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Credit Suisse Sydney Branch14 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 Credit Suisse Sydney branch Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 13-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 9,871,773 0.294 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 2,677,000 0.08 1,790,000 0.053 Total 8,984,773 0.268 (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/sell Total (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 67 43.32Purchase 177 43.32Purchase 1688 43.32Purchase 1000 43.35Purchase 55 43.35Purchase 1689 43.37Purchase 3377 43.37Purchase 952 43.36Purchase 529 43.36Purchase 549 43.34Purchase 1992 43.35Sale -955 43.3Sale -4776 43.3Sale -4776 43.3Sale 1992 43.35Sale -1992 43.35Sale -1485 43.36Sale -918 43.36Sale 3177 43.34Sale -3177 43.34Sale 549 43.34Sale -549 43.34Sale -2616 43.34Sale -9316 43.38Sale -485 43.26Sale -78 43.26Sale -7991 43.26Sale -2900 43.36Sale -1589 43.35Sale -2040 43.35Sale -1266 43.35Sale -204 43.36Sale -326 43.36Sale -97 43.34Sale -342 43.34Sale -235 43.34Sale -24 43.38Sale -200 43.38Sale -460 43.38Sale -549 43.34Sale -3177 43.34Sale -1992 43.35Sale -42000 43.35 TOTAL BUYS:12075 TOTAL SELLS:90797 (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 varying Product 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) 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 Date of disclosure 14-Dec-2007 Contact name Collins, Carolyn Telephone number 44 20 7888 0241 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) ADVISOR DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS Product Description Written/Purchased No. of Securities Exercise Price Type Expiry Date PUT OPTION WRITTEN 100,000 43 American 24/01/2008CALL OPTION PURCHASED 6,000 44 American 27/03/2008PUT OPTION PURCHASED 15,000 41 American 27/03/2008CALL OPTION PURCHASED 24,000 44 American 27/03/2008CALL OPTION PURCHASED 8,000 45 American 27/03/2008PUT OPTION PURCHASED 15,000 41 American 27/03/2008PUT OPTION PURCHASED 5,000 42 American 27/03/2008CALL OPTION PURCHASED 22,000 45 American 27/03/2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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