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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)10 December 2007 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 7-Dec-2007 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 1,395,442 0.042(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 1,395,442 0.042 (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 7078 43.5Purchase 2922 43.5Purchase 2123 43.5Purchase 2375 43.5Purchase 3000 43.5Purchase 2502 43.5Purchase 2298 43.5Purchase 12500 43.5Purchase 8 43.5Purchase 5000 43.5Purchase 194 43.5Purchase 4277 43.65Purchase 1985 43.62Purchase 71 43.62Purchase 310 43.62Purchase 88 43.62Purchase 2570 43.62Purchase 109 43.62Purchase 3840 43.69Purchase 294 43.65Purchase 64 43.65Purchase 64 43.65Purchase 15 43.65Purchase 476 43.65Purchase 4657 43.65Purchase 6844 43.65Purchase 138 43.7Purchase 207 43.7Purchase 1136 43.7Purchase 900 43.7Purchase 146 43.7Purchase 1050 43.7Purchase 78 43.7Purchase 622 43.7Purchase 4277 43.69Purchase 4277 43.67Purchase 1909 43.65Purchase 1475 43.65Purchase 56 43.65Purchase 56 43.65Purchase 124 43.65Purchase 13 43.65Purchase 63 43.65Purchase 8 43.65Purchase 45 43.65Purchase 528 43.65Purchase 1627 43.73Purchase 1000 43.71Purchase 3697 43.72Purchase 580 43.72Purchase 208 43.71Purchase 415 43.71Purchase 831 43.71Purchase 196 43.71Purchase 1000 43.62Purchase 212 43.67Purchase 4 43.71Purchase 995 43.71Purchase 1 43.71Purchase 10000 43.8Sale -21457 43.5Sale -200 43.66Sale -1000 43.67Sale -1000 43.66Sale -1100 43.66Sale -325 43.66Sale -227 43.66Sale -448 43.66Sale -422 43.65Sale -419 43.65Sale -78 43.65Sale -81 43.65Sale -500 43.79Sale -52 43.7Sale -106 43.7Sale -118 43.85Sale -382 43.85Sale -500 43.8Sale -17 43.8TOTAL BUYS:103538 TOTAL SELLS:28432 (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 derivativesFull 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) NO Date of disclosure 10-Dec-2007Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISORNotes The 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