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EPT Disclosure

24th Oct 2008 12:00

RNS Number : 6341G

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

24 October 2008

4FORM 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 Equities (Australia) Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Limited
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	23-10-2008

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			13539851	0.403
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			13539851	0.403

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase	1,000	24.70
Purchase	5,000	24.96
Purchase	9,000	24.99
Purchase	1,000	24.87
Purchase	100	25.12
Purchase	130	25.02
Purchase	63	25.02
Purchase	110	25.02
Purchase	688	25.02
Purchase	4,009	25.02
Purchase	236	25.00
Purchase	300	25.00
Purchase	464	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.02
Purchase	714	24.91
Purchase	2,978	24.89
Purchase	22	24.88
Purchase	2,000	24.75
Purchase	1,000	24.48
Purchase	70	24.47
Purchase	250	24.47
Purchase	1,184,000	23.88
Purchase	25,942	24.57
Sale	-396	25.14
Sale	-636	24.95
Sale	-49,014	24.70
Sale	-373	24.70
Sale	-510	24.70
Sale	-40	24.70
Sale	-6,346	24.70
Sale	-500	24.70
Sale	-7,268	24.70
Sale	-19,037	24.70
Sale	-1,502	24.70
Sale	-1,000	24.70
Sale	-35,000	24.70
Sale	-200	24.70
Sale	-1,000	24.70
Sale	-400	24.70
Sale	-2,442	24.70
Sale	-26,587	25.00
Sale	-4,174	25.00
Sale	-1,000	25.00
Sale	-1,000	25.00
Sale	-3,000	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-500	25.00
Sale	-1,164	25.00
Sale	-4,174	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-100	25.00
Sale	-80	25.00
Sale	-5,000	25.00
Sale	-277	25.00
Sale	-295	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-250	25.00
Sale	-72	25.00
Sale	-5,864	25.00
Sale	-336	25.00
Sale	-5,639	25.00
Sale	-75	25.00
Sale	-3,000	25.00
Sale	-40	25.00
Sale	-10,000	25.00
Sale	-400	25.00
Sale	-87	25.00
Sale	-8,469	25.00
Sale	-9,940	25.00
Sale	-10,000	25.00
Sale	-400	25.00
Sale	-10,000	25.00
Sale	-22	25.00
Sale	-10,000	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-8,968	25.00
Sale	-3,097	25.00
Sale	-3,118	25.00
Sale	-11,000	25.00
Sale	-1,000	25.00
Sale	-150	25.00
Sale	-50	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-500	25.00
Sale	-150	25.00
Sale	-204	25.00
Sale	-119	25.00
Sale	-70	25.00
Sale	-600	25.00
Sale	-160	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-2,000	25.00
Sale	-400	25.00
Sale	-100	25.00
Sale	-50	25.00
Sale	-300	25.00
Sale	-150	25.00
Sale	-300	25.00
Sale	-180	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-810	25.00
Sale	-500	25.00
Sale	-500	25.00
Sale	-100	25.00
Sale	-300	25.00
Sale	-400	25.00
Sale	-100	25.00
Sale	-1,000	25.00
Sale	-1,000	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-275	25.00
Sale	-40	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-43	25.00
Sale	-4,000	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-400	25.00
Sale	-36	25.00
Sale	-604	25.00
Sale	-40	25.00
Sale	-39	25.00
Sale	-80	25.00
Sale	-200	25.00
Sale	-100	25.00
Sale	-360	25.01
Sale	-500	25.01
Sale	-1,200	25.01
Sale	-100	25.01
Sale	-396	25.01
Sale	-500	25.02
Sale	-199	25.02
Sale	-500	25.03
Sale	-50	25.04
Sale	-115	25.05
Sale	-500	25.05
Sale	-1,807	25.08
Sale	-69	25.09
Sale	-216	25.09
Sale	-348	25.09
Sale	-314	25.09
