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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)04 April 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 2-04-2008 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 269,840 0.008 7,662,977 0.228(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 269,840 0.008 7,662,977 0.228 (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/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 1,207 36.66Purchase 515 36.66Purchase 43 36.66Purchase 2,475 36.66Purchase 7,228 36.67Purchase 2,103 36.67Purchase 194 36.67Purchase 73 36.67Purchase 800 36.67Purchase 1,507 36.67Purchase 12 36.66Purchase 195 36.68Purchase 11 36.72Purchase 160 36.72Purchase 405 36.75Purchase 161 36.75Purchase 3,382 36.75Purchase 304 36.75Purchase 155 36.74Purchase 157 36.76Purchase 51 36.77Purchase 96 36.77Purchase 4,700 36.76Purchase 1,750 36.76Purchase 4,252 36.75Purchase 2,663 36.73Purchase 105 36.73Purchase 405 36.73Purchase 33 36.72Purchase 69 36.72Purchase 5,000 36.72Purchase 226 36.71Purchase 3,500 36.71Purchase 257 36.71Purchase 27 36.71Purchase 121 36.71Purchase 139 36.72Purchase 249 36.75Purchase 127 36.76Purchase 2,113 36.76Purchase 772 36.76Purchase 1,000 36.76Purchase 120 36.76Purchase 247 36.76Purchase 353 36.76Purchase 800 36.76Purchase 3,548 36.77Purchase 1,797 36.78Purchase 1,000 36.78Purchase 400 36.78Purchase 1,480 36.78Purchase 559 36.77Purchase 145 36.77Purchase 174 36.76Purchase 2,666 36.76Purchase 259 36.76Purchase 711 36.75Purchase 110 36.75Purchase 12 36.75Purchase 1,384 36.75Purchase 60 36.75Purchase 2,151 36.75Purchase 472 36.75Purchase 93 36.75Purchase 825 36.75Purchase 41 36.75Purchase 22 36.75Purchase 608 36.75Purchase 1,664 36.75Purchase 179 36.75Purchase 201 36.75Purchase 147 36.75Purchase 143 36.74Purchase 120 36.75Purchase 2,265 36.74Purchase 244 36.74Purchase 232 36.74Purchase 138 36.74Purchase 14 36.74Purchase 680 36.74Purchase 679 36.74Purchase 138 36.67Purchase 118 36.71Purchase 122 36.70Purchase 128 36.67Purchase 776 36.69Purchase 2,423 36.69Purchase 4,252 36.70Purchase 800 36.69Purchase 1,954 36.69Purchase 10 36.69Purchase 118 36.72Purchase 114 36.72Purchase 100 36.75Purchase 97 36.76Purchase 95 36.77Purchase 54 36.75Purchase 55 36.77Purchase 45 36.79Purchase 4,161 36.73Purchase 91 36.72Purchase 713 36.72Purchase 3,539 36.72Purchase 4,596 36.70Purchase 200 36.70Purchase 542 36.70Purchase 615 36.70Purchase 6 36.70Purchase 300 36.70Purchase 700 36.70Purchase 95 36.70Purchase 82 36.70Purchase 2,907 36.70Purchase 700 36.70Purchase 104 36.70Purchase 401 36.70Purchase 1,415 36.70Purchase 76 36.69Purchase 354 36.69Purchase 86 36.69Purchase 6,059 36.75Purchase 407 36.75Purchase 8,000 36.75Purchase 121 36.75Purchase 235 36.75Purchase 400 36.75Purchase 193 36.75Purchase 2,852 36.75Purchase 580 36.75Purchase 5,000 36.75Purchase 3,500 36.75Purchase 200 36.75Purchase 1 36.73Purchase 41 36.73Purchase 356 36.73Purchase 191 36.73Purchase 298 