18th Mar 2008 11:59
UBS AG (EPT)18 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 17 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 242 0.00% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 242 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 77 12653 AUD Cents PURCHASE 100 12653 PURCHASE 3 12656 PURCHASE 248 12656 PURCHASE 78 12656 PURCHASE 275 12657 PURCHASE 1203 12657 PURCHASE 620 12657 PURCHASE 84 12657 PURCHASE 348 12657 PURCHASE 31 12658 PURCHASE 376 12658 PURCHASE 315 12679 PURCHASE 139 12679 SALE 1000 12682 SALE 4 12682 SALE 177 12682 PURCHASE 450 12682 PURCHASE 127 12683 PURCHASE 100 12683 PURCHASE 100 12683 PURCHASE 539 12685 PURCHASE 57 12685 PURCHASE 1414 12685 SALE 303 12685 SALE 674 12685 SALE 281 12685 SALE 40 12685 PURCHASE 2 12686 PURCHASE 81 12686 PURCHASE 119 12686 PURCHASE 10 12686 PURCHASE 292 12686 PURCHASE 454 12686 PURCHASE 64 12686 PURCHASE 37 12686 PURCHASE 400 12686 PURCHASE 129 12687 PURCHASE 242 12687 PURCHASE 342 12688 PURCHASE 351 12688 PURCHASE 13 12688 PURCHASE 4 12688 PURCHASE 309 12688 PURCHASE 90 12689 SALE 1000 12690 SALE 232 12690 SALE 73 12690 SALE 4 12690 SALE 952 12690 PURCHASE 71 12690 PURCHASE 163 12690 SALE 880 12691 PURCHASE 47 12692 PURCHASE 100 12692 PURCHASE 171 12692 PURCHASE 2 12692 PURCHASE 100 12692 PURCHASE 90 12692 SALE 684 12693 SALE 743 12693 SALE 330 12694 SALE 38 12694 SALE 281 12694 SALE 512 12698 SALE 400 12699 SALE 30 12699 SALE 1094 12699 SALE 400 12699 SALE 1212 12699 SALE 1 12699 SALE 298 12699 SALE 468 12700 SALE 100 12700 PURCHASE 77 12700 PURCHASE 1968 12700 SALE 54 12700 SALE 500 12700 PURCHASE 464 12701 SALE 1968 12703 PURCHASE 224 12703 PURCHASE 547 12703 PURCHASE 232 12703 PURCHASE 366 12703 PURCHASE 121 12703 PURCHASE 484 12703 PURCHASE 27 12703 SALE 300 12705 SALE 2 12705 SALE 283 12706 SALE 31 12707 SALE 302 12707 PURCHASE 290 12710 PURCHASE 100 12710 PURCHASE 447 12710 PURCHASE 78 12710 PURCHASE 166 12711 PURCHASE 146 12711 PURCHASE 245 12711 SALE 327 12713 PURCHASE 509 12713 PURCHASE 678 12715 PURCHASE 100 12716 SALE 232 12717 SALE 214 12717 SALE 30 12717 SALE 74 12717 PURCHASE 200 12718 PURCHASE 9 12719 PURCHASE 134 12719 PURCHASE 370 12719 PURCHASE 7 12719 PURCHASE 335 12719 PURCHASE 126 12719 PURCHASE 66 12719 PURCHASE 1 12719 PURCHASE 1 12719 PURCHASE 252 12719 SALE 250 12719 SALE 1 12719 SALE 1123 12719 SALE 171 12720 SALE 91 12720 SALE 500 12720 PURCHASE 341 12720 PURCHASE 492 12720 PURCHASE 295 12720 PURCHASE 77 12720 PURCHASE 290 12720 PURCHASE 7 12720 SALE 1 12722 SALE 332 