11th Dec 2007 11:29
UBS AG (EPT)11 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 INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PLCClass of relevant security to which the 10p Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 10 DECEMBER 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 2,277,915 0.23% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 2,277,915 0.23% 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 359 5663 pence PURCHASE 17 5664 PURCHASE 61 5664 PURCHASE 730 5664 SALE 500 5665 PURCHASE 280 5665 PURCHASE 465 5665 PURCHASE 585 5665 PURCHASE 62 5666 PURCHASE 82 5666 PURCHASE 114 5666 SALE 200 5667 PURCHASE 58 5667 PURCHASE 79 5667 PURCHASE 81 5667 PURCHASE 144 5667 PURCHASE 14 5670 PURCHASE 61 5670 PURCHASE 75 5670 PURCHASE 300 5670 SALE 437 5671 PURCHASE 23 5671 PURCHASE 63 5671 PURCHASE 150 5671 SALE 2013 5675 SALE 633 5678 PURCHASE 300 5678 SALE 500 5680 SALE 178 5680 SALE 100 5680 PURCHASE 17 5682 PURCHASE 250 5682 PURCHASE 500 5682 SALE 283 5683 SALE 275 5683 SALE 120 5685 PURCHASE 65 5688 PURCHASE 197 5688 PURCHASE 265 5688 PURCHASE 400 5688 PURCHASE 680 5689 SALE 21 5691 SALE 3 5691 PURCHASE 109 5691 PURCHASE 391 5691 PURCHASE 500 5691 SALE 40 5692 PURCHASE 144 5692 PURCHASE 190 5692 SALE 732 5693 PURCHASE 26 5693 PURCHASE 67 5693 PURCHASE 128 5693 PURCHASE 183 5693 PURCHASE 800 5693 SALE 381 5694 SALE 92 5694 SALE 500 5695 SALE 500 5695 SALE 304 5695 SALE 238 5695 SALE 228 5695 SALE 144 5695 SALE 86 5695 SALE 9 5695 SALE 240 5696 SALE 225 5696 SALE 200 5696 PURCHASE 58 5696 PURCHASE 69 5696 PURCHASE 442 5696 SALE 500 5698 SALE 500 5698 SALE 500 5699 SALE 225 5699 SALE 225 5699 SALE 128 5699 SALE 735 5700 SALE 500 5700 SALE 500 5700 SALE 463 5700 SALE 319 5700 SALE 238 5700 SALE 159 5700 SALE 85 5700 PURCHASE 17 5700 PURCHASE 36 5700 PURCHASE 56 5700 PURCHASE 185 5700 PURCHASE 1000 5700 PURCHASE 22701 5700 SALE 251 5701 SALE 164 5701 PURCHASE 17 5701 PURCHASE 22 5701 PURCHASE 69 5701 PURCHASE 120 5701 PURCHASE 163 5701 PURCHASE 323 5701 PURCHASE 386 5701 PURCHASE 571 5701 PURCHASE 1000 5701 PURCHASE 1163 5701 SALE 683 5702 SALE 450 5702 SALE 13 5703 PURCHASE 19 5703 PURCHASE 47 5703 PURCHASE 477 5703 PURCHASE 658 5703 SALE 445 5705 SALE 360 5705 SALE 327 5705 SALE 240 5705 SALE 200 5705 SALE 153 5705 PURCHASE 25 5705 PURCHASE 366 5705 PURCHASE 486 5705 PURCHASE 636 5705 PURCHASE 722 5705 PURCHASE 