15th Feb 2008 07:00
Macquarie Group Limited15 February 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings Ordinary shares ISIN:being disclosed relate (Note 1) AU000000BHP4 Date of dealing 14 February 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0.00% 0 0.00% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Notename, 5) 6) 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to American, money purchasing, which the option European varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc.e.g. price date paid/call receivedoption per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Noteoption securities 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 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) YES/NO Date of disclosure 15 February 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit securities (AUD)Purchase 34000 38.23Purchase 34000 38.26Purchase 43300 38.34Purchase 34000 38.35Purchase 34000 38.4Purchase 34000 38.4Purchase 34000 38.4Purchase 34000 38.46Purchase 34000 38.47Purchase 34000 38.48Purchase 34000 38.52Purchase 4000 38.54Purchase 34000 38.57Purchase 34000 38.58Purchase 34000 38.63Purchase 34000 38.68Purchase 34000 38.72Purchase 34000 38.73Purchase 34000 38.73Purchase 34000 38.76Purchase 34000 38.78Purchase 34000 38.8Purchase 68000 38.8Purchase 34000 38.8Purchase 34000 38.87Purchase 34000 38.87Purchase 25620 39.03Purchase 12758 39.03Sale 2205 38.21Sale 256 38.21Sale 207 38.21Sale 332 38.21Sale 3000 38.21Sale 6403 38.21Sale 774 38.21Sale 3000 38.24Sale 4823 38.24Sale 651 38.24Sale 601 38.24Sale 784 38.24Sale 2182 38.24Sale 876 38.24Sale 2512 38.24Sale 646 38.24Sale 722 38.24Sale 10 38.24Sale 4016 38.24Sale 3000 38.27Sale 89 38.27Sale 106 38.27Sale 2805 38.27Sale 2676 38.27Sale 324 38.27Sale 255 38.27Sale 2200 38.27Sale 2545 38.27Sale 104 38.3Sale 2896 38.3Sale 1710 38.31Sale 547 38.31Sale 4274 38.32Sale 469 38.32Sale 60 38.33Sale 4940 38.33Sale 3535 38.33Sale 1465 38.33Sale 5081 38.33Sale 2000 38.34Sale 96 38.34Sale 866 38.34Sale 22936 38.34Sale 774 38.34Sale 4609 38.34Sale 38 38.34Sale 150 38.34Sale 100 38.34Sale 5778 38.34Sale 699 38.34Sale 173 38.34Sale 3183 38.34Sale 2375 38.34Sale 22363 38.34Sale 630 38.34Sale 1077 38.34Sale 3442 38.34Sale 930 38.35Sale 641 38.38Sale 123 38.38Sale 267 38.38Sale 1600 38.39Sale 37 38.39Sale 100 38.39Sale 2200 38.39Sale 32 38.39Sale 4362 38.4Sale 638 38.4Sale 10 38.4Sale 5000 38.4Sale 4999 38.4Sale 1 38.4Sale 579 38.4Sale 4421 38.4Sale 278 38.4Sale 176 38.4Sale 7698 38.4Sale 334 38.4Sale 504 38.4Sale 3577 38.4Sale 902 38.4Sale 5000 38.4Sale 1975 38.4Sale 95 38.4Sale 36 38.4Sale 2415 38.4Sale 333 38.4Sale 500 38.4Sale 235 38.4Sale 3565 38.4Sale 367 38.4Sale 163 38.4Sale 19 38.4Sale 75 38.4Sale 4702 38.4Sale 8679 38.4Sale 1008 38.4Sale 313 38.4Sale 41 38.4Sale 971 38.4Sale 112 38.4Sale 3917 38.4Sale 1527 38.4Sale 3473 38.4Sale 181 38.4Sale 5001 38.4Sale 1721 38.4Sale 489 38.41Sale 2608 38.41Sale 551 38.41Sale 1700 38.41Sale 1749 38.42Sale 8005 38.42Sale 1995 38.42Sale 5000 38.45Sale 581 38.45Sale 430 38.45Sale 2267 38.45Sale 1722 38.45Sale 17191 38.45Sale 66 38.45Sale 100 38.45Sale 2597 38.45Sale 4046 38.46Sale 203 38.46Sale 59 38.46Sale 30 38.46Sale 4708 38.46Sale 5000 38.46Sale 292 38.46Sale 615 38.46Sale 3352 38.46Sale 741 38.48Sale 5000 38.48Sale 500 38.48Sale 58 38.48Sale 430 38.48Sale 80 38.48Sale 2605 38.48Sale 10327 38.48Sale 272 38.48Sale 31 38.48Sale 239 38.48Sale 63 38.48Sale 4395 38.48Sale 5000 38.48Sale 605 38.48Sale 616 38.48Sale 3779 38.48Sale 1833 38.48Sale 3167 38.48Sale 5000 38.49Sale 213 38.49Sale 300 