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EPT Disclosure

23rd Sep 2008 11:47

RNS Number : 0744E

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

23 September 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 disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	22-09-2008

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			8367639	0.249
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			8367639	0.249

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase	236,000	39.70
Purchase	297	39.70
Purchase	7,239	39.70
Purchase	2,700	39.70
Purchase	2,400	39.70
Purchase	274	39.70
Purchase	38,754	39.70
Purchase	5,491	39.70
Purchase	31,286	39.70
Purchase	305	39.70
Purchase	5,262	39.70
Purchase	197	39.70
Purchase	64,843	39.70
Purchase	13,340	39.70
Purchase	21	39.20
Purchase	179	39.20
Purchase	177	39.04
Purchase	23	39.04
Purchase	200	38.96
Purchase	70	38.87
Purchase	27	38.79
Purchase	100	38.79
Purchase	22	38.79
Purchase	1	38.77
Purchase	1	38.75
Purchase	100	38.86
Purchase	100	38.87
Purchase	200	38.62
Purchase	1,000	39.54
Purchase	350	39.58
Purchase	100,000	35.10
Purchase	300,000	35.90
Sale	-171,738	35.40
Sale	-700	38.92
Sale	-1,410	38.92
Sale	-5,390	38.92
Sale	-411	38.92
Sale	-649	38.92
Sale	-7,183	39.00
Sale	-151	39.01
Sale	-70	39.00
Sale	-10,000	39.00
Sale	-1,185	39.00
Sale	-288	39.00
Sale	-506	39.00
Sale	-221	39.10
Sale	-840	39.10
Sale	-19	39.10
Sale	-928	39.11
Sale	-6,484	39.10
Sale	-255	39.10
Sale	-113	39.10
Sale	-132	39.15
Sale	-50	39.01
Sale	-226	38.80
Sale	-88	38.70
Sale	-3,261	39.59
Sale	-1,315	39.70
Sale	-5,000	39.05
Sale	-42,000	39.10
Sale	-8,000	39.10
Sale	-252	39.11
Sale	-245	39.07
Sale	-15,551	39.04
Sale	-15	39.04
Sale	-3,871	39.04
Sale	-8,140	39.05
Sale	-8,097	39.06
Sale	-4,326	39.07
Sale	-231	39.00
Sale	-3,925	38.92
Sale	-3	38.92
Sale	-1,327	38.92
Sale	-10,598	38.92
Sale	-310	38.92
Sale	-277	38.92
Sale	-227	38.90
Sale	-193	38.83
Sale	-163	38.85
Sale	-182	38.99
Sale	-8,687	39.00
Sale	-7,893	39.00
Sale	-730	39.00
Sale	-10,000	39.00
Sale	-720	39.00
Sale	-4,258	39.00
Sale	-1,910	39.00
Sale	-24	39.00
Sale	-10,841	39.00
Sale	-3	39.00
Sale	-73	39.01
Sale	-316	39.01
Sale	-1,309	39.01
Sale	-4,589	39.01
Sale	-27,007	39.00
Sale	-270	39.00
Sale	-394	39.00
Sale	-211	38.99
Sale	-9,647	39.00
Sale	-8,710	39.00
Sale	-3,902	39.00
Sale	-157	38.96
Sale	-184	38.97
Sale	-13,937	39.00
Sale	-13,500	39.00
Sale	-10,000	39.00
Sale	-15	39.00
Sale	-19	39.00
Sale	-23	39.00
Sale	-78	39.00
Sale	-955	39.03
Sale	-34,505	39.00
Sale	-14	38.99
Sale	-135	38.99
Sale	-65	39.00
Sale	-250	39.00
Sale	-27	39.00
Sale	-9,559	39.00
Sale	-88	39.01
Sale	-5,000	39.01
Sale	-163	39.12
Sale	-26,875	39.10
Sale	-165	39.07
Sale	-1	39.10
Sale	-5,000	39.10
Sale	-1,014	39.10
Sale	-6,030	39.10
Sale	-137	39.11
Sale	-6,763	39.11
Sale	-10,000	39.11
Sale	-13,344	39.11
Sale	-6,965	39.11
Sale	-2,000	39.11
Sale	-8,019	39.10
Sale	-250	39.10
Sale	-20,000	39.10
Sale	-225	39.10
Sale	-1,506	39.10
Sale	-151	39.08
Sale	-10,571	39.10
Sale	-756	39.10
Sale	-1,934	39.10
Sale	-3,201	39.10
Sale	-419	39.10