1555 5705 SALE 416 5706 PURCHASE 38 5706 PURCHASE 68 5706 PURCHASE 227 5706 PURCHASE 440 5706 PURCHASE 538 5706 PURCHASE 1238 5706 SALE 1522 5707 SALE 441 5707 SALE 213 5707 SALE 678 5708 SALE 554 5708 SALE 314 5708 SALE 226 5708 SALE 26 5708 PURCHASE 500 5708 PURCHASE 710 5708 SALE 400 5709 SALE 195 5709 PURCHASE 82 5709 PURCHASE 117 5709 PURCHASE 270 5709 SALE 265 5710 PURCHASE 555 5710 PURCHASE 1000 5710 PURCHASE 503 5711 SALE 1485 5712 SALE 195 5712 PURCHASE 551 5712 PURCHASE 579 5712 SALE 266 5713 SALE 361 5714 SALE 288 5714 SALE 43 5714 PURCHASE 187 5714 PURCHASE 218 5714 PURCHASE 300 5714 SALE 200 5715 SALE 165 5715 PURCHASE 21 5715 PURCHASE 27 5715 PURCHASE 70 5715 PURCHASE 376 5715 PURCHASE 605 5715 PURCHASE 666 5715 PURCHASE 717 5715 PURCHASE 892 5715 PURCHASE 1443 5715 SALE 722 5716 SALE 564 5716 SALE 31 5716 SALE 200 5717 SALE 70 5717 PURCHASE 56 5717 PURCHASE 300 5717 PURCHASE 364 5717 PURCHASE 707 5717 PURCHASE 713 5717 SALE 519 5718 SALE 519 5718 PURCHASE 450 5718 PURCHASE 465 5718 SALE 800 5719 SALE 400 5719 SALE 267 5719 SALE 200 5719 SALE 28 5719 PURCHASE 246 5719 PURCHASE 807 5719 SALE 457 5720 SALE 386 5720 SALE 365 5720 SALE 167 5720 PURCHASE 51 5720 PURCHASE 515 5720 PURCHASE 3 5721 PURCHASE 13 5721 PURCHASE 139 5721 PURCHASE 500 5721 PURCHASE 729 5721 SALE 624 5722 PURCHASE 79 5722 PURCHASE 195 5722 PURCHASE 1000 5722 SALE 385 5723 SALE 100 5723 PURCHASE 400 5723 SALE 400 5724 SALE 371 5724 SALE 330 5724 SALE 300 5724 SALE 225 5724 SALE 118 5724 SALE 90 5724 PURCHASE 37 5724 PURCHASE 83 5724 PURCHASE 162 5724 PURCHASE 280 5724 PURCHASE 346 5724 PURCHASE 637 5724 SALE 57 5725 SALE 500 5726 SALE 221 5726 PURCHASE 400 5726 SALE 675 5727 SALE 500 5727 SALE 400 5727 SALE 282 5727 SALE 226 5727 SALE 200 5727 SALE 238 5728 SALE 214 5728 PURCHASE 220 5728 SALE 100 5730 SALE 91 5730 PURCHASE 90 5730 PURCHASE 100 5730 PURCHASE 108 5730 PURCHASE 124 5730 PURCHASE 136 5730 PURCHASE 579 5730 SALE 200 5731 PURCHASE 98 5732 PURCHASE 120 5732 PURCHASE 146 5732 PURCHASE 209 5732 PURCHASE 1310 5732 SALE 547 5733 SALE 510 5733 SALE 335 5733 SALE 207 5733 SALE 200 5733 SALE 60 5733 SALE 20 5733 PURCHASE 100 5733 PURCHASE 175 5733 PURCHASE 369 5733 PURCHASE 814 5733 SALE 494 5734 SALE 231 5734 SALE 69 5734 PURCHASE 25 5734 PURCHASE 100 5734 SALE 356 5735 PURCHASE 19 5735 PURCHASE 100 5735 PURCHASE 181 5735 PURCHASE 225 5735 PURCHASE 238 5735 