12722 SALE 1 12722 PURCHASE 390 12722 PURCHASE 375 12722 SALE 483 12722 PURCHASE 249 12723 PURCHASE 2 12723 PURCHASE 557 12723 SALE 466 12724 SALE 119 12724 SALE 111 12725 SALE 6 12725 SALE 7 12725 SALE 199 12725 SALE 28 12725 SALE 2 12725 SALE 564 12726 SALE 23 12726 SALE 134 12726 SALE 754 12726 SALE 186 12727 SALE 202 12727 PURCHASE 200 12728 PURCHASE 300 12728 PURCHASE 1 12729 PURCHASE 7 12729 PURCHASE 146 12729 PURCHASE 6 12729 PURCHASE 98 12729 PURCHASE 388 12729 SALE 1454 12729 SALE 344 12729 SALE 51 12729 SALE 300 12730 SALE 1963 12730 PURCHASE 576 12730 SALE 133 12730 SALE 296 12731 SALE 292 12732 SALE 233 12732 PURCHASE 500 12732 PURCHASE 8 12732 PURCHASE 8 12732 PURCHASE 133 12732 PURCHASE 500 12732 PURCHASE 2 12732 PURCHASE 13 12732 PURCHASE 149 12732 PURCHASE 8 12732 PURCHASE 500 12732 PURCHASE 938 12732 PURCHASE 5 12732 PURCHASE 192 12732 PURCHASE 500 12732 PURCHASE 49 12732 PURCHASE 473 12732 PURCHASE 284 12732 PURCHASE 237 12732 PURCHASE 499 12732 PURCHASE 200 12733 PURCHASE 86 12733 PURCHASE 169 12733 PURCHASE 100 12733 PURCHASE 740 12733 PURCHASE 71 12734 PURCHASE 2 12734 PURCHASE 10 12734 PURCHASE 507 12734 PURCHASE 384 12734 PURCHASE 205 12734 PURCHASE 354 12734 PURCHASE 76 12734 PURCHASE 527 12734 SALE 621 12735 PURCHASE 159 12735 SALE 120 12735 SALE 379 12736 PURCHASE 283 12736 PURCHASE 118 12736 PURCHASE 100 12737 PURCHASE 104 12737 PURCHASE 2 12737 PURCHASE 8 12737 PURCHASE 200 12737 PURCHASE 500 12737 PURCHASE 130 12739 PURCHASE 45 12740 PURCHASE 100 12740 SALE 107 12740 SALE 6 12740 PURCHASE 345 12741 PURCHASE 500 12743 SALE 345 12744 SALE 184 12744 SALE 26 12744 SALE 6 12744 SALE 6 12744 SALE 1574 12744 SALE 107 12744 SALE 1 12744 SALE 481 12744 PURCHASE 298 12745 PURCHASE 73 12745 PURCHASE 344 12745 SALE 488 12746 SALE 6 12746 SALE 7 12746 SALE 244 12746 SALE 62 12747 SALE 358 12747 SALE 51 12747 SALE 398 12747 SALE 500 12747 SALE 239 12747 SALE 34 12747 SALE 10 12747 SALE 7 12747 SALE 16 12747 PURCHASE 78 12747 PURCHASE 325 12747 SALE 1398 12749 SALE 76 12750 SALE 104 12750 SALE 33 12750 PURCHASE 337 12752 SALE 200 12753 SALE 3 12755 SALE 50 12755 SALE 5 12755 SALE 91 12755 SALE 500 12755 SALE 126 12755 PURCHASE 499 12755 PURCHASE 8 12755 PURCHASE 22 12755 SALE 153 12756 SALE 30 12756 SALE 1 12759 SALE 353 12759 SALE 35 12760 SALE 100 12760 SALE 6 12760 PURCHASE 800 12762 PURCHASE 9 12762 PURCHASE 227 12762 PURCHASE 200 12762 PURCHASE 250 12763 PURCHASE 6 12763 PURCHASE 104 12763 PURCHASE 4 12763 PURCHASE 1 12763 PURCHASE 87 12763 PURCHASE 298 12763 