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UBS AG (EPT)14 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 13 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 0 0.00% 674 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 0 0.00% 674 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) SALE 550 12468 AUD Cents PURCHASE 711 12470 SALE 392 12477 SALE 730 12477 PURCHASE 497 12478 PURCHASE 501 12479 PURCHASE 290 12479 SALE 9 12480 SALE 480 12480 SALE 54 12480 PURCHASE 488 12480 PURCHASE 43 12480 SALE 463 12481 SALE 250 12481 SALE 51 12481 SALE 2002 12482 PURCHASE 1000 12484 PURCHASE 1 12484 PURCHASE 1 12484 PURCHASE 83 12484 SALE 327 12484 SALE 1201 12484 PURCHASE 1900 12485 SALE 96 12487 SALE 240 12487 SALE 530 12488 SALE 56 12488 SALE 663 12489 SALE 429 12490 PURCHASE 1461 12490 PURCHASE 1339 12490 PURCHASE 290 12490 PURCHASE 126 12491 SALE 150 12492 SALE 239 12492 SALE 157 12498 SALE 246 12500 PURCHASE 611 12503 SALE 532 12503 PURCHASE 1 12504 PURCHASE 100 12504 PURCHASE 100 12504 PURCHASE 31 12504 PURCHASE 93 12504 PURCHASE 290 12504 PURCHASE 140 12505 PURCHASE 26 12505 PURCHASE 90 12505 PURCHASE 17 12505 PURCHASE 411 12505 PURCHASE 340 12505 PURCHASE 7 12505 SALE 1000 12506 SALE 62 12506 SALE 319 12508 SALE 80 12509 SALE 260 12509 SALE 507 12509 PURCHASE 590 12509 PURCHASE 125 12515 PURCHASE 16 12515 PURCHASE 1 12515 PURCHASE 1 12515 SALE 554 12515 SALE 508 12517 PURCHASE 37 12517 PURCHASE 64 12517 PURCHASE 101 12518 PURCHASE 400 12519 PURCHASE 100 12519 PURCHASE 500 12520 PURCHASE 429 12520 PURCHASE 35 12520 PURCHASE 200 12520 PURCHASE 2 12520 PURCHASE 7 12520 PURCHASE 100 12520 PURCHASE 100 12520 PURCHASE 300 12520 PURCHASE 100 12520 PURCHASE 100 12521 PURCHASE 22 12521 PURCHASE 34 12521 PURCHASE 75 12521 PURCHASE 391 12521 PURCHASE 500 12522 PURCHASE 55 12522 PURCHASE 100 12522 PURCHASE 28 12522 PURCHASE 100 12522 PURCHASE 100 12522 PURCHASE 100 12522 PURCHASE 22 12522 PURCHASE 368 12522 PURCHASE 100 12522 PURCHASE 100 12522 PURCHASE 61 12522 SALE 745 12522 SALE 52 12522 PURCHASE 131 12523 PURCHASE 178 12523 PURCHASE 16 12523 PURCHASE 100 12523 PURCHASE 200 12523 PURCHASE 100 12524 SALE 1203 12524 SALE 3 12524 PURCHASE 99 12525 PURCHASE 100 12525 PURCHASE 105 12527 PURCHASE 151 12527 PURCHASE 9 12527 PURCHASE 300 12527 PURCHASE 289 12529 PURCHASE 3 12529 PURCHASE 75 12530 PURCHASE 214 12530 PURCHASE 8 12530 PURCHASE 100 12530 PURCHASE 100 12530 PURCHASE 100 12530 PURCHASE 100 12530 PURCHASE 9 12531 PURCHASE 100 12531 PURCHASE 100 12531 PURCHASE 100 12531 PURCHASE 114 12531 SALE 559 12532 PURCHASE 295 12532 PURCHASE 109 12534 PURCHASE 1 12534 PURCHASE 9 12534 PURCHASE 864 12535 PURCHASE 199 