PURCHASE 850 5735 PURCHASE 50 5736 PURCHASE 153 5736 PURCHASE 191 5736 PURCHASE 225 5736 PURCHASE 225 5736 PURCHASE 374 5736 SALE 933 5737 SALE 518 5737 SALE 495 5737 SALE 201 5737 PURCHASE 295 5737 SALE 233 5738 SALE 233 5738 SALE 190 5738 SALE 179 5738 PURCHASE 8 5738 PURCHASE 200 5738 PURCHASE 400 5738 PURCHASE 500 5738 SALE 500 5739 SALE 312 5739 SALE 225 5739 SALE 200 5739 SALE 200 5739 SALE 66 5739 SALE 16 5739 SALE 227 5740 SALE 84 5740 PURCHASE 80 5740 PURCHASE 301 5740 SALE 750 5741 SALE 70 5741 SALE 25 5741 PURCHASE 100 5741 PURCHASE 376 5741 SALE 812 5742 SALE 538 5742 SALE 483 5742 SALE 197 5742 SALE 185 5742 SALE 333 5743 PURCHASE 308 5743 SALE 1250 5744 SALE 1000 5744 SALE 400 5744 SALE 200 5744 SALE 1436 5745 SALE 269 5745 SALE 150 5745 PURCHASE 1107 5745 SALE 411 5746 PURCHASE 72 5746 PURCHASE 418 5746 SALE 293 5747 SALE 100 5747 SALE 89 5747 SALE 54 5747 SALE 473 5748 SALE 400 5748 SALE 190 5748 SALE 100 5748 PURCHASE 14 5748 PURCHASE 22 5748 PURCHASE 30 5748 PURCHASE 37 5748 PURCHASE 51 5748 PURCHASE 113 5748 PURCHASE 141 5748 PURCHASE 638 5748 SALE 620 5749 SALE 604 5749 SALE 438 5749 SALE 400 5749 SALE 272 5749 SALE 239 5749 PURCHASE 5 5749 PURCHASE 99 5749 PURCHASE 100 5749 PURCHASE 100 5749 PURCHASE 126 5749 PURCHASE 186 5749 PURCHASE 214 5749 PURCHASE 432 5749 SALE 794 5750 SALE 583 5750 SALE 395 5750 SALE 300 5750 SALE 225 5750 SALE 197 5750 SALE 113 5750 SALE 100 5750 SALE 7 5750 PURCHASE 25 5750 PURCHASE 89 5750 PURCHASE 190 5750 PURCHASE 225 5750 PURCHASE 417 5750 PURCHASE 438 5750 PURCHASE 1059 5750 SALE 620 5751 SALE 500 5751 SALE 400 5751 SALE 355 5751 SALE 296 5751 SALE 253 5751 SALE 148 5751 SALE 81 5751 PURCHASE 158 5751 PURCHASE 199 5751 PURCHASE 500 5751 PURCHASE 500 5751 PURCHASE 1000 5751 SALE 401 5752 SALE 350 5752 SALE 300 5752 SALE 170 5752 SALE 166 5752 PURCHASE 12 5752 PURCHASE 14 5752 PURCHASE 17 5752 PURCHASE 39 5752 PURCHASE 55 5752 PURCHASE 146 5752 PURCHASE 181 5752 PURCHASE 236 5752 PURCHASE 612 5752 PURCHASE 683 5752 SALE 1000 5753 SALE 500 5753 SALE 500 5753 SALE 530 5754 SALE 105 5754 PURCHASE 9 5754 PURCHASE 17 5754 PURCHASE 17 5754 PURCHASE 39 5754 PURCHASE 56 5754 PURCHASE 97 5754 PURCHASE 100 5754 PURCHASE 100 5754 PURCHASE 143 5754 PURCHASE 148 5754 PURCHASE 201 5754 PURCHASE 236 5754 PURCHASE 500 5754 PURCHASE 500 5754 PURCHASE 632 5754 PURCHASE 639 5754 PURCHASE 712 5754 PURCHASE 794 5754 