3rd Jan 2008 07:00
Macquarie Bank Ld02 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) Part 2 of 2 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Bank Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary shares ISIN:disclosed relate (Note 1) AU000000BHP4 Date of dealing 31 December 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 6,931,325 0.20%(2) Derivatives (other than options) 998,340 0.03%(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 7,451,508 0.22% Total 998,340 0.03% 14,382,833 0.43% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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 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 Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note 5) 6) 4)e.g. CFDSee Annexure B (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to American, money purchasing, which the option European varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc.e.g. price date paid/call receivedoption per unit (Note 4)SeeAnnexure C (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Noteoption securities 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 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) YES/NO Date of disclosure 2 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 4,100 40.14Purchase 620 40.37Purchase 302 40.43Purchase 91 40.43Purchase 22 40.43Purchase 831 40.44Purchase 415 40.43Purchase 18 40.43Purchase 225 40.43Purchase 419 40.43Purchase 158 40.43Purchase 504 40.43Purchase 18 40.39Purchase 275 40.39Purchase 179 40.39Purchase 56 40.39Purchase 356 40.39Purchase 310 40.39Purchase 339 40.56Purchase 85 40.56Purchase 4 40.56Purchase 196 40.56Purchase 1,000 40.56Purchase 2,872 40.60Purchase 250 40.60Purchase 2,830 40.60Purchase 283 40.60Purchase 1,294 40.58Purchase 4,439 40.58Purchase 2,500 40.60Purchase 2,488 40.60Purchase 5,000 40.60Purchase 1,000 40.60Purchase 1,294 40.59Purchase 750 40.58Purchase 945 40.56Purchase 1,007 40.44Purchase 1,000 40.40Purchase 999 40.39Purchase 1,629 40.39Purchase 1,629 40.39Purchase 250 40.31Purchase 2,000 40.35Purchase 2,000 40.35Purchase 419 40.43Purchase 81 40.45Purchase 500 40.46Purchase 243 40.14Purchase 250 40.37Purchase 300 40.37Purchase 1,997 40.37Purchase 2,453 40.37Purchase 2,500 40.40Purchase 2,500 40.14Purchase 1,905 40.48Purchase 50 40.48Purchase 403 40.51Purchase 648 40.51Purchase 684 40.51Purchase 1,276 40.51Purchase 34 40.51Purchase 206 40.54Purchase 662 40.54Purchase 4,132 40.54Purchase 112 40.43Purchase 18 40.43Purchase 688 40.43Purchase 350 40.43Purchase 94 40.43Purchase 3,738 40.43Purchase 5,000 40.14Purchase 5,000 40.14Purchase 2,500 40.39Purchase 5,000 40.25Purchase 10,000 40.14Purchase 100 69.46Purchase 100 69.46Purchase 100 69.46Purchase 100 69.46Purchase 100 69.46Sale - 1,500 71.42Sale - 133 40.39Sale - 51 40.39Sale - 133 40.39Sale - 317 40.39Sale - 654 40.36Sale - 579 40.36Sale - 829 40.35Sale - 75 40.35Sale - 359 40.35Sale - 31 40.36Sale - 32 40.35Sale - 1,200 40.35Sale - 1,050 40.35Sale - 29 40.35Sale - 159 40.35Sale - 150 40.46Sale - 46 40.46Sale - 44 40.46Sale - 142 40.46Sale - 854 40.46Sale - 456 40.46Sale - 458 40.46Sale - 28 40.46Sale - 834 40.46Sale - 4,654 40.59Sale - 66 40.59Sale - 180 40.59Sale - 22 40.59Sale - 140 40.59Sale - 74 40.59Sale - 118 40.59Sale - 32 40.59Sale - 100 40.59Sale - 427 40.59Sale - 4,311 40.59Sale - 250 40.51Sale - 2,624 40.60Sale - 1,376 40.60Sale - 250 