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UBS AG (EPT)11 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 10 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 1984 0.00% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 1984 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 33 12530 AUD CENTS PURCHASE 586 12530 PURCHASE 1500 12530 SALE 54 12547 SALE 1000 12550 SALE 500 12550 SALE 200 12550 SALE 130 12550 SALE 107 12550 PURCHASE 174 12550 PURCHASE 69 12555 PURCHASE 80 12555 PURCHASE 193 12555 PURCHASE 1540 12560 SALE 1990 12562 PURCHASE 5 12563 PURCHASE 77 12563 PURCHASE 239 12563 PURCHASE 250 12563 PURCHASE 251 12563 PURCHASE 1989 12565 SALE 466 12566 PURCHASE 7 12567 PURCHASE 134 12567 PURCHASE 162 12567 PURCHASE 404 12567 SALE 126 12568 SALE 49 12568 SALE 1 12568 SALE 332 12569 SALE 129 12570 PURCHASE 6 12570 PURCHASE 12 12570 PURCHASE 27 12570 PURCHASE 116 12570 PURCHASE 189 12570 PURCHASE 333 12570 PURCHASE 383 12570 PURCHASE 505 12570 PURCHASE 989 12570 PURCHASE 630 12571 SALE 422 12573 SALE 300 12573 SALE 264 12573 SALE 262 12573 PURCHASE 15 12573 PURCHASE 434 12573 SALE 362 12574 SALE 514 12575 SALE 302 12575 SALE 5 12575 PURCHASE 5 12578 PURCHASE 1415 12578 SALE 936 12580 SALE 31 12580 PURCHASE 13 12583 PURCHASE 229 12583 PURCHASE 967 12585 SALE 1383 12586 SALE 337 12586 SALE 43 12586 SALE 8 12586 PURCHASE 126 12586 PURCHASE 260 12586 PURCHASE 380 12586 SALE 291 12587 SALE 279 12587 SALE 212 12587 SALE 82 12587 PURCHASE 500 12588 PURCHASE 643 12588 SALE 862 12590 SALE 500 12590 SALE 460 12590 SALE 320 12590 SALE 206 12590 SALE 177 12590 SALE 66 12590 PURCHASE 578 12590 PURCHASE 19 12591 PURCHASE 78 12591 PURCHASE 3 12592 PURCHASE 91 12592 PURCHASE 152 12592 SALE 360 12593 SALE 360 12593 SALE 320 12593 SALE 57 12593 PURCHASE 23 12593 PURCHASE 269 12593 PURCHASE 400 12593 SALE 1984 12595 PURCHASE 76 12595 PURCHASE 79 12595 PURCHASE 123 12595 PURCHASE 500 12595 PURCHASE 500 12595 SALE 1111 12596 SALE 310 12596 SALE 306 12596 SALE 166 12596 SALE 362 12597 SALE 339 12597 SALE 320 12598 SALE 250 12598 SALE 31 12598 SALE 280 12599 SALE 138 12599 SALE 129 12599 SALE 972 12600 SALE 400 12600 SALE 300 12600 SALE 150 12600 PURCHASE 814 12600 PURCHASE 7 12601 PURCHASE 400 12601 PURCHASE 570 12601 PURCHASE 600 12601 PURCHASE 633 12601 PURCHASE 500 12602 SALE 1100 12603 SALE 46 12603 PURCHASE 379 12603 PURCHASE 1983 12603 PURCHASE 200 12604 PURCHASE 15 12605 PURCHASE 92 12605 PURCHASE 300 12605 PURCHASE 1000 12605 SALE 228 12607 SALE 32 12607 SALE 7 12607 SALE 296 12608 PURCHASE 16 12608 PURCHASE 393 12608 SALE 805 12613 SALE 292 12614 SALE 1981 12615 PURCHASE 500 12615 PURCHASE 1000 12615 SALE 64 12616 SALE 350 12617 SALE 235 12617 SALE 62 12617 PURCHASE 293 12617 PURCHASE 277 12618 PURCHASE 437 12618 PURCHASE 900 12618 SALE 224 12619 SALE 138 12619 SALE 136 12619 PURCHASE 500 12619 PURCHASE 88162 12619.81 SALE 1980 12620 SALE 1081 12620 SALE 346 12620 PURCHASE 6 12622 PURCHASE 32 12622 PURCHASE 85 12622 PURCHASE 493 12622 PURCHASE 9 12623 PURCHASE 9 12623 PURCHASE 14 12623 PURCHASE 24 12623 PURCHASE 84 12623 SALE 103 12624 PURCHASE 12 12625 PURCHASE 15 12625 PURCHASE 34 12625 PURCHASE 377 12625 SALE 210 12626 SALE 44 12626 PURCHASE 274 12626 SALE 37 12628 SALE 29 12628 PURCHASE 1 12628 PURCHASE 160 12628 PURCHASE 4 12629 PURCHASE 7 12629 PURCHASE 33 12629 PURCHASE 63 12629 PURCHASE 97 12629 PURCHASE 186 12629 PURCHASE 300 12629 PURCHASE 875 12629 PURCHASE 28 12630 PURCHASE 51 12630 PURCHASE 81 12630 PURCHASE 182 12630 PURCHASE 260 12630 PURCHASE 400 12630 PURCHASE 1276 12630 PURCHASE 129 12632 PURCHASE 4 12635 PURCHASE 234 12635 SALE 393 12657 SALE 397 12658 SALE 162 