PURCHASE 1385 5754 PURCHASE 1507 5754 SALE 2000 5755 SALE 741 5755 SALE 180 5755 PURCHASE 202 5755 PURCHASE 225 5755 PURCHASE 225 5755 SALE 384 5756 SALE 309 5756 PURCHASE 230 5756 SALE 422 5757 SALE 250 5757 SALE 200 5757 SALE 180 5757 SALE 26 5757 SALE 17 5757 PURCHASE 412 5757 SALE 784 5758 SALE 601 5759 SALE 205 5759 PURCHASE 1000 5759 PURCHASE 2604 5759 SALE 800 5760 SALE 447 5760 SALE 443 5760 SALE 278 5760 SALE 200 5760 SALE 158 5760 SALE 81 5760 PURCHASE 251 5760 PURCHASE 870 5760 PURCHASE 2378 5760 SALE 500 5761 SALE 332 5761 SALE 300 5761 SALE 201 5761 SALE 178 5761 SALE 174 5761 PURCHASE 1850 5761 SALE 796 5762 SALE 414 5762 SALE 76 5762 SALE 14 5762 PURCHASE 129 5762 PURCHASE 471 5762 PURCHASE 530 5762 SALE 313 5763 SALE 91 5763 SALE 568 5765 PURCHASE 80 5765 PURCHASE 624 5765 PURCHASE 701 5765 PURCHASE 1936 5765 PURCHASE 1936 5765 SALE 222 5766 SALE 61 5766 SALE 158 5767 PURCHASE 60 5767 PURCHASE 123 5767 PURCHASE 1000 5767 PURCHASE 1600 5767 SALE 400 5768 SALE 288 5768 SALE 225 5768 SALE 401 5770 SALE 163 5770 PURCHASE 2000 5770 SALE 500 5771 SALE 480 5771 SALE 480 5771 SALE 443 5771 SALE 221 5771 SALE 146 5771 PURCHASE 61 5771 SALE 958 5772 SALE 905 5772 SALE 188 5772 SALE 154 5772 SALE 40 5772 SALE 225 5773 SALE 208 5773 SALE 195 5773 PURCHASE 250 5773 PURCHASE 500 5773 PURCHASE 500 5773 PURCHASE 1326 5773 SALE 500 5774 SALE 184 5774 PURCHASE 63 5774 PURCHASE 999 5774 PURCHASE 1486 5774 SALE 493 5775 SALE 390 5775 SALE 135 5775 PURCHASE 442 5775 PURCHASE 475 5775 SALE 263 5776 SALE 200 5776 SALE 200 5776 SALE 178 5776 PURCHASE 68 5776 PURCHASE 103 5776 PURCHASE 125 5776 PURCHASE 258 5776 PURCHASE 300 5776 PURCHASE 433 5776 PURCHASE 761 5776 PURCHASE 1835 5776 SALE 1173 5777 SALE 1100 5777 SALE 822 5777 SALE 487 5777 SALE 200 5777 SALE 176 5777 SALE 1941 5778 SALE 1433 5778 SALE 981 5778 SALE 569 5778 SALE 500 5778 SALE 400 5778 SALE 363 5778 SALE 225 5778 SALE 223 5778 SALE 200 5778 SALE 159 5778 SALE 68 5778 SALE 62 5778 SALE 25 5778 SALE 225 5779 SALE 3 5779 SALE 1576 5780 SALE 1257 5780 SALE 746 5780 SALE 666 5780 SALE 163 5780 SALE 134 5780 SALE 80 5780 PURCHASE 485 5780 PURCHASE 829 5780 PURCHASE 863 5780 PURCHASE 937 5780 PURCHASE 1000 5780 PURCHASE 1027 5780 SALE 411 5781 SALE 225 5782 PURCHASE 59 5783 PURCHASE 200 5783 PURCHASE 200 5783 PURCHASE 200 5783 SALE 1390 5784 SALE 1000 5784 SALE 920 5784 SALE 385 5784 SALE 225 5784 