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EPT Disclosure

8th Oct 2008 12:20

RNS Number : 3756F

BNP Paribas London

08 October 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	BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE SNC
Company dealt in	RIO TINTO PLC
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary shares
Date of dealing	06 October 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	4,748,910 0.48%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	4,748,910 0.48%

(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

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchases	Quantity	Price
	1000	31.12
	61	31.11
	89	31.09
	1045	31.08
	569	31.07
	462	31.05
	17	31.04
	623	31.02
	813	31.00
	523	30.99
	96	30.98
	11	30.97
	201	30.95
	201	30.94
	574	30.93
	587	30.87
	920	30.86
	2843	30.84
	121	30.83
	2848	30.82
	2763	30.81
	291	30.80
	27	30.78
	777	30.77
	301	30.76
	947	30.75
	2118	30.74
	940	30.73
	1217	30.72
	1199	30.71
	922	30.70
	37	30.69
	1187	30.68
	1842	30.67
	5	30.66
	5000	30.65
	3200	30.64
	341	30.63
	1982	30.62
	450	30.61
	1088	30.60
	283	30.59
	874	30.58
	71	30.57
	312	30.56
	563	30.56
	502	30.55
	2224	30.54
	869	30.53
	981	30.52
	1958	30.51
	601	30.50
	991	30.49
	100	30.48
	1201	30.47
	1714	30.46
	1063	30.45
	234	30.44
	201	30.43
	1110	30.42
	362	30.41
	1842	30.40
	7070	30.39
	1033	30.38
	92	30.35
	219	30.34
	291	30.33
	186	30.32
	587	30.31
	2176	30.30
	1611	30.29
	668	30.28
	569	30.27
	2134	30.26
	638	30.25
	1295	30.24
	213	30.23
	1913	30.21
	540	30.20
	244	30.19
	150	30.18
	468	30.17
	150	30.16
	801	30.15
	2256	30.14
	688	30.13
	2152	30.12
	780	30.11
	201	30.10
	201	30.09
	97	30.08
	308	30.07
	153	30.06
	57	30.02
	989	30.00
	787	29.99
	572	29.97
	4500	29.96
	243	29.94
	93	29.91
	668	29.70
	201	29.69
	402	29.68
	209	29.67
	201	29.65
	196	29.64
	2568	29.61
	903	29.60
	2071	29.59
	3285	29.58
	283	29.57
	2009	29.56
	541	29.55
	201	29.53
	411	29.52
	2020	29.51
	400	29.50
	970	29.49
	450	29.46
	600	29.45
	201	29.44
	501	29.43
	441	29.42
	821	29.41
	2196	29.39
	1078	29.38
	6376	29.37
	3565	29.36
	1075	29.35
	2936	29.34
	4570	29.33
	1304	29.32
	3116	29.31
	4820	29.30
	4243	29.29
	389	29.28
	9249	29.27
	2612	29.26
	1216	29.25
	3127	29.24
	1161	29.23
	884	29.22
	486	29.21
	1389	29.19
	91	29.18
	288	29.17
	402	29.16
	457	29.14
	170	29.13
	60	29.12
	866	29.11
	400	29.10
	800	29.09
	735	29.08
	410	29.06
	1374	29.05
	1121	29.04
	332	29.03
	359	29.02
	800	29.01
	617	28.94
	1869	28.93
	67739	28.88
	201	28.75
	514	28.74
	201	28.66
	500	28.52
	806	28.46
	366	28.37
	402	28.33
	1146	28.30
	2004	28.29
	453	28.27
	201	28.26
	201	28.25
	2572	28.24
	137	28.23
	702	28.22
	405	28.21
	417	28.20
	796	28.19
	723	28.18
	150	28.16
	201	28.13
	422	28.03
	1342	28.00
	765	27.98
	2050	27.97
	200	27.96
	299	27.88
	381	27.87
	201	27.86
	210	27.84
	201	27.78
	351	27.73
	608	27.72
	201	27.67
	201	27.62
	201	27.61
	201	27.56
	201	27.49
	201	27.46
	201	27.44
	700	27.42
	201	27.41
	429	27.40
	201	27.39
	402	27.33
	30	27.31
Total:	274,152