PURCHASE 456 12763 SALE 638 12763 SALE 259 12765 PURCHASE 226 12765 PURCHASE 372 12766 PURCHASE 12 12766 PURCHASE 200 12766 SALE 900 12766 SALE 31 12766 SALE 361 12766 SALE 7 12766 SALE 800 12768 SALE 254 12768 PURCHASE 68 12769 PURCHASE 1043 12769 SALE 420 12770 PURCHASE 7 12771 PURCHASE 549 12771 SALE 876 12771 SALE 4 12771 PURCHASE 674 12772 SALE 23 12772 SALE 165 12772 SALE 133 12772 SALE 521 12774 SALE 537 12775 SALE 1273 12775 PURCHASE 5 12775 PURCHASE 80 12775 PURCHASE 1 12775 PURCHASE 134 12775 PURCHASE 247 12775 SALE 244 12776 PURCHASE 130 12776 PURCHASE 100 12778 PURCHASE 91 12779 PURCHASE 144 12779 PURCHASE 6 12779 PURCHASE 259 12779 SALE 167 12780 SALE 304 12780 PURCHASE 175 12780 SALE 208 12780 SALE 203 12787 SALE 199 12788 SALE 200 12790 SALE 356 12790 SALE 535 12790 SALE 200 12793 SALE 171 12799 SALE 73431 12799.54 PURCHASE 73431 12799.54 SALE 194 12800 SALE 1019 12802 PURCHASE 100 12803 PURCHASE 1 12803 PURCHASE 114 12804 PURCHASE 103 12804 PURCHASE 7 12804 PURCHASE 134 12804 PURCHASE 7 12804 PURCHASE 73530 12804.9 SALE 73530 12804.9 SALE 253 12805 PURCHASE 450 12807 SALE 145 12810 PURCHASE 376 12811 PURCHASE 500 12811 PURCHASE 954 12812 PURCHASE 212 12813 SALE 322 12813 PURCHASE 314 12814 PURCHASE 232 12815 PURCHASE 156 12815 PURCHASE 434 12815 PURCHASE 875 12815 SALE 45 12815 SALE 99 12815 PURCHASE 500 12817 PURCHASE 328 12817 PURCHASE 40 12817 PURCHASE 172 12817 PURCHASE 134 12817 PURCHASE 74 12819 PURCHASE 638 12820 PURCHASE 99 12820 PURCHASE 9 12820 PURCHASE 83 12820 SALE 215 12829 SALE 1332 12830 SALE 43 12830 SALE 323 12830 SALE 107 12832 SALE 134 12832 SALE 144 12834 SALE 293 12835 PURCHASE 95 12838 PURCHASE 100 12838 PURCHASE 400 12838 PURCHASE 67 12838 PURCHASE 190 12840 PURCHASE 2 12840 PURCHASE 995 12840 PURCHASE 2 12841 PURCHASE 165 12841 PURCHASE 209 12841 PURCHASE 163 12841 PURCHASE 100 12842 PURCHASE 213 12843 PURCHASE 435 12843 PURCHASE 15 12843 PURCHASE 253 12844 PURCHASE 212 12845 PURCHASE 181 12845 PURCHASE 141 12845 PURCHASE 650 12850 SALE 206 12851 PURCHASE 500 12851 PURCHASE 260 12851 SALE 500 12853 SALE 19 12853 PURCHASE 131 12854 PURCHASE 460 12854 PURCHASE 218 12854 PURCHASE 38 12854 PURCHASE 191 12854 PURCHASE 31 12854 PURCHASE 23 12854 PURCHASE 2 12854 PURCHASE 1 12854 PURCHASE 102 12854 PURCHASE 188 12855 SALE 1 12856 PURCHASE 2 12856 PURCHASE 67 12856 PURCHASE 7 12857 PURCHASE 100 12857 SALE 220 12859 PURCHASE 633 12860 PURCHASE 153 12860 PURCHASE 9 12860 SALE 113 12870 SALE 634 12870 SALE 361 12872 SALE 359 12874 SALE 88 12877 SALE 