PURCHASE 200 5784 PURCHASE 500 5784 PURCHASE 1000 5784 PURCHASE 1011 5784 SALE 500 5785 SALE 450 5785 SALE 345 5785 SALE 225 5785 SALE 143 5785 PURCHASE 134 5785 PURCHASE 174 5785 PURCHASE 632 5785 PURCHASE 2368 5785 SALE 370 5786 SALE 200 5786 SALE 200 5786 PURCHASE 400 5786 PURCHASE 900 5786 SALE 225 5787 SALE 190 5787 PURCHASE 200 5787 PURCHASE 500 5787 PURCHASE 500 5787 SALE 100 5788 PURCHASE 2 5788 PURCHASE 20 5788 PURCHASE 334 5788 PURCHASE 400 5788 PURCHASE 500 5788 PURCHASE 506 5788 SALE 1984 5789 SALE 1006 5789 SALE 555 5789 SALE 459 5789 SALE 400 5789 SALE 334 5789 SALE 326 5789 SALE 142 5789 SALE 124 5789 PURCHASE 149 5789 PURCHASE 200 5789 PURCHASE 228 5789 PURCHASE 431 5789 PURCHASE 500 5789 SALE 1020 5790 SALE 900 5790 SALE 623 5790 SALE 540 5790 SALE 399 5790 SALE 189 5790 SALE 74 5790 PURCHASE 400 5790 PURCHASE 613 5790 PURCHASE 630 5790 PURCHASE 1336 5790 SALE 364 5791 SALE 208 5791 PURCHASE 54 5791 PURCHASE 154 5791 PURCHASE 291 5791 PURCHASE 1235 5791 PURCHASE 103 5792 PURCHASE 250 5792 SALE 500 5793 PURCHASE 166 5793 PURCHASE 172 5793 PURCHASE 310 5793 PURCHASE 1000 5793 PURCHASE 1310 5793 SALE 1028 5794 SALE 767 5794 SALE 273 5794 SALE 178 5794 PURCHASE 27 5794 PURCHASE 70 5794 SALE 619 5795 PURCHASE 520 5795 SALE 225 5796 SALE 163 5796 SALE 150 5796 SALE 17 5796 PURCHASE 481 5796 PURCHASE 829 5796 PURCHASE 1350 5796 SALE 2362 5797 SALE 659 5797 SALE 332 5797 PURCHASE 26 5797 PURCHASE 500 5797 PURCHASE 1000 5797 SALE 691 5798 SALE 616 5798 SALE 604 5798 SALE 319 5798 SALE 300 5798 SALE 274 5798 SALE 255 5798 SALE 241 5798 SALE 225 5798 PURCHASE 100 5798 PURCHASE 416 5798 PURCHASE 732 5798 SALE 2086 5799 SALE 878 5799 SALE 658 5799 SALE 500 5799 SALE 390 5799 SALE 200 5799 PURCHASE 100 5799 PURCHASE 100 5799 PURCHASE 200 5799 PURCHASE 202 5799 PURCHASE 300 5799 PURCHASE 500 5799 PURCHASE 500 5799 PURCHASE 700 5799 SALE 1500 5800 SALE 200 5800 SALE 84 5800 PURCHASE 32 5800 PURCHASE 76 5800 PURCHASE 300 5800 PURCHASE 400 5800 PURCHASE 755 5800 PURCHASE 849 5800 PURCHASE 1234 5800 PURCHASE 1416 5800 SALE 963 5801 SALE 500 5801 SALE 275 5801 SALE 201 5801 SALE 137 5801 SALE 81 5801 PURCHASE 377 5801 SALE 1000 5802 SALE 510 5802 PURCHASE 100 5802 PURCHASE 215 5802 PURCHASE 289 5802 PURCHASE 790 5802 PURCHASE 1000 5802 SALE 625 5803 SALE 289 5803 SALE 200 5803 SALE 178 5803 SALE 2584 5804 SALE 1652 5804 SALE 884 5804 SALE 626 5804 SALE 