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Macquarie Group Limited18 January 2008 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 17 January 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (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 than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 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/NO Date of disclosure 18 January 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per Unit (AUD)PURCHASE 325 36.69PURCHASE 1482 36.69PURCHASE 1694 36.64PURCHASE 742 36.66PURCHASE 799 36.66PURCHASE 1414 36.61PURCHASE 1247 36.63PURCHASE 81 36.64PURCHASE 300 36.64PURCHASE 300 36.64PURCHASE 29 36.64PURCHASE 9 36.64PURCHASE 9 36.64PURCHASE 30 36.64PURCHASE 428 36.64PURCHASE 1221 36.64PURCHASE 745 36.66PURCHASE 464 36.66PURCHASE 38 36.66PURCHASE 1358 36.84PURCHASE 184 36.82PURCHASE 89 36.82PURCHASE 1212 36.82PURCHASE 100 36.84PURCHASE 1212 36.84PURCHASE 1153 36.9PURCHASE 948 36.92PURCHASE 119 36.92PURCHASE 800 36.91PURCHASE 67 36.91PURCHASE 1145 36.92PURCHASE 245 36.88PURCHASE 1 36.88PURCHASE 661 36.88PURCHASE 1081 36.81PURCHASE 886 36.85PURCHASE 829 36.81PURCHASE 288 36.86PURCHASE 92 36.86PURCHASE 213 36.86PURCHASE 685 36.86PURCHASE 181 36.91PURCHASE 279 36.91PURCHASE 556 36.9PURCHASE 130 36.79PURCHASE 277 36.79PURCHASE 480 36.77PURCHASE 335 36.71PURCHASE 403 36.79PURCHASE 459 36.73PURCHASE 308 36.72PURCHASE 40 36.72PURCHASE 435 36.73PURCHASE 451 36.74PURCHASE 438 36.74PURCHASE 193 36.74PURCHASE 7 36.74PURCHASE 7 36.74PURCHASE 56 36.74PURCHASE 8 36.74PURCHASE 213 36.75PURCHASE 526 36.73PURCHASE 749 36.7PURCHASE 535 36.68PURCHASE 656 36.73PURCHASE 605 36.73PURCHASE 97 36.71PURCHASE 49 36.71PURCHASE 86 36.71PURCHASE 310 36.71PURCHASE 149 36.71PURCHASE 149 36.71PURCHASE 875 36.73PURCHASE 38 36.73PURCHASE 1032 36.73PURCHASE 32 36.69PURCHASE 1064 36.69PURCHASE 902 36.63PURCHASE 822 36.68PURCHASE 100 36.67PURCHASE 1075 36.67PURCHASE 1164 36.57PURCHASE 931 36.51PURCHASE 1280 36.6PURCHASE 741 36.56PURCHASE 56 36.56PURCHASE 440 36.56PURCHASE 1110 36.55PURCHASE 1050 36.48PURCHASE 80 36.48PURCHASE 226 36.48PURCHASE 1067 36.47PURCHASE 1237 36.54PURCHASE 28 36.54PURCHASE 1489 36.56PURCHASE 1451 36.53PURCHASE 1243 36.48PURCHASE 1463 36.48PURCHASE 334 36.48PURCHASE 110 36.48PURCHASE 1368 36.52PURCHASE 30 36.46PURCHASE 1689 36.46PURCHASE 500 36.48PURCHASE 140 36.48PURCHASE 228 36.48PURCHASE 1179 36.49PURCHASE 2366 36.53PURCHASE 1 36.53PURCHASE 19 36.53PURCHASE 1941 36.53PURCHASE 6446 36.5PURCHASE 42295 36.6074SALE 995 36.5SALE 310 36.5SALE 214 36.49SALE 150 36.49SALE 100 36.49SALE 892 36.47SALE 10 36.56SALE 1000 36.56SALE 29 36.48SALE 1181 36.49SALE 250 36.66SALE 715 36.66SALE 7 36.65SALE 877 36.65SALE 896 36.68SALE 820 36.66SALE 149 36.66SALE 832 36.64SALE 83 36.64SALE 926 36.65SALE 732 36.67SALE 56 36.7SALE 82 36.7SALE 701 36.7SALE 712 36.66SALE 639 36.67SALE 100 36.63SALE 576 36.63SALE 335 36.63SALE 15 36.63SALE 170 36.63SALE 513 36.63SALE 623 36.65SALE 450 36.66SALE 150 36.74SALE 300 36.74SALE 171 36.74SALE 603 36.81SALE 543 36.87SALE 534 36.86SALE 508 36.91SALE 407 36.91SALE 390 36.88SALE 454 36.87SALE 315 36.81SALE 172 36.81SALE 389 36.85SALE 323 36.81SALE 50 36.86SALE 288 36.86SALE 246 36.9SALE 120 36.92SALE 112 36.92SALE 203 36.9SALE 200 36.75SALE 214 36.77SALE 100 36.71SALE 43 36.71SALE 177 36.8SALE 180 36.73SALE 151 36.73SALE 100 36.71SALE 116 36.71SALE 186 36.74SALE 206 36.73SALE 6 36.74SALE 193 36.74SALE 212 36.74SALE 316 36.71SALE 248 36.66SALE 4 36.67SALE 88 36.67SALE 201 36.67SALE 306 36.73SALE 325 36.7SALE 390 36.73SALE 482 36.73SALE 433 36.69SALE 270 36.61SALE 95 36.61SALE 221 36.68SALE 197 36.68SALE 505 36.63SALE 245 36.59SALE 154 36.59SALE 38 36.59SALE 510 36.53SALE 456 36.56SALE 579 36.57SALE 564 36.53SALE 501 36.49SALE 424 36.49SALE 61 36.49SALE 498 36.53SALE 652 36.57SALE 611 36.54SALE 685 36.48SALE 250 36.44SALE 300 36.44SALE 74 36.44SALE 993 36.45SALE 774 36.49SALE 1127 36.53SALE 86 36.56SALE 1031 36.5SALE 3099 36.5SALE 71239 36.646TOTAL PURCHASE 113534 TOTAL SALE 113534 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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