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EPT Disclosure

15th Oct 2008 11:03

RNS Number : 8867F

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

15 October 2008

4FORM 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	Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Limited
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	14-10-2008

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			10019978	0.298
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			10019978	0.298

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase	27,877	31.00
Purchase	300	31.00
Purchase	12,695	31.00
Purchase	9,238	31.00
Purchase	1,600	31.00
Purchase	3,300	31.00
Purchase	90,870	31.00
Purchase	51	30.98
Purchase	3,000	30.98
Purchase	11	30.98
Purchase	1,018	30.98
Purchase	1,000	30.98
Purchase	561	30.97
Purchase	108	30.96
Purchase	20	30.86
Purchase	52	30.96
Purchase	55	31.02
Purchase	58	30.97
Purchase	10	30.89
Purchase	45	31.03
Purchase	54	31.14
Purchase	47	31.05
Purchase	43	31.09
Purchase	43	31.15
Purchase	45	31.19
Purchase	50	31.23
Purchase	44	31.26
Purchase	34	31.37
Purchase	38	31.42
Purchase	40	31.44
Purchase	36	31.37
Purchase	34	31.35
Purchase	31	31.22
Purchase	29	31.10
Purchase	27	31.13
Purchase	26	31.14
Purchase	22	31.17
Purchase	30	31.17
Purchase	24	31.14
Purchase	26	31.06
Purchase	10	31.09
Purchase	24	31.23
Purchase	10	31.22
Purchase	26	31.26
Purchase	24	31.33
Purchase	23	31.37
Purchase	22	31.41
Purchase	18	31.34
Purchase	18	31.37
Purchase	24	31.39
Purchase	19	31.35
Purchase	20	31.31
Purchase	21	31.32
Purchase	21	31.34
Purchase	22	31.43
Purchase	19	31.42
Purchase	10	31.38
Purchase	22	31.51
Purchase	20	31.50
Purchase	748	31.50
Purchase	2,383	31.50
Purchase	3,099	31.50
Purchase	44,619	31.50
Purchase	16	31.50
Purchase	623	31.50
Purchase	639	31.50
Purchase	10,000	31.50
Purchase	308	31.50
Purchase	4,436	31.50
Purchase	400	31.50
Purchase	2,897	31.50
Purchase	400	31.50
Purchase	29,432	31.50
Purchase	24	31.54
Purchase	22	31.54
Purchase	2,660	31.55
Purchase	10,000	31.55
Purchase	4,180	31.55
Purchase	1,000	31.55
Purchase	4,180	31.55
Purchase	100	31.55
Purchase	6,075	31.55
Purchase	23	31.59
Purchase	3,247	31.55
Purchase	15,000	31.55
Purchase	200	31.55
Purchase	800	31.55
Purchase	100	31.55
Purchase	25	31.56
Purchase	1,090	31.55
Purchase	22	31.58
Purchase	65	31.55
Purchase	303	31.55
Purchase	1,000	31.55
Purchase	25	31.56
Purchase	21	31.52
Purchase	26	31.57
Purchase	26	31.57
Purchase	28	31.51
Purchase	10	31.30
Purchase	47,489	31.35
Purchase	170	31.35
Purchase	894	31.35
Purchase	161	31.35
Purchase	324	31.35
Purchase	4,180	31.35
Purchase	1,293	31.35
Purchase	100	31.35
Purchase	10	31.37
Purchase	2,000	31.35
Purchase	1,000	31.35
Purchase	14,849	31.35
Purchase	2,399	31.35
Purchase	1,000	31.34
Purchase	2,912	31.32
Purchase	150	31.31
Purchase	14,182	31.31
Purchase	556	31.30
Purchase	70	31.30
Purchase	1,369	31.30
Purchase	375	31.30
Purchase	714	31.30
Purchase	3,813	31.30
Purchase	104	32.01
Purchase	8	32.00
Purchase	38	32.00
Purchase	176,068	27.56
Purchase	173,460	29.23
Purchase	331,446	28.47
Purchase	550,000	29.97
Purchase	100,000	29.28
Sale	-4,930	31.00
Sale	-2,276	31.00
Sale	-667	30.94
Sale	-169	30.86
Sale	-44	31.26
Sale	-345	31.26
Sale	-99	31.26
Sale	-7,529	31.50
Sale	-10,000	31.50
Sale	-5,802	31.00
Sale	-10,329	31.00
Sale	-5,630	31.00
Sale	-5,000	31.00
Sale	-75,000	31.00
Sale	-3,970	31.00
Sale	-5,017	31.00
Sale	-123	31.00
Sale	-6,727	31.00
Sale	-14	31.00
Sale	-325	31.00
Sale	-40,000	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-161	31.00
Sale	-10,000	31.00
Sale	-550	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-320	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-188	31.00
Sale	-1,688	31.00
Sale	-1,465	31.00
Sale	-291	31.00
Sale	-757	31.00
Sale	-328	31.00
Sale	-4,947	31.00
Sale	-8,947	31.00
Sale	-3,405	31.00
Sale	-1,636	30.94
Sale	-6	30.94