12535 PURCHASE 45 12535 SALE 373 12535 SALE 1 12536 SALE 43 12536 SALE 24 12536 SALE 42827 12536.73 PURCHASE 42827 12536.73 SALE 63 12537 PURCHASE 22 12537 PURCHASE 50 12537 PURCHASE 23 12537 PURCHASE 23 12537 PURCHASE 1 12537 PURCHASE 298 12537 SALE 842 12539 SALE 663 12540 SALE 103 12540 SALE 1533 12540 SALE 460 12540 SALE 270 12541 PURCHASE 1993 12543 PURCHASE 100 12543 PURCHASE 1993 12543 PURCHASE 200 12545 PURCHASE 41 12545 PURCHASE 1 12545 PURCHASE 1 12545 PURCHASE 500 12545 PURCHASE 154 12545 PURCHASE 199 12545 PURCHASE 164 12545 PURCHASE 849 12545 SALE 1195 12546 SALE 59 12546 SALE 16 12546 SALE 929 12546 PURCHASE 150 12547 PURCHASE 246 12547 PURCHASE 58 12547 PURCHASE 1000 12547 PURCHASE 60 12547 PURCHASE 3 12547 PURCHASE 34 12547 PURCHASE 39 12549 PURCHASE 39 12549 PURCHASE 70 12549 SALE 630 12549 PURCHASE 45037 12549.99 SALE 45037 12549.99 PURCHASE 856 12550 SALE 500 12550 PURCHASE 199 12550 PURCHASE 664 12550 PURCHASE 8 12550 PURCHASE 150 12552 PURCHASE 100 12552 PURCHASE 100 12552 PURCHASE 77 12553 PURCHASE 100 12553 PURCHASE 327 12553 PURCHASE 226 12556 PURCHASE 169 12556 PURCHASE 32 12556 PURCHASE 7 12556 PURCHASE 1 12557 PURCHASE 148 12557 SALE 25 12565 PURCHASE 3 12565 PURCHASE 4 12565 PURCHASE 51 12565 PURCHASE 46 12565 SALE 731 12565 PURCHASE 26 12567 PURCHASE 50 12567 PURCHASE 147 12567 PURCHASE 272 12573 SALE 198 12575 SALE 9 12575 SALE 2 12575 SALE 271 12575 SALE 1987 12576 PURCHASE 156 12576 PURCHASE 33 12576 PURCHASE 500 12576 SALE 123 12577 SALE 1 12577 SALE 51 12577 SALE 334 12577 PURCHASE 162 12578 PURCHASE 400 12578 PURCHASE 200 12580 SALE 705 12580 SALE 40 12580 PURCHASE 666 12580 SALE 200 12583 PURCHASE 109 12583 PURCHASE 272 12583 SALE 318 12583 PURCHASE 975 12584 PURCHASE 1055 12585 PURCHASE 6 12585 PURCHASE 251 12586 PURCHASE 185 12586 SALE 1675 12586 SALE 4 12586 SALE 6 12586 SALE 301 12586 SALE 1985 12589 SALE 1072 12589 SALE 1429 12591 SALE 128 12592 SALE 290 12592 SALE 149 12592 SALE 377 12593 SALE 1068 12593 SALE 240 12593 SALE 49 12593 SALE 13 12593 SALE 250 12595 PURCHASE 214 12595 PURCHASE 1000 12595 SALE 472 12596 SALE 1556 12596 SALE 150 12596 SALE 278 12596 SALE 3 12597 SALE 391 12597 SALE 1 12597 SALE 18 12597 SALE 251 12597 SALE 527 12597 SALE 256 12597 SALE 9 12597 SALE 24 12597 SALE 13 12599 SALE 507 12599 SALE 8 12599 SALE 1000 12599 SALE 18 12599 SALE 2 12599 PURCHASE 1432 12600 PURCHASE 1189 12600 PURCHASE 732 12601 PURCHASE 1 12601 PURCHASE 340 12601 SALE 14 12608 SALE 125 12608 SALE 181 12622 SALE 1799 12622 TOTAL PURCHASES 130,691 TOTAL SALES 132,901 (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 14 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:
Rio Tinto