Sale	-7,350	25.10
Sale	-100	25.10
Sale	-200	25.10
Sale	-500	25.10
Sale	-5,000	25.10
Sale	-722	25.10
Sale	-1,000	25.10
Sale	-200	25.10
Sale	-2,000	25.10
Sale	-85	25.10
Sale	-85	25.10
Sale	-200	25.10
Sale	-250	25.10
Sale	-1,000	25.11
Sale	-500	25.11
Sale	-400	25.11
Sale	-649	25.11
Sale	-200	25.12
Sale	-1,000	25.12
Sale	-1,500	25.12
Sale	-902	25.13
Sale	-116	25.14
Sale	-93	25.14
Sale	-85	25.14
Sale	-915	25.14
Sale	-1,070	25.00
Sale	-600	25.00
Sale	-90	25.00
Sale	-2,763	25.00
Sale	-506	25.00
Sale	-5,000	25.00
Sale	-20	25.00
Sale	-2,000	25.00
Sale	-4	25.00
Sale	-3,000	25.00
Sale	-155	25.00
Sale	-132	25.00
Sale	-68	25.00
Sale	-157	25.00
Sale	-9,435	25.00
Sale	-6,830	24.95
Sale	-1,000	24.95
Sale	-210	24.95
Sale	-150	24.95
Sale	-450	24.95
Sale	-5,000	24.95
Sale	-500	24.95
Sale	-4,000	24.95
Sale	-1,000	24.95
Sale	-400	24.95
Sale	-800	24.95
Sale	-120	24.95
Sale	-500	24.95
Sale	-2,282	24.95
Sale	-200	24.95
Sale	-65	24.95
Sale	-183	24.95
Sale	-177	24.95
Sale	-140	24.95
Sale	-200	24.95
Sale	-330	24.95
Sale	-463	24.95
Sale	-1,820	24.95
Sale	-2,500	24.95
Sale	-5,000	24.95
Sale	-5,000	24.95
Sale	-5,000	24.95
Sale	-200	24.95
Sale	-1,000	24.95
Sale	-1,248	24.95
Sale	-177	24.95
Sale	-750	24.95
Sale	-500	24.95
Sale	-490	24.95
Sale	-200	24.95
Sale	-1,028	24.95
Sale	-87	24.95
Sale	-17	24.95
Sale	-60	24.95
Sale	-4,158	24.95
Sale	-40	24.95
Sale	-831	24.95
Sale	-400	24.95
Sale	-200	24.95
Sale	-309	24.95
Sale	-2,000	24.95
Sale	-1,000	24.95
Sale	-293	24.95
Sale	-10,000	24.95
Sale	-155	24.95
Sale	-132	24.95
Sale	-68	24.95
Sale	-157	24.95
Sale	-4,842	24.95
Sale	-338	24.96
Sale	-4,918	24.95
Sale	-309	24.95
Sale	-58	24.95
Sale	-400	24.95
Sale	-200	24.95
Sale	-6,679	24.95
Sale	-5,000	24.95
Sale	-5,000	24.95
Sale	-600	24.95
Sale	-500	24.95
Sale	-500	24.95
Sale	-200	24.96
Sale	-11,713	24.80
Sale	-10,000	24.80
Sale	-5,000	24.80
Sale	-10,000	24.80
Sale	-500	24.80
Sale	-2,000	24.80
Sale	-10,000	24.80
Sale	-10,000	24.80
Sale	-1,000	24.80
Sale	-160	24.80
Sale	-485	24.80
Sale	-1,000	24.80
Sale	-4,500	24.80
Sale	-100	24.80
Sale	-100	24.80
Sale	-2,000	24.80
Sale	-80	24.80
Sale	-325	24.80
Sale	-500	24.80
Sale	-1,666	24.80
Sale	-500	24.80
Sale	-21	24.80
Sale	-100	24.80
Sale	-433	24.80
Sale	-450	24.80
Sale	-810	24.80
Sale	-452	24.80
Sale	-150	24.80
Sale	-677	24.80
Sale	-200	24.80
Sale	-100	24.80
Sale	-1,000	24.80
Sale	-1,000	24.80
Sale	-250	24.80
Sale	-500	24.80
Sale	-1,201	24.80
Sale	-10,000	24.80
Sale	-800	24.80
Sale	-160	24.80
Sale	-100	24.80
Sale	-1,259	24.80
Sale	-1,000	24.80
Sale	-469	24.80
Sale	-1,040	24.80
Sale	-350	24.80
Sale	-350	24.80
Sale	-80	24.80
Sale	-150	24.80
Sale	-400	24.80
Sale	-600	24.80
Sale	-979	24.80
Sale	-250	24.80
Sale	-1,000	24.80
Sale	-250	24.80
Sale	-500	24.80
Sale	-690	24.80
Sale	-600	24.81
Sale	-31,240	24.75
Sale	-5,000	24.75
Sale	-8,558	24.75
Sale	-1,000	24.75
Sale	-1,000	24.75
Sale	-200	24.75
Sale	-240	24.75
Sale	-77	24.75
Sale	-250	24.75
Sale	-1,000	24.75
Sale	-1,000	24.75
Sale	-500	24.75
Sale	-600	24.75
Sale	-250	24.75
Sale	-80	24.75
Sale	-51	24.75
Sale	-7,794	24.52
Sale	-500	24.52
Sale	-600	24.52
Sale	-100	24.52
Sale	-10,000	24.52
Sale	-200	24.52
Sale	-100	24.52
Sale	-95	24.52
Sale	-1,000	24.52
Sale	-1,600	24.52
Sale	-517	24.52
Sale	-269	24.52
Sale	-417	24.52
Sale	-500	24.52
Sale	-1,308	24.52
Sale	-13,956	24.50
Sale	-50	24.50
