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Macquarie Group Limited11 March 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 10 March 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 Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 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 11 March 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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: Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per UnitPURCHASE 602 37.9PURCHASE 180 38.02PURCHASE 468 38.02PURCHASE 528 37.92PURCHASE 567 38.03PURCHASE 637 37.97PURCHASE 558 38.12PURCHASE 480 38.16PURCHASE 251 38.2PURCHASE 200 38.2PURCHASE 35 38.2PURCHASE 575 38.24PURCHASE 346 38.23PURCHASE 391 38.28PURCHASE 121 38.19PURCHASE 100 38.19PURCHASE 202 38.19PURCHASE 360 38.07PURCHASE 353 38.1PURCHASE 30 38.07PURCHASE 274 38.07PURCHASE 277 37.98PURCHASE 350 37.94PURCHASE 377 38PURCHASE 402 37.94PURCHASE 266 37.87PURCHASE 305 37.79PURCHASE 251 37.77PURCHASE 259 37.71PURCHASE 84 37.73PURCHASE 196 37.73PURCHASE 284 37.71PURCHASE 217 37.64PURCHASE 213 37.66PURCHASE 186 37.71PURCHASE 196 37.75PURCHASE 134 37.76PURCHASE 112 37.68PURCHASE 133 37.68PURCHASE 119 37.63PURCHASE 98 37.68PURCHASE 94 37.65PURCHASE 121 37.61PURCHASE 99 37.64PURCHASE 123 37.62PURCHASE 103 37.62PURCHASE 111 37.67PURCHASE 102 37.61PURCHASE 13 37.61PURCHASE 140 37.58PURCHASE 187 37.57PURCHASE 13 37.57PURCHASE 159 37.57PURCHASE 165 37.4PURCHASE 152 37.5PURCHASE 120 37.59PURCHASE 111 37.59PURCHASE 198 37.55PURCHASE 256 37.42PURCHASE 328 37.41PURCHASE 226 37.41PURCHASE 254 37.42PURCHASE 266 37.32PURCHASE 305 37.35PURCHASE 85 37.36PURCHASE 205 37.36PURCHASE 312 37.29PURCHASE 283 37.17PURCHASE 302 37.13PURCHASE 354 37.14PURCHASE 280 37.09PURCHASE 18 37.16PURCHASE 286 37.24PURCHASE 391 37.17PURCHASE 210 37.19PURCHASE 230 37.19PURCHASE 314 37.27PURCHASE 398 37.19PURCHASE 477 37.09PURCHASE 456 37.22PURCHASE 515 37.27PURCHASE 576 37.25PURCHASE 116 37.11PURCHASE 488 37.11PURCHASE 1691 37.3SALE 23350 37.6426 Total Purchases 23350Total Sales 23350 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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