Sale	-1,210	30.94
Sale	-152	30.94
Sale	-98	30.94
Sale	-1,231	30.94
Sale	-115	30.84
Sale	-1,000	30.84
Sale	-1	30.84
Sale	-1	30.84
Sale	-400	30.84
Sale	-107	30.84
Sale	-39	30.84
Sale	-337	30.84
Sale	-71,375	30.81
Sale	-160	30.81
Sale	-1	30.81
Sale	-1	30.81
Sale	-340	30.81
Sale	-1,500	30.81
Sale	-1,000	30.81
Sale	-997	30.81
Sale	-500	30.81
Sale	-373	30.81
Sale	-434	30.81
Sale	-1,112	30.81
Sale	-333	30.82
Sale	-90	30.82
Sale	-549	30.82
Sale	-38	30.82
Sale	-1,393	30.82
Sale	-107	30.83
Sale	-12	30.83
Sale	-1	30.83
Sale	-1,547	30.83
Sale	-8,856	30.84
Sale	-600	30.85
Sale	-41	30.85
Sale	-3	30.86
Sale	-2,000	30.86
Sale	-200	30.86
Sale	-41	30.86
Sale	-2,268	30.87
Sale	-3,073	30.87
Sale	-20	30.87
Sale	-7	30.87
Sale	-3	30.87
Sale	-1	30.87
Sale	-855	30.87
Sale	-1	31.00
Sale	-1	31.00
Sale	-5,000	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-3,000	31.00
Sale	-9	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-40,000	31.00
Sale	-226	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-10,000	31.00
Sale	-10,000	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-2,111	31.00
Sale	-3	31.01
Sale	-1,000	31.01
Sale	-806	31.01
Sale	-3,000	31.01
Sale	-1,000	31.01
Sale	-1,000	31.01
Sale	-1,082	31.01
Sale	-8,834	31.00
Sale	-10,000	31.00
Sale	-25,000	31.00
Sale	-6,448	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-1,500	31.00
Sale	-10,000	31.00
Sale	-6	31.00
Sale	-45	31.00
Sale	-2,000	31.00
Sale	-10,000	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-32	31.00
Sale	-325	31.00
Sale	-20	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-480	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-20	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-250	31.00
Sale	-31	31.00
Sale	-320	31.00
Sale	-4,000	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-1,600	31.00
Sale	-30	31.00
Sale	-265	31.00
Sale	-31	31.00
Sale	-3,029	31.00
Sale	-615	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-2,000	31.00
Sale	-45	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-95	31.00
Sale	-60	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-30	31.00
Sale	-170	31.00
Sale	-30	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-450	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-350	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-2,000	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-360	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-116	31.00
Sale	-65	31.00
Sale	-5,000	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-600	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-330	31.00
Sale	-650	31.00
Sale	-250	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-700	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-65	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-225	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-80	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-240	31.00
Sale	-660	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-161	31.00
Sale	-1,500	31.00
Sale	-34	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-5,000	31.00
Sale	-1,595	31.00
Sale	-3,000	31.00
Sale	-180	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-5,000	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-640	31.00
Sale	-240	31.00
Sale	-120	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-30	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-805	31.00
Sale	-805	31.00
Sale	-805	31.00
Sale	-320	31.00
Sale	-805	31.00
Sale	-320	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-56,037	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-225	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-222	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-32	31.00
Sale	-16	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-85	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-30	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-95	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-330	31.00