Sale	-5,000	39.10
Sale	-26	39.10
Sale	-6,900	39.10
Sale	-4,341	39.11
Sale	-163	39.10
Sale	-4,809	39.18
Sale	-15,000	39.18
Sale	-191	39.18
Sale	-149	39.11
Sale	-8	39.01
Sale	-114	39.01
Sale	-116	39.05
Sale	-15	39.20
Sale	-143	39.20
Sale	-1,000	39.20
Sale	-488	39.17
Sale	-12	39.17
Sale	-708	39.17
Sale	-147	39.12
Sale	-411	39.09
Sale	-323	39.09
Sale	-266	39.09
Sale	-133	39.08
Sale	-150	39.05
Sale	-20	39.04
Sale	-142	39.07
Sale	-139	39.00
Sale	-117	38.94
Sale	-130	39.05
Sale	-70	39.02
Sale	-61	38.95
Sale	-83	39.01
Sale	-137	39.04
Sale	-116	38.98
Sale	-117	38.95
Sale	-884	38.89
Sale	-24	38.89
Sale	-92	38.89
Sale	-120	38.85
Sale	-126	38.77
Sale	-200	38.75
Sale	-5	38.78
Sale	-100	38.78
Sale	-1,000	38.81
Sale	-456	38.84
Sale	-300	38.84
Sale	-244	38.84
Sale	-14	38.88
Sale	-119	38.88
Sale	-10	38.89
Sale	-357	38.89
Sale	-633	38.89
Sale	-219	38.94
Sale	-84	38.96
Sale	-80	38.92
Sale	-87	38.89
Sale	-68	38.86
Sale	-78	38.83
Sale	-1,000	38.81
Sale	-4	38.77
Sale	-59	38.77
Sale	-77	38.73
Sale	-60	38.71
Sale	-6	38.71
Sale	-39	38.69
Sale	-21	38.73
Sale	-68	38.65
Sale	-5	38.65
Sale	-25	38.68
Sale	-27	38.68
Sale	-59	38.67
Sale	-11	38.72
Sale	-52	38.72
Sale	-68	38.63
Sale	-39	38.54
Sale	-19	38.54
Sale	-57	38.52
Sale	-58	38.46
Sale	-47	38.43
Sale	-6	38.45
Sale	-56	38.45
Sale	-52	38.48
Sale	-48	38.76
Sale	-57	38.75
Sale	-43	38.65
Sale	-55	38.53
Sale	-1	38.54
Sale	-56	38.54
Sale	-58	38.57
Sale	-20,000	38.66
Sale	-66	38.40
Sale	-64	38.30
Sale	-1	38.47
Sale	-22	38.47
Sale	-54	38.47
Sale	-72	38.45
Sale	-75	38.64
Sale	-3	38.63
Sale	-1	38.63
Sale	-70	38.63
Sale	-5	38.62
Sale	-4,063	38.62
Sale	-800	38.62
Sale	-82	38.64
Sale	-11	38.63
Sale	-4,114	38.63
Sale	-71	38.59
Sale	-87	38.47
Sale	-112	38.41
Sale	-97	38.73
Sale	-31	38.75
Sale	-1	38.79
Sale	-85	38.79
Sale	-2,026	38.79
Sale	-12	38.80
Sale	-236	38.80
Sale	-1	38.77
Sale	-99	38.77
Sale	-58	38.83
Sale	-96	38.80
Sale	-96	38.68
Sale	-122	38.60
Sale	-66	38.57
Sale	-22	38.57
Sale	-125	38.62
Sale	-17	38.61
Sale	-17	38.61
Sale	-124	38.56
Sale	-136	38.59
Sale	-111	38.48
Sale	-103	38.66
Sale	-104	38.68
Sale	-130	38.45
Sale	-1,041	38.20
Sale	-941	37.90
Sale	-956	38.01
Sale	-605	38.19
Sale	-1,000	37.99
Sale	-1,000	37.99
Sale	-812	37.96
Sale	-1,000	37.99
Sale	-1,000	38.00
Sale	-132	38.11
Sale	-9,868	38.20
Sale	-200	38.91
Sale	-901	38.91
Sale	-800	38.91
Sale	-11	38.91
Sale	-650	38.92
Sale	-138	38.93
Sale	-250	39.17
Sale	-750	39.17
Sale	-1,242	39.29
Sale	-500	39.29
Sale	-258	39.29
Sale	-3,900	39.50
Sale	-100	39.56
Sale	-2,200	39.60
Sale	-300	39.61
Sale	-25,000	39.79
Sale	-4,025	39.79
Sale	-100	39.75
Sale	-87,500	35.83
Sale	-100,000	35.10
Sale	-17,400	35.55

TOTAL BUYS: 810959

TOTAL SELLS: 989586

(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.

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

Date of disclosure	23-09-2008
Contact name	Carolyn Collins/Simon Crawley
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's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

EMMILFSIARIVFIT

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