Sale	-1,020	24.50
Sale	-700	24.50
Sale	-1,000	24.50
Sale	-250	24.50
Sale	-1,743	24.50
Sale	-1,000	24.50
Sale	-100	24.50
Sale	-400	24.50
Sale	-5,000	24.50
Sale	-200	24.50
Sale	-600	24.50
Sale	-482	24.50
Sale	-263	24.50
Sale	-400	24.50
Sale	-49	24.50
Sale	-1,000	24.50
Sale	-400	24.50
Sale	-2,085	24.50
Sale	-308	24.50
Sale	-25	24.50
Sale	-349	24.50
Sale	-200	24.50
Sale	-962	24.50
Sale	-4	24.50
Sale	-228	24.50
Sale	-150	24.50
Sale	-410	24.50
Sale	-180	24.50
Sale	-495	24.50
Sale	-816	24.50
Sale	-400	24.50
Sale	-19	24.50
Sale	-1	24.50
Sale	-1,000	24.50
Sale	-477	24.50
Sale	-2,000	24.50
Sale	-200	24.50
Sale	-258	24.50
Sale	-3,000	24.50
Sale	-500	24.50
Sale	-7,320	24.50
Sale	-721	24.50
Sale	-1,318	24.50
Sale	-4,682	24.50
Sale	-4,976	24.50
Sale	-28,195	24.50
Sale	-894	24.50
Sale	-268	24.50
Sale	-1,068	24.50
Sale	-9,923	24.50
Sale	-23,778	24.50
Sale	-95	24.50
Sale	-102	24.50
Sale	-34	24.50
Sale	-400	24.50
Sale	-116	24.50
Sale	-384	24.50
Sale	-180	24.50
Sale	-2,382	24.50
Sale	-21,227	24.50
Sale	-1,211	24.50
Sale	-215	24.50
Sale	-1,319	24.50
Sale	-215	24.50
Sale	-47	24.50
Sale	-453	24.50
Sale	-421	24.50
Sale	-908	24.50
Sale	-86	24.50
Sale	-914	24.50
Sale	-69	24.50
Sale	-1,291	24.50
Sale	-3	24.50
Sale	-55	24.50
Sale	-220	24.50
Sale	-128	24.50
Sale	-1,309	24.50
Sale	-6,868	24.50
Sale	-149	24.50
Sale	-3,000	24.50
Sale	-23	24.50
Sale	-570	24.50
Sale	-8,095	24.50
Sale	-1,000	24.50
Sale	-5,000	24.50
Sale	-400	24.50
Sale	-10,000	24.50
Sale	-162	24.50
Sale	-85	24.50
Sale	-10,000	24.50
Sale	-204	24.50
Sale	-500	24.50
Sale	-2,000	24.50
Sale	-69	24.50
Sale	-100	24.50
Sale	-375	24.50
Sale	-285	24.50
Sale	-7,983	24.50
Sale	-445	24.50
Sale	-2,738	24.51
Sale	-850	24.50
Sale	-394	24.51
Sale	-4,900	24.50
Sale	-3,131	24.50
Sale	-2,000	24.50
Sale	-1,000	24.51
Sale	-55	24.51
Sale	-345	24.51
Sale	-4,655	24.50
Sale	-345	24.50
Sale	-200	24.50
Sale	-12	24.50
Sale	-375	24.50
Sale	-981	24.50
Sale	-611	24.50
Sale	-1,600	24.50
Sale	-1,000	24.50
Sale	-432	24.50
Sale	-2,330	24.50
Sale	-1,020	24.50
Sale	-100	24.50
Sale	-742	24.50
Sale	-41,184	24.50
Sale	-500	24.50
Sale	-1,951	24.50
Sale	-984	24.50
Sale	-1,016	24.50
Sale	-500	24.50
Sale	-1,453	24.50
Sale	-1,235	24.50
Sale	-800	24.50
Sale	-60	24.50
Sale	-940	24.50
Sale	-2,685	24.50
Sale	-96	24.50
Sale	-300	24.50
Sale	-150	24.50
Sale	-11	24.50
Sale	-588	24.50
Sale	-500	24.50
Sale	-250	24.50
Sale	-20	24.50
Sale	-1,707	24.50
Sale	-300	24.50
Sale	-263	24.50
Sale	-112	24.50
Sale	-3,613	24.50
Sale	-6,151	24.50
Sale	-10,000	24.50
Sale	-5,000	24.50
Sale	-1,000	24.50
Sale	-20,000	24.50
Sale	-2,000	24.50
Sale	-1,254	24.50
Sale	-4,595	24.50
Sale	-286	24.15
Sale	-500	24.39
Sale	-244	24.39
Sale	-37	24.39
Sale	-80	24.39
Sale	-120	24.39
Sale	-3,000	24.39
Sale	-6,519	24.39

TOTAL BUYS:1240076

TOTAL SELLS: 994418

(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)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money 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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No

Date of disclosure	24-10-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley; Philipp Abelbeck
Telephone number	44 20 7888 0241
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	ADVISOR

Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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