361 12877 SALE 174 12877 SALE 472 12880 SALE 332 12881 SALE 404 12882 SALE 57 12882 SALE 193 12883 SALE 200 12885 SALE 198 12885 SALE 28 12885 SALE 228 12886 SALE 1 12886 SALE 543 12886 SALE 58 12886 SALE 246 12888 SALE 60 12889 SALE 388 12889 SALE 202 12890 SALE 1711 12896 SALE 68 12897 SALE 406 12897 SALE 188 12899 SALE 3 12899 SALE 100 12899 SALE 103 12899 SALE 200 12900 SALE 3 12900 PURCHASE 1 12902 PURCHASE 200 12902 PURCHASE 500 12904 PURCHASE 432 12904 PURCHASE 79 12921 SALE 149 12922 PURCHASE 300 12923 PURCHASE 500 12930 PURCHASE 542 12930 PURCHASE 260 12930 PURCHASE 59 12930 PURCHASE 80 12930 PURCHASE 218 12930 PURCHASE 237 12930 PURCHASE 212 12930 SALE 749 12931 SALE 7 12931 SALE 5 12931 SALE 157 12931 PURCHASE 594 12933 PURCHASE 30 12933 PURCHASE 22 12935 PURCHASE 270 12935 SALE 300 12941 SALE 185 12942 SALE 1097 12943 SALE 428 12947 SALE 97 12950 PURCHASE 1000 12950 SALE 98 12954 SALE 277 12959 PURCHASE 500 12959 SALE 400 12960 SALE 422 12963 PURCHASE 375 12965 PURCHASE 500 12969 PURCHASE 500 12972 SALE 219 12978 PURCHASE 118 12980 SALE 297 12987 SALE 200 12987 SALE 1 12999 SALE 207 12999 SALE 1562 12999 PURCHASE 268 13000 PURCHASE 170 13000 PURCHASE 250 13000 PURCHASE 94 13000 PURCHASE 116 13000 PURCHASE 150 13000 SALE 229 13020 SALE 273 13041 PURCHASE 1362 13042 SALE 74 13048 PURCHASE 250 13050 PURCHASE 500 13051 PURCHASE 300 13052 SALE 316 13053 SALE 164 13053 PURCHASE 222 13059 PURCHASE 430 13060 SALE 407 13070 SALE 400 13070 SALE 100 13070 SALE 100 13070 PURCHASE 153 13075 SALE 797 13077 PURCHASE 146 13077 PURCHASE 258 13077 PURCHASE 11 13077 PURCHASE 500 13077 SALE 7 13077 SALE 100 13077 SALE 140 13080 SALE 8 13097 SALE 100 13097 SALE 100 13097 PURCHASE 88 13100 PURCHASE 256 13103 PURCHASE 85 13113 PURCHASE 59 13113 PURCHASE 160 13119 SALE 7 13122 SALE 100 13122 SALE 54 13124 SALE 9 13127 SALE 3 13127 SALE 100 13127 SALE 100 13127 SALE 100 13127 SALE 100 13127 SALE 1 13128 SALE 1 13128 SALE 1 13128 SALE 100 13128 SALE 100 13128 SALE 100 13128 SALE 100 13128 SALE 100 13130 SALE 100 13130 SALE 100 13130 SALE 100 13131 PURCHASE 1000 13135 SALE 262 13144 PURCHASE 95 13150 PURCHASE 76 13150 SALE 169 13160 SALE 10 13171 SALE 361 13171 SALE 100 13199 PURCHASE 122 13202 PURCHASE 125 13215 TOTAL PURCHASES 220,392 TOTAL SALES 220,491 (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 18 MARCH 2008Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7568 9289Name 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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