36.73Purchase 1,579 36.69Purchase 62 36.69Purchase 90 36.69Purchase 16 36.69Purchase 1,014 36.69Purchase 372 36.69Purchase 118 36.69Purchase 2,748 36.69Purchase 238 36.67Purchase 145 36.67Purchase 4,252 36.69Purchase 4,194 36.77Purchase 280 36.77Purchase 220 36.77Purchase 500 36.77Purchase 500 36.77Purchase 400 36.77Purchase 100 36.77Purchase 200 36.77Purchase 310 36.77Purchase 108 36.77Purchase 427 36.77Purchase 334 36.77Purchase 155 36.77Purchase 349 36.77Purchase 800 36.76Purchase 700 36.76Purchase 1,000 36.76Purchase 400 36.76Purchase 310 36.76Purchase 300 36.76Purchase 300 36.76Purchase 472 36.76Purchase 352 36.76Purchase 1,344 36.75Purchase 544 36.75Purchase 800 36.75Purchase 310 36.73Purchase 23 36.73Purchase 4,677 36.76Purchase 2,483 36.77Purchase 1,000 36.77Purchase 300 36.77Purchase 353 36.77Purchase 41 36.77Purchase 300 36.77Purchase 200 36.77Purchase 3,988 36.76Purchase 689 36.76Purchase 1,189 36.74Purchase 15 36.74Purchase 9 36.74Purchase 46 36.74Purchase 200 36.74Purchase 2,793 36.74Purchase 1,212 36.72Purchase 188 36.72Purchase 4,252 36.72Purchase 12 36.72Purchase 5,941 36.72Purchase 5,102 36.72Purchase 112 36.71Purchase 152 36.71Purchase 2,200 36.71Purchase 890 36.71Purchase 4,252 36.71Purchase 4,252 36.70Purchase 2,053 36.70Purchase 3,474 36.70Purchase 1,905 36.67Purchase 185 36.68Purchase 600 36.68Purchase 129 36.68Purchase 3,338 36.68Purchase 700 36.67Purchase 700 36.67Purchase 300 36.67Purchase 242 36.67Purchase 100 36.67Purchase 300 36.67Purchase 80 36.67Purchase 49 36.67Purchase 301 36.67Purchase 84 36.76Purchase 4,252 36.77Purchase 1 36.76Purchase 4,252 36.77Purchase 590 36.76Purchase 1 36.76Purchase 8 36.76Purchase 45 36.76Purchase 295 36.76Purchase 1,130 36.76Purchase 152 36.76Purchase 4,468 36.76Purchase 182 36.76Purchase 151 36.76Purchase 301 36.76Purchase 1,205 36.79Purchase 650 36.79Purchase 200 36.79Purchase 155 36.78Purchase 99 36.78Purchase 2,000 36.78Purchase 2,423 36.78Purchase 1,485 36.74Purchase 1,315 36.74Purchase 34 36.74Purchase 450 36.74Purchase 968 36.74Purchase 4,241 36.74Purchase 11 36.74Purchase 5,697 36.85Purchase 2,752 36.85Purchase 1,000 36.85Purchase 500 36.85Purchase 5,527 36.84Purchase 4,252 36.84Purchase 1,704 36.82Purchase 2,973 36.82Purchase 523 36.81Purchase 158 36.81Purchase 1,000 36.80Purchase 60 36.78Purchase 8,461 36.78Purchase 15 36.84Purchase 732 36.86Purchase 1,024 36.86Purchase 1,496 36.86Purchase 1,000 36.86Purchase 68 36.84Purchase 3,728 36.84Purchase 271 36.84Purchase 170 36.84Purchase 123 36.80Purchase 477 36.79Purchase 26 36.78Purchase 2,500 36.78Purchase 242 36.78Purchase 4,024 36.79Purchase 168 36.79Purchase 30 36.79Purchase 30 36.79Purchase 76 36.75Purchase 265 36.75Purchase 680 36.75Purchase 505 36.75Purchase 2,483 36.75Purchase 1,000 36.74Purchase 150 36.74Purchase 524 36.74Purchase 1,000 36.74Purchase 41 36.74Purchase 500 36.74Purchase 998 36.74Purchase 1,700 36.73Purchase 44 36.73Purchase 323 36.72Purchase 323 36.72Purchase 2,177 