.3Purchase 20000 36.37Purchase 862 36.38Purchase 128 36.38Purchase 500 36.38Purchase 1010 36.38Purchase 2483 36.4Purchase 100 36.4Purchase 200 36.4Purchase 100 36.4Purchase 117 36.4Purchase 900 36.45Purchase 300 36.45Purchase 1100 36.45Purchase 8247 36.45Purchase 2767 36.43Purchase 3233 36.43Purchase 1 36.4Purchase 1343 36.4Purchase 300 36.4Purchase 1061 36.4Purchase 5 36.4Purchase 10000 36.4Purchase 700 36.39Purchase 300 36.39Purchase 200 36.39Purchase 1090 36.39Purchase 139 36.36Purchase 1120 36.36Purchase 500 36.36Purchase 300 36.36Purchase 300 36.36Purchase 385 36.36Purchase 385 36.36Purchase 120 36.36Purchase 8880 36.45Purchase 1020 36.45Purchase 100 36.45Purchase 1580 36.44Purchase 8420 36.44Purchase 8797 36.53Purchase 300 36.53Purchase 300 36.53Purchase 16 36.53Purchase 250 36.53Purchase 3000 36.53Purchase 300 36.53Purchase 600 36.53Purchase 400 36.53Purchase 1040 36.53Purchase 4996 36.53Purchase 1 36.52Purchase 4378 36.55Purchase 2000 36.54Purchase 385 36.54Purchase 70 36.54Purchase 2486 36.54Purchase 280 36.55Purchase 200 36.55Purchase 200 36.55Purchase 1170 36.55Purchase -5519 36.55Purchase 5519 36.55Purchase 170 36.55Purchase 1000 36.55Purchase 2669 36.55Purchase 472 36.55Purchase 1170 36.55Purchase 1170 36.54Purchase 1170 36.54Purchase 300 36.54Purchase 39 36.53Purchase 3043 36.53Purchase 1070 36.53Purchase 1233 36.53Purchase 1474 36.53Purchase 3307 36.53Purchase 2143 36.53Purchase 500 36.56Purchase 1020 36.56Purchase 2950 36.56Purchase 890 36.57Purchase 4110 36.57Purchase 1110 36.53Purchase 65 36.53Purchase 122 36.53Purchase 4 36.46Purchase 4766 36.5Purchase 12545 36.5Purchase 5000 37.02Purchase 1000 37.04Purchase 200 36.94Purchase 4994 36.95Purchase 6 36.93Purchase 1802 36.96Purchase 300 36.95Purchase 800 36.95Purchase 300 36.95Purchase 200 36.95Purchase 4098 36.95Purchase 5519 36.55Purchase 3797 36.2Sale -1931 36.05Sale -1761 35.8Sale -20 35.8Sale -279 35.8Sale -200 35.8Sale -50 35.8Sale -15000 35.8Sale -1000 35.8Sale -738 35.81Sale -300 35.81Sale -42 35.81Sale -110 35.81Sale -500 35.81Sale -288 35.76Sale -130 35.76Sale -201 35.76Sale -1200 35.76Sale -600 35.76Sale -176 35.76Sale -100 35.76Sale -300 35.76Sale -505 35.76Sale -15 35.81Sale -969 35.81Sale -272 35.81Sale -2244 35.81Sale -2623 35.97Sale -517 35.97Sale -4860 35.97Sale -10 36.08Sale -5423 36.08Sale -1000 36.08Sale -1596 36.08Sale -1200 36.08Sale -5703 36.08Sale -68 36.08Sale -235 36.11Sale -250 36.11Sale -45 36.11Sale -100 36.11Sale -300 36.11Sale -80 36.11Sale -150 36.11Sale -1200 36.11Sale -2000 36.11Sale -36 36.11Sale -187 36.11Sale -275 36.11Sale -615 36.11Sale -4818 36.08Sale -201 36.08Sale -990 36.08Sale -41 36.08Sale -200 36.08Sale -8000 36.08Sale -750 36.08Sale -200 36.05Sale -1000 36.05Sale -100 36.05Sale -2400 36.05Sale -999 36.05Sale -4000 36.05Sale -1 36.05Sale -5000 35.95Sale -977 35.95Sale -137 35.95Sale -300 35.95Sale -3586 35.95Sale -5 35.95Sale -3995 35.95Sale -1000 35.95Sale -715 36Sale -500 36Sale -200 36Sale -500 36Sale -300 36Sale -150 36Sale -225 36Sale -500 36Sale -200 36Sale -14 36Sale -1150 36.01Sale -300 36.01Sale -500 36.01Sale -190 36.01Sale -280 36.01Sale -270 36.01Sale -500 36.01Sale -8506 36.01Sale -3861 36.05Sale -1000 36.05Sale -2000 36.05Sale -1160 36.05Sale -3 36.05Sale -2000 36.05Sale -4976 36.05Sale -2000 36.2Sale -8000 36.2Sale -5000 36.2Sale -5000 36.21Sale -425 36.22Sale -260 36.22Sale -3817 36.22Sale -498 36.2Sale -4553 36.2Sale -447 36.2Sale -3534 36.2Sale -1466 36.21Sale -1241 36.2Sale -18759 36.2Sale -150 36.35Sale -4850 36.35Sale -2 36.37Sale -3 36.37Sale -1617 36.37Sale -3 36.37Sale -2667 36.37Sale -3 36.37Sale -2663 36.37Sale -2667 36.37Sale -375 36.37Sale -3836 36.28Sale -1164 36.28Sale -710 36.25Sale -5564 36.25Sale -3333 36.25Sale -4621 36.3Sale -300 36.3Sale -4447 36.3Sale -337 36.3Sale -337 36.3Sale -388 36.3Sale -156 36.3Sale -3400 36.3Sale -1952 36.3Sale -3043 36.3Sale -417 36.3Sale -947 36.4Sale -1000 36.4Sale -65 36.4Sale -2000 36.4Sale -503 36.4Sale -5000 36.41Sale -5485 36.41Sale -2849 36.42Sale -2200 36.42Sale -411 36.42Sale -799 36.4Sale -41 36.4Sale -4160 36.4Sale -200 36.42Sale -4340 36.42Sale -5000 36.36Sale -4602 36.37Sale -200 36.37Sale -2000 36.37Sale -7214 36.37Sale -984 36.37Sale -2 36.34Sale -1183 36.34Sale -3315 36.34Sale -500 36.35Sale -1958 36.48Sale -200 36.48Sale -1000 36.48Sale -300 36.48Sale -4770 36.5Sale -2619 36.5Sale -2856 36.5Sale -3258 36.5Sale -3075 36.5Sale -1811 36.5Sale -15000 36.55Sale -101 36.55Sale -13614 36.55Sale -397 36.55Sale -500 36.55Sale -1 36.55Sale -4 36.55Sale -4 36.55Sale -2336 36.55Sale -3000 36.56Sale -43 36.56Sale -200 36.46Sale -3100 36.45Sale -2873 36.45Sale -12 36.45Sale -3015 36.45Sale -6000 36.45Sale -907 36.52Sale -6467 36.52Sale -6789 36.52Sale -837 36.53Sale -317 36.98Sale -269 37.04Sale -1213 37.04Sale -1611 36.51Sale -5393 36.25Sale -15000 36.23TOTAL BUYS:447360 TOTAL SELLS:395959 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) ExercisingProduct 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONSAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesNONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 11-Feb-2008Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISORNotesThe Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group