400 5805 SALE 198 5805 PURCHASE 38 5805 PURCHASE 679 5805 PURCHASE 1000 5805 PURCHASE 1500 5805 PURCHASE 1970 5805 SALE 500 5807 PURCHASE 400 5807 PURCHASE 410 5807 SALE 191 5808 SALE 1101 5810 SALE 330 5810 SALE 200 5810 PURCHASE 197 5810 PURCHASE 950 5810 SALE 40 5811 SALE 400 5815 SALE 370 5815 PURCHASE 247 5815 PURCHASE 1 5816 PURCHASE 17 5816 PURCHASE 286 5816 PURCHASE 518 5816 SALE 22 5817 SALE 372 5818 SALE 95 5819 SALE 595 5820 SALE 813 5822 PURCHASE 1787 5822 PURCHASE 200 5826 PURCHASE 405 5826 PURCHASE 583 5826 SALE 641 5827 SALE 610 5827 SALE 500 5829 SALE 450 5829 PURCHASE 200 5830 PURCHASE 200 5830 PURCHASE 311 5830 PURCHASE 1435 5830 SALE 659 5831 SALE 440 5831 SALE 1305 5832 SALE 846 5832 SALE 200 5834 SALE 124 5834 SALE 961 5835 PURCHASE 654 5835 PURCHASE 265 5836 SALE 734 5837 PURCHASE 400 5838 PURCHASE 1000 5838 SALE 241 5840 PURCHASE 1 5840 PURCHASE 1000 5840 PURCHASE 200 5841 PURCHASE 500 5841 PURCHASE 561 5841 PURCHASE 1000 5841 SALE 922 5843 SALE 615 5843 SALE 400 5843 SALE 284 5843 SALE 511 5845 SALE 422 5845 SALE 400 5845 SALE 317 5845 SALE 2 5845 SALE 400 5846 SALE 345 5846 PURCHASE 94 5846 PURCHASE 1000 5846 SALE 1225 5850 SALE 849 5850 SALE 800 5850 PURCHASE 7 5850 PURCHASE 800 5850 PURCHASE 500 5851 PURCHASE 211 5852 PURCHASE 211 5852 PURCHASE 400 5853 PURCHASE 151 5855 PURCHASE 173 5855 PURCHASE 178 5855 PURCHASE 200 5855 PURCHASE 200 5855 PURCHASE 263 5855 PURCHASE 400 5855 PURCHASE 428 5855 PURCHASE 500 5855 PURCHASE 550 5855 PURCHASE 1156 5855 SALE 242 5856 SALE 75 5856 PURCHASE 179 5856 PURCHASE 508 5856 PURCHASE 539 5856 PURCHASE 2339 5856 SALE 225 5857 PURCHASE 10 5857 PURCHASE 400 5857 SALE 225 5858 PURCHASE 168 5858 PURCHASE 706 5858 PURCHASE 400 5859 PURCHASE 500 5859 SALE 868 5860 SALE 643 5860 SALE 353 5860 SALE 268 5860 SALE 202 5860 PURCHASE 200 5860 PURCHASE 282 5860 PURCHASE 370 5860 PURCHASE 1094 5860 SALE 136 5861 PURCHASE 111 5861 PURCHASE 202 5861 PURCHASE 405 5861 PURCHASE 1600 5861 PURCHASE 400 5862 PURCHASE 400 5862 SALE 580 5863 PURCHASE 400 5863 PURCHASE 558 5863 PURCHASE 658 5863 PURCHASE 833 5863 PURCHASE 872 5863 PURCHASE 2000 5863 SALE 1410 5864 SALE 500 5864 PURCHASE 500 5864 SALE 720 5865 SALE 600 5865 SALE 500 5865 SALE 311 5865 SALE 278 5865 SALE 30 5865 SALE 8 5865 PURCHASE 400 5865 PURCHASE 800 5865 SALE 1402 5866 SALE 406 5866 SALE 278 5866 SALE 225 5866 SALE 194 5866 SALE 84 5866 