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-62	31.18
	-554	31.16
	-1315	31.14
	-822	31.13
	-3657	31.12
	-490	31.10
	-435	31.09
	-471	31.08
	-109	31.07
	-1317	31.03
	-1	31.00
	-342	30.99
	-201	30.97
	-201	30.95
	-238	30.94
	-620	30.93
	-322	30.91
	-631	30.90
	-212	30.89
	-296	30.88
	-612	30.87
	-809	30.86
	-127	30.83
	-201	30.81
	-10323	30.80
	-1099	30.78
	-169	30.76
	-40	30.75
	-288	30.74
	-36	30.72
	-2822	30.71
	-305	30.70
	-484	30.69
	-695	30.67
	-60	30.65
	-495	30.64
	-269	30.63
	-480	30.62
	-201	30.61
	-498	30.59
	-668	30.57
	-71	30.56
	-462	30.55
	-1028	30.54
	-1891	30.53
	-919	30.52
	-3705	30.51
	-2131	30.50
	-1272	30.49
	-2274	30.46
	-1908	30.45
	-150	30.44
	-746	30.43
	-3742	30.42
	-645	30.41
	-479	30.39
	-956	30.37
	-508	30.36
	-16	30.35
	-596	30.34
	-1005	30.33
	-409	30.32
	-1598	30.31
	-502	30.30
	-2498	30.29
	-1138	30.28
	-817	30.27
	-438	30.26
	-4328	30.25
	-630	30.24
	-1572	30.23
	-201	30.22
	-425	30.21
	-3049	30.20
	-1324	30.19
	-558	30.18
	-1153	30.16
	-200	30.15
	-1659	30.14
	-1201	30.13
	-947	30.12
	-1232	30.11
	-201	30.10
	-816	30.09
	-97	30.07
	-2000	30.04
	-201	30.03
	-1183	30.02
	-310	30.01
	-692	30.00
	-51	29.99
	-790	29.98
	-772	29.96
	-312	29.95
	-128	29.93
	-311	29.92
	-565	29.91
	-1751	29.90
	-162	29.88
	-200	29.86
	-5315	29.85
	-550	29.83
	-1755	29.80
	-930	29.75
	-1457	29.74
	-2693	29.72
	-2506	29.71
	-449	29.70
	-2117	29.69
	-2152	29.68
	-1665	29.67
	-657	29.66
	-2288	29.65
	-743	29.64
	-404	29.63
	-2500	29.62
	-3144	29.61
	-2828	29.60
	-8824	29.59
	-867	29.57
	-980	29.56
	-412	29.53
	-677	29.51
	-569	29.49
	-1184	29.48
	-2865	29.47
	-1565	29.46
	-1543	29.45
	-1899	29.44
	-320	29.43
	-6353	29.42
	-369	29.41
	-4084	29.40
	-1630	29.39
	-6963	29.38
	-1426	29.37
	-3596	29.36
	-9227	29.35
	-2842	29.33
	-441	29.32
	-947	29.31
	-9829	29.30
	-1659	29.28
	-1614	29.27
	-1154	29.26
	-1470	29.25
	-2546	29.24
	-582	29.23
	-2119	29.22
	-1635	29.21
	-4657	29.20
	-792	29.19
	-669	29.18
	-201	29.17
	-1600	29.16
	-1480	29.15
	-1962	29.14
	-802	29.13
	-212	29.12
	-1358	29.11
	-885	29.10
	-654	29.09
	-169	29.08
	-463	29.06
	-62	29.03
	-735	29.02
	-1483	29.01
	-1980	28.98
	-288	28.97
	-699	28.96
	-134	28.93
	-10134	28.91
	-321	28.89
	-117411	28.88
	-3299	28.87
	-400	28.85
	-1195	28.83
	-1936	28.79
	-301	28.74
	-414	28.73
	-201	28.69
	-800	28.56
	-382	28.53
	-3234	28.50
	-169	28.49
	-724	28.35
	-144	28.33
	-1000	28.31
	-746	28.30
	-233	28.28
	-665	28.26
	-2056	28.25
	-1289	28.24
	-1762	28.23
	-900	28.22
	-169	28.21
	-342	28.20
	-783	28.19
	-1343	28.18
	-577	28.17
	-400	28.16
	-9378	28.15
	-601	28.13
	-200	28.10
	-900	28.08
	-7500	28.07
	-350	28.05
	-251	28.04
	-201	28.03
	-241	27.99
	-1515	27.98
	-3051	27.97
	-625	27.96
	-200	27.93
	-281	27.90
	-100	27.89
	-600	27.88
	-546	27.87
	-2987	27.86
	-210	27.85
	-413	27.80
	-212	27.76
	-630	27.74
	-423	27.73
	-1413	27.71
	-320	27.69
	-201	27.65
	-5217	27.62
	-201	27.61
	-75	27.50
	-311	27.49
	-30	27.46
	-2919	27.45
	-1832	27.44
	-1371	27.43
	-201	27.42
	-700	27.41
	-311	27.40
	-10429	27.39
	-400	27.37
	-340	27.35
	-679	27.34
	-560	27.33
	-231	27.32
	-800	27.31
Total:	- 444,817

(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.

None

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

Date of disclosure	08 October 2008
Contact name	Neil Kober
Telephone number	020 7595 4821
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton
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

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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