Sale	-250	31.00
Sale	-1,500	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-98	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-270	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-170	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-48	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-79	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-1,200	31.00
Sale	-63	31.00
Sale	-47	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-73	31.00
Sale	-80	31.00
Sale	-70	31.00
Sale	-320	31.00
Sale	-600	31.00
Sale	-3,000	31.00
Sale	-700	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-325	31.00
Sale	-600	31.00
Sale	-950	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-25	31.00
Sale	-750	31.00
Sale	-150	31.00
Sale	-30	31.00
Sale	-330	31.00
Sale	-63	31.00
Sale	-1,700	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-220	31.00
Sale	-32	31.00
Sale	-60	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-33	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-180	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-64	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-75	31.00
Sale	-65	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-160	31.00
Sale	-400	31.00
Sale	-500	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-450	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-20	31.00
Sale	-300	31.00
Sale	-3,200	31.00
Sale	-30	31.00
Sale	-1,000	31.00
Sale	-70	31.00
Sale	-200	31.00
Sale	-90	31.00
Sale	-50	31.00
Sale	-100	31.00
Sale	-33	31.00
Sale	-1,900	31.01
Sale	-130	31.01
Sale	-3,224	31.01
Sale	-475	31.01
Sale	-1,000	31.01
Sale	-402	31.01
Sale	-7,000	31.01
Sale	-3,865	31.01
Sale	-1,000	31.01
Sale	-95	31.01
Sale	-1,289	31.01
Sale	-1,000	31.01
Sale	-7,139	31.01
Sale	-805	31.02
Sale	-500	31.02
Sale	-50	31.03
Sale	-500	31.05
Sale	-200	31.05
Sale	-1,700	31.05
Sale	-50	31.05
Sale	-234	31.06
Sale	-300	31.06
Sale	-243	31.06
Sale	-3,120	31.06
Sale	-99	31.07
Sale	-130	31.07
Sale	-129	31.09
Sale	-1,901	31.09
Sale	-390	31.09
Sale	-369	31.09
Sale	-1,868	31.09
Sale	-3	31.10
Sale	-5,907	31.10
Sale	-3	31.10
Sale	-350	31.10
Sale	-239	31.10
Sale	-192	31.10
Sale	-10,000	31.10
Sale	-33	31.10
Sale	-100	31.10
Sale	-590	31.10
Sale	-320	31.10
Sale	-1,000	31.10
Sale	-18	31.11
Sale	-461	31.11
Sale	-400	31.12
Sale	-9,645	31.20
Sale	-4,500	31.20
Sale	-666	31.20
Sale	-10,000	31.20
Sale	-1,000	31.20
Sale	-100	31.20
Sale	-292	31.20
Sale	-50	31.20
Sale	-1,000	31.20
Sale	-300	31.20
Sale	-35	31.20
Sale	-69	31.21
Sale	-224	31.21
Sale	-414	31.21
Sale	-137	31.21
Sale	-100	31.22
Sale	-148	31.22
Sale	-240	31.25
Sale	-50	31.25
Sale	-533	31.25
Sale	-9	31.26
Sale	-4	31.13
Sale	-27,667	31.50
Sale	-75	31.50
Sale	-8,308	31.50
Sale	-200	31.50
Sale	-194	31.50
Sale	-200	31.50
Sale	-316	31.50
Sale	-100	31.50
Sale	-22	31.50
Sale	-1,537	31.60
Sale	-100	31.60
Sale	-180	31.60
Sale	-100	31.60
Sale	-948	31.60
Sale	-50	31.60
Sale	-870	31.60
Sale	-15	31.60
Sale	-15,000	31.60
Sale	-500	31.60
Sale	-500	31.60
Sale	-100	31.60
Sale	-100	31.60
Sale	-3,933	31.60
Sale	-16,067	31.60
Sale	-5,389	31.79
Sale	-226	31.55
Sale	-161	31.55
Sale	-35	31.55
Sale	-50	31.59
Sale	-900	32.00
Sale	-2,100	32.00
Sale	-176,068	28.91
Sale	-254,000	28.26
Sale	-250,000	29.97

TOTAL BUYS:1734351

TOTAL SELLS: 1503083

(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)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money 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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No

Date of disclosure	15-10-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley; Philipp Abelbeck
Telephone number	44 20 7888 0241
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	ADVISOR

Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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