36.72Purchase 2,500 36.72Purchase 5,102 36.69Purchase 400 36.71Purchase 439 36.71Purchase 100 36.71Purchase 600 36.71Purchase 361 36.71Purchase 13 36.74Purchase 300 36.74Purchase 1 36.73Purchase 1,414 36.72Purchase 772 36.72Purchase 5,000 36.70Purchase 2,500 36.90Purchase 5,020 36.90Purchase 2,480 36.90Purchase 8,986 37.00Purchase 40 36.97Purchase 286 36.97Purchase 282 36.97Purchase 1,089 36.97Purchase 1,135 36.97Purchase 90 36.97Purchase 6,662 36.97Purchase 1,434 36.93Purchase 76 36.93Purchase 9,920 36.93Purchase 1,909 36.78Purchase 2,622 36.79Purchase 2,796 36.76Purchase 898 36.71Purchase 2,600 36.73Purchase 3,736 36.69Purchase 3,069 36.70Purchase 4,252 36.73Purchase 585 35.81Purchase 130 36.13Purchase 44 36.14Purchase 116 36.11Purchase 5 36.15Purchase 150 36.15Purchase 149 36.07Purchase 145 36.07Purchase 135 36.00Purchase 134 36.09Purchase 120 36.11Purchase 122 36.10Purchase 94 36.15Purchase 25 36.15Purchase 106 36.16Purchase 100 36.10Purchase 115 36.19Purchase 94 36.28Purchase 107 36.33Purchase 94 36.34Purchase 13 36.27Purchase 51 36.27Purchase 17 36.27Purchase 9 36.27Purchase 103 36.22Purchase 5 36.19Purchase 83 36.19Purchase 73 36.16Purchase 77 36.21Purchase 73 36.20Purchase 73 36.19Purchase 53 36.12Purchase 58 36.07Purchase 46 36.09Purchase 50 36.10Purchase 41 36.22Purchase 44 36.27Purchase 39 36.25Purchase 44 36.26Purchase 42 36.15Purchase 40 36.22Purchase 37 36.20Purchase 41 36.19Purchase 38 36.16Purchase 43 36.10Purchase 26 36.13Purchase 19 36.12Purchase 48 36.09Purchase 43 36.11Purchase 51 36.11Purchase 56 36.17Purchase 55 36.12Purchase 54 36.24Purchase 65 36.33Purchase 15 36.36Purchase 71 36.29Purchase 71 36.29Purchase 17 36.27Purchase 74 36.37Purchase 87 36.33Purchase 88 36.36Purchase 93 36.38Purchase 83 36.58Purchase 95 36.63Purchase 98 36.57Purchase 93 36.61Purchase 64 36.67Purchase 66 36.66Purchase 64 36.67Purchase 4,268 36.66Purchase 300 36.66Purchase 241 36.66Purchase 531 36.66Sale -15,203 36.75Sale -30,000 36.97Sale -3,300 36.75Sale -5,283 36.75Sale -519 36.79Sale -989 36.75Sale -60 36.73Sale -495 36.73Sale -1,128 36.77Sale -2,102 36.70Sale -550 36.68Sale -169 36.68Sale -708 36.71Sale -49 36.71Sale -49 36.71Sale -328 36.71Sale -851 36.71Sale -788 36.73Sale -275 36.73Sale -165 36.73Sale -632 36.73Sale -45 36.73Sale -518 36.73Sale -477 36.73Sale -1 36.68Sale -852 36.70Sale -2,971 36.70Sale -279 36.77Sale -4,000 36.77Sale -300 36.77Sale -277 36.77Sale -3,339 36.68Sale -3,668 36.61Sale -81 37.10 -10,680 36.43TOTAL BUYS:408822 TOTAL SELLS:91131 (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 varyingProduct 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) ExercisingProduct 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 derivativesNONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 03-04-2008 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 NotesThe Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's 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