PURCHASE 1870 5866 SALE 1703 5867 SALE 893 5867 SALE 500 5867 SALE 500 5867 SALE 432 5867 SALE 358 5867 SALE 265 5867 SALE 246 5867 PURCHASE 800 5867 SALE 1107 5869 SALE 468 5869 SALE 467 5869 SALE 411 5869 SALE 5709 5870 SALE 2000 5870 SALE 2000 5870 SALE 1000 5870 SALE 750 5870 SALE 615 5870 SALE 600 5870 SALE 500 5870 SALE 430 5870 SALE 400 5870 SALE 225 5870 SALE 65 5870 PURCHASE 138 5870 PURCHASE 400 5870 PURCHASE 2000 5870 SALE 2500 5871 SALE 720 5871 SALE 717 5871 SALE 621 5871 SALE 384 5871 SALE 253 5871 SALE 250 5871 SALE 239 5871 SALE 178 5871 PURCHASE 121 5871 PURCHASE 2050 5871 SALE 400 5872 SALE 23 5872 SALE 720 5873 SALE 600 5873 SALE 600 5873 SALE 500 5873 SALE 190 5873 SALE 115 5873 SALE 84 5873 PURCHASE 35 5873 PURCHASE 73 5873 PURCHASE 619 5873 PURCHASE 930 5873 SALE 666 5874 SALE 225 5874 SALE 225 5874 SALE 225 5874 PURCHASE 24 5874 PURCHASE 500 5874 PURCHASE 500 5874 SALE 277 5875 SALE 215 5875 SALE 60 5875 PURCHASE 56 5875 PURCHASE 58 5875 PURCHASE 330 5875 PURCHASE 400 5875 PURCHASE 456 5875 PURCHASE 1210 5875 SALE 642 5876 SALE 99 5876 SALE 485 5877 SALE 229 5877 PURCHASE 37 5877 PURCHASE 37 5877 PURCHASE 148 5877 PURCHASE 172 5877 PURCHASE 322 5877 PURCHASE 1615 5877 SALE 1750 5878 SALE 760 5878 SALE 481 5878 SALE 20 5878 SALE 379 5879 SALE 288 5879 SALE 2000 5880 PURCHASE 236 5880 PURCHASE 264 5880 PURCHASE 961 5880 PURCHASE 1775 5880 SALE 410 5881 SALE 500 5882 SALE 227 5882 SALE 225 5882 SALE 225 5882 PURCHASE 491 5882 PURCHASE 2456 5882 SALE 944 5883 SALE 153 5883 PURCHASE 27 5883 PURCHASE 56 5883 PURCHASE 646 5883 SALE 675 5885 SALE 225 5885 SALE 473 5886 PURCHASE 27 5886 SALE 489 5888 SALE 481 5888 SALE 224 5888 PURCHASE 1635 5888 PURCHASE 27 5889 PURCHASE 56 5889 PURCHASE 610 5889 PURCHASE 261 5890 PURCHASE 1000 5890 SALE 1864 5891 SALE 827 5892 PURCHASE 1447 5892 SALE 225 5893 SALE 570 5896 SALE 500 5896 SALE 4 5896 SALE 2543 5898 SALE 618 5898 SALE 284 5898 SALE 198 5898 SALE 70 5898 SALE 15 5898 SALE 8410 5900 SALE 6590 5900 SALE 618 5900 SALE 226 5900 SALE 146 5900 PURCHASE 186 5900 PURCHASE 1000 5900 PURCHASE 2394 5900 SALE 219 5901 SALE 166 5901 PURCHASE 386 5901 SALE 361 5902 SALE 390 5903 TOTAL PURCHASES 242,307 TOTAL SALES 253,177 (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 DECEMBER 2007Contact 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:
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