40.26Sale - 70 40.51Sale - 2,434 40.51Sale - 75 40.51Sale - 1 40.51Sale - 125 40.51Sale - 24 40.51Sale - 20 40.51Sale - 22 40.51Sale - 5,265 40.51Sale - 620 40.51Sale - 80 40.51Sale - 50 40.51Sale - 300 40.51Sale - 25 40.51Sale - 250 40.51Sale - 13 40.51Sale - 246 40.51Sale - 15 40.51Sale - 365 40.51Sale - 3,170 40.59Sale - 100 40.59Sale - 1,257 40.60Sale - 243 40.60Sale - 230 40.60Sale - 2,500 40.59Sale - 200 70.68Sale - 200 70.68Sale - 500 70.50Sale - 60 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 940 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 3,860 70.50Sale - 40 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 3,700 70.50Sale - 100 70.50Sale - 300 70.42Sale - 100 70.42Sale - 214 70.45Sale - 686 70.45Sale - 100 70.42Sale - 100 70.42Sale - 500 70.42Sale - 100 70.11Sale - 100 70.11Sale - 200 70.11Sale - 100 70.11Sale - 100 70.26Sale - 100 70.26Sale - 100 70.26Sale - 100 70.26Sale - 100 70.26Sale - 100 70.26Sale - 100 70.26Sale - 200 70.27Sale - 1,000 70.26Sale - 200 70.26Sale - 2,900 69.94Sale - 28,200 OTC Sale to custodian at marketTOTAL SALES 88,467TOTAL PURCHASES 101,225 Annexure B Product name Long/short Exec Quantity Exec PriceCFD Long 250 40.51CFD Long 1,376 40.60CFD Long 2,624 40.60CFD Long 250 40.26CFD Short - 2,000 40.35CFD Short - 2,000 40.35CFD Short - 81 40.45CFD Short - 419 40.43CFD Short - 500 40.46CFD Short - 243 40.14 Annexure C Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, eg Expiry Optionname, eg selling, securities price American, date money paid/call option purchasing, to which (AUD) European, received varying etc option etc per unit relates (AUD) Call option Purchasing 40,000 41.00 European 20080124 0.46Call option Purchasing 40,000 41.00 European 20080124 0.46Put option Purchasing 2,000 17.58 European 20080630 0.01Put option Purchasing 3,000 38.00 European 20080124 3.46Put option Purchasing 500 24.00 European 20070927 5.15Put option Purchasing 500 24.00 European 20070927 5.15Put option Purchasing 2,000 24.00 European 20070927 5.13Put option Purchasing 2,000 24.00 European 20070927 5.13Put option Purchasing 3,000 42.00 European 20080124 1.40Put option Purchasing 1,500 42.00 European 20080124 1.40Put option Purchasing 1,500 42.00 European 20080124 1.40Put option Purchasing 3,000 42.00 European 20080124 1.40Call option Selling - 6,000 43.50 European 20080327 0.55Call option Selling - 7,000 40.00 European 20080124 0.57Call option Selling - 7,000 40.00 European 20080124 0.58Call option Selling - 7,000 40.00 European 20080124 0.57Put option Selling - 369 40.58 American 20130131 8.17Put option Selling - 373 40.14 American 20130131 8.17Put option Selling - 25,000 34.00 European 20080124 6.99Put option Selling - 1,200 25.00 European 20160519 16.55Put option Selling - 500 38.00 European 20080124 3.52Put option Selling - 500 38.00 European 20080124 3.53Put option Selling - 1,000 38.00 European 20080124 3.53Put option Selling - 2,000 28.56 European 20090630 0.01Put option Selling - 500 32.00 European 20161117 13.44Put option Selling - 2,500 32.00 European 20161117 13.46Put option Selling - 2,000 42.00 European 20080124 1.40Put option Selling - 2,000 42.00 European 20080124 1.41Put option Selling - 5,000 42.00 European 20080124 1.38Put option Selling - 5,000 42.00 European 20080124 1.38 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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