12658 SALE 33 12658 SALE 330 12660 PURCHASE 129 12660 PURCHASE 400 12660 PURCHASE 2 12661 PURCHASE 16 12661 PURCHASE 299 12661 SALE 926 12662 PURCHASE 22 12670 PURCHASE 112 12670 PURCHASE 532 12671 SALE 329 12673 PURCHASE 4 12673 PURCHASE 11 12673 PURCHASE 100 12673 PURCHASE 416 12673 SALE 76 12674 SALE 1312 12675 SALE 57783 12681.56946 PURCHASE 57783 12681.56946 SALE 500 12690 SALE 211 12690 SALE 171 12690 SALE 57202 12690.89154 PURCHASE 57202 12690.89154 SALE 401 12700 SALE 400 12700 SALE 168 12700 SALE 164 12700 SALE 36 12700 PURCHASE 494 12703 PURCHASE 1 12711 PURCHASE 1 12711 PURCHASE 22 12711 PURCHASE 27 12711 PURCHASE 37 12711 PURCHASE 39 12711 PURCHASE 50 12711 PURCHASE 18 12716 PURCHASE 423 12718 PURCHASE 5 12720 PURCHASE 11 12720 PURCHASE 64 12720 SALE 190 12721 PURCHASE 19 12721 PURCHASE 44 12721 PURCHASE 61 12721 PURCHASE 177 12721 PURCHASE 6 12722 PURCHASE 7 12722 PURCHASE 62 12722 PURCHASE 116 12722 PURCHASE 118 12722 PURCHASE 197 12722 PURCHASE 24 12723 PURCHASE 31 12723 PURCHASE 7 12724 PURCHASE 12 12724 PURCHASE 71 12724 PURCHASE 226 12724 PURCHASE 261 12724 PURCHASE 3 12726 PURCHASE 15 12726 PURCHASE 39 12726 PURCHASE 41 12726 PURCHASE 83 12726 PURCHASE 11 12727 PURCHASE 39 12727 PURCHASE 47 12727 PURCHASE 141 12727 PURCHASE 30 12728 PURCHASE 60 12728 SALE 500 12730 SALE 1963 12731 PURCHASE 174 12731 PURCHASE 268 12731 SALE 272 12732 SALE 113 12732 PURCHASE 636 12732 PURCHASE 58 12735 SALE 180 12742 SALE 35 12742 SALE 19 12747 SALE 778 12757 PURCHASE 27 12761 PURCHASE 63 12761 PURCHASE 24 12766 PURCHASE 58 12766 SALE 75 12780 SALE 4 12783 SALE 100 12788 SALE 200 12790 SALE 100 12790 SALE 150 12795 PURCHASE 6 12811 PURCHASE 22 12811 PURCHASE 41 12811 PURCHASE 47 12811 PURCHASE 500 12811 PURCHASE 129 12812 SALE 275 12829 PURCHASE 3 12831 PURCHASE 39 12831 PURCHASE 364 12831 SALE 500 12839 SALE 327 12839 PURCHASE 241 12840 PURCHASE 265 12840 PURCHASE 415 12840 PURCHASE 638 12840 PURCHASE 1064 12841 SALE 200 12842 SALE 237 12844 PURCHASE 4 12846 PURCHASE 92 12846 PURCHASE 18 12847 PURCHASE 25 12847 PURCHASE 50 12847 PURCHASE 4 12850 PURCHASE 5 12850 PURCHASE 137 12850 PURCHASE 181 12850 SALE 173 12859 SALE 106 12874 SALE 1941 12875 SALE 124 12875 SALE 146 12880 SALE 200 12881 PURCHASE 43 12883 PURCHASE 386 12884 SALE 362 12888 SALE 297 12889 SALE 195 12889 PURCHASE 31 12889 PURCHASE 556 12889 PURCHASE 150 12891 PURCHASE 192 12894 PURCHASE 781 12897 SALE 163 12898 SALE 559 12900 SALE 202 12900 SALE 100 12900 PURCHASE 18 12900 PURCHASE 37 12900 PURCHASE 40 12900 PURCHASE 112 12900 PURCHASE 500 12900 PURCHASE 955 12900 SALE 1208 12901 PURCHASE 4 12901 PURCHASE 25 12901 PURCHASE 73 12901 SALE 225 12902 SALE 12 12902 PURCHASE 500 12902 PURCHASE 13 12903 PURCHASE 40 12903 PURCHASE 19 12909 PURCHASE 42 12909 PURCHASE 224 12909 PURCHASE 283 12909 PURCHASE 389 12909 SALE 500 12910 PURCHASE 234 12910 SALE 300 12913 SALE 200 12913 SALE 190 12913 SALE 120 12913 SALE 100 12913 SALE 100 12913 PURCHASE 87 12913 SALE 353 12914 SALE 300 12914 SALE 300 12914 SALE 74 12914 PURCHASE 322 12914 PURCHASE 369 12914 SALE 868 12927 SALE 120 12927 SALE 100 12927 PURCHASE 688 12929 SALE 1347 12930 PURCHASE 52 12931 PURCHASE 423 12931 PURCHASE 972 12931 SALE 225 12932 PURCHASE 20 12932 PURCHASE 60 12932 PURCHASE 404 12932 PURCHASE 549 12933 SALE 240 12936 SALE 75 12936 SALE 233 12940 SALE 68 12940 SALE 36 12940 PURCHASE 1000 12940 SALE 357 12942 SALE 223 12942 SALE 195 12942 SALE 159 12942 TOTAL PURCHASES 260,930 TOTAL SALES 172,187 (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 11 MARCH 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name 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