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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)25 January 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) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 24-Jan-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 481,166 0.014 1,097,112 0.0326(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 481,166 0.014 1,097,112 0.0326 (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 78 34.6Purchase 1000 34.3Purchase 220 34.05Purchase 211 34.44Purchase 55 34.44Purchase 419 34.33Purchase 1000 34.33Purchase 2000 34.33Purchase 19 34.33Purchase 2 34.33Purchase 1000 34.33Purchase 18 34.33Purchase 2 34.33Purchase 3 34.33Purchase 239 34.33Purchase 79 34.25Purchase 3865 34.25Purchase 2295 34.25Purchase 4968 34.4Purchase 92 34.4Purchase 497 34.4Purchase 300 34.15Purchase 100 34.09Purchase 250 34.55Purchase 1684 34.73Purchase 19 34.73Purchase 2 34.73Purchase 3424 34.73Purchase 963 34.65Purchase 15 34.65Purchase 607 34.65Purchase 3 34.65Purchase 2686 34.65Purchase 2000 34.7Purchase 4000 34.7Purchase 5718 34.44Sale -729 34.51Sale -8328 34.48Sale -11259 34.48Sale -413 34.49Sale -232 34.49Sale -202 34.45Sale -329 34.25Sale -2538 34.31Sale -90 34.31Sale -84 34.31Sale -60 34.31TOTAL BUYS:39833 TOTAL SELLS:24264 (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 OPTIONS Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 25-Jan-2008Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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