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UBS South Africa (PTY) Limited04 March 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 UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which thedealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) 0.5 USD ordinary Date of dealing 3rd March 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 4,183,817 0.19% 414,216 0.02% (2) Derivatives (other than options) - - (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell - - Total 4,183,817 0.19% 414,216 0.02% (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 - - (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details N/A - 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and salesPurchase/Sale Number of Price per unit securities (Note 4) B 1000 24925 B 1000 24925 B 1000 24925 B 127 24925 B 4895 24925 B 38 24925 B 390 24925 B 3000 24930 B 861 24949 B 7589 24950 B 8194 24970 B 256 24970 B 500 25000 B 4950 25000 B 3000 25000 B 1800 25000 B 6650 25000 B 3070 25050 B 5380 25050 B 8450 25050 B 1354 25072 B 7096 25072 B 5000 25175 B 3450 25185 S 10000 24800 S 9518 24800 S 10000 24800 S 5000 24800 S 2816 24800 S 5000 24800 S 102 24852 S 105 24854 S 2047 24860 S 10000 24860 S 3908 24860 S 100 24861 S 625 24861 S 500 24865 S 100 24865 S 100 24866 S 105 24867 S 100 24867 S 5000 24870 S 5000 24870 S 100 24871 S 100 24874 S 558 24876 S 100 24877 S 100 24877 S 100 24877 S 100 24878 S 145 24878 S 100 24878 S 145 24879 S 145 24880 S 2500 24900 S 300 24900 S 5000 24900 S 100 24900 S 286 24900 S 6000 24900 S 4714 24900 S 2500 24900 S 10 24900 S 50 24900 S 2682 24900 S 1000 24900 S 2420 24900 S 100 24901 S 352 24902 S 100 24903 S 100 24905 S 3000 24905 S 320 24905 S 520 24906 S 309 24906 S 600 24907 S 180 24915 S 200 24917 S 1000 24920 S 485 24920 S 110 24920 S 100 24920 S 2500 24925 S 450 24926 S 1200 24926 S 100 24927 S 9000 24950 S 9000 24950 S 40 24950 S 10000 24950 S 5000 24950 S 5000 24950 S 12228 24950 S 757 24950 S 757 24950 S 2500 24950 S 4570 24950 S 7589 24950 S 2260 24950 S 300 24950 S 2000 24950 S 3200 24950 S 396 24950 S 205 24950 S 1000 24950 S 310 24951 S 270 24952 S 400 24960 S 33900 24960 S 9000 24960 S 8174 24960 S 8669 24960 S 100 24961 S 100 24963 S 100 24964 S 5000 24965 S 925 24965 S 100 24965 S 100 24966 S 443 24966 S 100 24966 S 555 24967 S 100 24967 S 40 24967 S 200 24970 S 140 24970 S 100 24971 S 105 24972 S 160 24972 S 571 24975 S 7302 24975 S 5000 24975 S 6000 24975 S 14000 24975 S 22 24975 S 1500 24975 S 10000 24975 S 140 24977 S 100 24980 S 3 24980 S 100 24980 S 2436 24980 S 840 24981 S 507 24982 S 10000 24990 S 200 24990 S 15240 24990 S 300 25000 S 10000 25000 S 100 25000 S 100 25000 S 107 25000 S 50 25000 S 7542 25000 S 2458 25000 S 10000 25000 S 10000 25000 S 1950 25000 S 1050 25000 S 73 25000 S 100 25000 S 100 25000 S 200 25000 S 35 25000 S 9000 25000 S 4000 25000 S 3150 25000 S 3000 25001 S 1093 25001 S 780 25001 S 3165 25007 S 75 25007 S 5000 25010 S 2000 25010 S 100 25011 S 215 25012 S 5000 25015 S 5000 25015 S 100 25015 S 100 25015 S 396 25017 S 100 25018 S 105 25018 S 200 25019 S 128 25019 S 140 25019 S 170 25021 S 9973 25050 S 6619 25050 S 1412 25050 S 2050 25050 S 50 25050 S 5000 25050 S 8450 25050 S 3700 25051 S 303 25051 S 3066 25051 S 468 25052 S 100 25060 S 200 25060 S 1000 25060 S 1000 25060 S 1000 25060 S 1000 25060 S 1000 25060 S 1000 25060 S 1000 25060 S 120 25060 S 1000 25060 S 1000 25060 S 4000 25060 S 1075 25060 S 8444 25060 S 5000 25060 S 6000 25060 S 8439 25063 S 7709 25063 S 100 25063 S 100 25064 S 110 25065 S 7970 25100 S 10000 25100 S 2409 25100 S 4000 25100 S 3026 25100 S 4000 25100 S 3460 25100 S 2000 25100 S 540 25100 S 1000 25100 S 5000 25100 S 5000 25100 S 5000 25100 S 5000 25100 S 1000 25100 S 134 25100 S 3000 25100 S 1000 25100 S 3000 25100 S 3584 25100 S 3864 25101 S 2000 25101 S 190 25103 S 145 25103 S 65 25103 S 100 25105 S 3165 25107 S 14186 25120 S 3400 25120 S 9066 25120 S 9066 25120 S 11902 25120 S 7000 25120 S 9066 25120 S 100 25120 S 2387 25120 S 12320 25120 S 10000 25120 S 11507 25120 S 125 25180 S 1068 25185 S 400 25185 S 135 25186 S 205 25187 S 27 25190 S 100 25193 S 360 25200 S 20000 25200 S 4873 25200 S 7666 25200 S 10000 25200 S 400 25200 S 1253 25200 S 10000 25200 S 5000 25200 S 105 25202 Total Purchases 79,050 Total Sales 750,000 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD- - - - (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. N/A Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 4th March 2008 Contact name MICHAEL SOLARIN Telephone number 0027 11 322 7860 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP BILLITON PLC AND BHP BILLITON LIMITEDNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISOR 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:
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