38.49Sale 1000 38.49Sale 23 38.49Sale 20 38.49Sale 121 38.49Sale 28 38.49Sale 100 38.49Sale 15 38.49Sale 2200 38.49Sale 129 38.49Sale 817 38.49Sale 388 38.49Sale 188 38.49Sale 3458 38.5Sale 2342 38.53Sale 307 38.53Sale 422 38.53Sale 10000 38.53Sale 131 38.53Sale 1191 38.53Sale 607 38.53Sale 598 38.53Sale 14402 38.53Sale 6000 38.53Sale 221 38.54Sale 34 38.54Sale 239 38.54Sale 239 38.54Sale 1000 38.54Sale 267 38.54Sale 44 38.54Sale 5 38.54Sale 300 38.54Sale 4651 38.54Sale 302 38.54Sale 431 38.54Sale 21298 38.54Sale 19 38.56Sale 150 38.57Sale 6800 38.57Sale 8200 38.57Sale 952 38.57Sale 100 38.58Sale 4748 38.58Sale 4252 38.58Sale 610 38.58Sale 150 38.59Sale 80 38.59Sale 1453 38.59Sale 795 38.59Sale 200 38.59Sale 12460 38.59Sale 964 38.59Sale 1000 38.59Sale 2280 38.59Sale 1359 38.59Sale 9000 38.59Sale 1000 38.59Sale 4303 38.6Sale 4094 38.6Sale 4302 38.6Sale 50 38.6Sale 4303 38.6Sale 1345 38.6Sale 3511 38.65Sale 419 38.65Sale 62 38.65Sale 448 38.65Sale 2190 38.65Sale 3370 38.65Sale 933 38.67Sale 111 38.67Sale 38 38.67Sale 430 38.67Sale 239 38.67Sale 240 38.67Sale 2009 38.67Sale 2294 38.67Sale 274 38.67Sale 141 38.67Sale 371 38.67Sale 150 38.67Sale 60 38.67Sale 184 38.68Sale 2703 38.68Sale 10000 38.68Sale 3823 38.68Sale 28 38.68Sale 6797 38.68Sale 119 38.68Sale 884 38.68Sale 301 38.68Sale 5871 38.68Sale 881 38.68Sale 62 38.68Sale 669 38.68Sale 2190 38.68Sale 328 38.68Sale 327 38.68Sale 533 38.68Sale 130 38.68Sale 431 38.68Sale 65 38.68Sale 1500 38.68Sale 4607 38.68Sale 252 38.68Sale 1000 38.7Sale 69 38.7Sale 206 38.7Sale 138 38.7Sale 169 38.7Sale 6443 38.7Sale 4303 38.7Sale 1000 38.7Sale 200 38.7Sale 4303 38.7Sale 194 38.7Sale 500 38.7Sale 59 38.7Sale 4302 38.7Sale 4303 38.7Sale 4702 38.7Sale 134 38.7Sale 1000 38.7Sale 119 38.73Sale 4303 38.73Sale 302 38.73Sale 500 38.73Sale 3776 38.73Sale 7565 38.74Sale 1342 38.74Sale 120 38.74Sale 430 38.74Sale 39 38.74Sale 328 38.75Sale 327 38.75Sale 25 38.75Sale 3824 38.78Sale 3608 38.78Sale 644 38.78Sale 4302 38.78Sale 1446 38.78Sale 4303 38.78Sale 4303 38.78Sale 600 38.78Sale 794 38.78Sale 5000 38.78Sale 518 38.78Sale 428 38.78Sale 39 38.78Sale 8015 38.78Sale 6985 38.78Sale 835 38.78Sale 2180 38.78Sale 1000 38.78Sale 4303 38.78Sale 4697 38.78Sale 363 38.78Sale 751 38.78Sale 300 38.78Sale 10000 38.78Sale 4303 38.78Sale 4303 38.78Sale 639 38.78Sale 4303 38.78Sale 1800 38.78Sale 250 38.78Sale 4302 38.78Sale 2686 38.78Sale 50 38.78Sale 38 38.78Sale 33912 38.78Sale 9 38.78Sale 26 38.79Sale 7 38.79Sale 3 38.79Sale 134 38.79Sale 60 38.79Sale 214 38.79Sale 32 38.79Sale 2913 38.79Sale 1602 38.8Sale 173 38.8Sale 431 38.8Sale 200 38.8Sale 53 38.8Sale 750 38.8Sale 1393 38.8Sale 750 38.8Sale 300 38.8Sale 249 38.8Sale 1802 38.8Sale 1899 38.8Sale 488 38.8Sale 100 38.8Sale 203 38.8Sale 1000 38.8Sale 3209 38.8Sale 1094 38.8Sale 286 38.8Sale 1003 38.8Sale 4049 38.8Sale 2000 38.8Sale 13951 38.8Sale 721 38.8Sale 3035 38.81Sale 2489 38.81Sale 1 38.81Sale 1371 38.81Sale 5984 38.81Sale 1439 38.81Sale 4302 38.81Sale 5000 38.81Sale 3275 38.81Sale 855 38.81Sale 418 38.81Sale 5000 38.81Sale 2720 38.81Sale 7 38.81Sale 4993 38.81Sale 7 38.81Sale 12170 38.81Sale 1000 38.81Sale 5000 38.81Sale 1830 38.83Sale 9295 38.83Sale 4705 38.85Sale 5045 38.85Sale 14539 38.85Sale 416 38.87Sale 4303 38.87Sale 1274 38.87Sale 1224 38.87Sale 2844 38.87Sale 3836 38.87Sale 2939 38.87Sale 1000 38.87Sale 6580 38.87Sale 5037 38.87Sale 4303 38.87Sale 660 38.87Sale 38378 39.03TOTAL PURCHASES 935678TOTAL SALES 935678 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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