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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)14 February 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 Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 13-Feb-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 175,512 0.005 1,532,546 0.045 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 175,512 0.005 1,532,546 0.045 (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 (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) Purchase 14741 37.35Purchase 343 37.35Purchase 619 37.3Purchase 10200 37.3Purchase 150 37.3Purchase 4031 37.3Purchase 377 37.3Purchase 500 37.3Purchase 100 37.3Purchase 250 37.3Purchase 1000 37.3Purchase 1000 37.3Purchase 400 37.3Purchase 285 37.3Purchase 300 37.3Purchase 100 37.3Purchase 1863 37.3Purchase 3571 37.3Purchase 53 37.3Purchase 500 37.3Purchase 70 37.3Purchase 4631 37.3Purchase 52 37.5Purchase 67 37.5Purchase 19867 37.5Purchase 14 37.5Purchase 4535 37.5Purchase 165 37.5Purchase 200 37.47Purchase 100 37.47Purchase 2159 37.45Purchase 2841 37.45Purchase 2657 37.5Purchase 1033 37.49Purchase 500 37.49Purchase 5430 37.47Purchase 2673 37.49Purchase 236 37.49Purchase 314 37.49Purchase 6777 37.49Purchase 4274 37.52Purchase 2384 37.55Purchase 3000 37.55Purchase 600 37.55Purchase 5370 37.56Purchase 250 37.56Purchase 2000 37.49Purchase 1000 37.49Purchase 694 37.48Purchase 1800 37.48Purchase 1 37.48Purchase 100 37.48Purchase 405 37.48Purchase 4042 37.5Purchase 958 37.49Purchase 4274 37.6Purchase 4037 37.62Purchase 1 37.62Purchase 104 37.62Purchase 429 37.65Purchase 500 37.65Purchase 1000 37.65Purchase 3200 37.65Purchase 103 37.62Purchase 29 37.62Purchase 4014 37.5Purchase 260 37.5Purchase 200 37.44Purchase 5 37.59Purchase 3 37.59Purchase 2873 37.59Purchase 2000 37.59Purchase 166 37.59Purchase 510 37.59Purchase 123 37.77Purchase 1098 37.77Purchase 5378 37.84Purchase 648 37.84Purchase 320 37.84Purchase 65 37.84Purchase 1724 37.84Purchase 2550 37.84Purchase 3000 37.77Purchase 53 37.77Purchase 1380 37.56Purchase 380 37.49Purchase 10000 36.86Sale -30000 37.5Sale -150000 38.2406Sale -5302 37.72Sale -3264 37.7Sale -1012 37.32Sale -33 37.33Sale -3955 37.33Sale -2500 37.45Sale -222 37.5Sale -2057 37.5Sale -535 37.5Sale -300 37.5Sale -4800 37.5Sale -1355 37.5Sale -731 37.5Sale -10000 37.5Sale -1958 37.51Sale -542 37.51Sale -520 37.47Sale -1480 37.47Sale -2500 37.52Sale -1095 37.54Sale -408 37.3Sale -5527 37.5Sale -1935 37.54Sale -719 37.55Sale -1580 37.71Sale -7 37.72Sale -95 37.72Sale -96 37.72Sale -8 37.72Sale -2912 37.73Sale -100 37.71Sale -1038 37.68Sale -698 37.7TOTAL BUYS:172009 TOTAL SELLS:239284 (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) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONSAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 14-Feb-2008 Contact name Collins, Carolyn 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(RTMs website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group