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EPT Disclosure

28th Oct 2008 11:24

RNS Number : 8325G

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

28 October 2008

4FORM 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	27-10-2008

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			12220493	0.364
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			12220493	0.364

(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	500	24.36
Purchase	2,210	24.70
Purchase	6,000	24.70
Purchase	1,555	24.70
Purchase	535	24.70
Purchase	150,000	24.70
Purchase	99	24.70
Purchase	18	24.70
Purchase	5,747	24.70
Purchase	501	24.70
Purchase	2,824	24.70
Purchase	3,000	24.70
Purchase	186	24.70
Purchase	10,000	24.70
Purchase	50	24.70
Purchase	2,267	24.70
Purchase	387	24.70
Purchase	1,000	24.70
Purchase	1	24.70
Purchase	100	24.70
Purchase	1,240	24.70
Purchase	905	24.70
Purchase	485	24.70
Purchase	5,422	24.70
Purchase	620	24.70
Purchase	281	24.70
Purchase	254	24.70
Purchase	271	24.70
Purchase	253	24.70
Purchase	932	24.69
Purchase	310	24.69
Purchase	158	24.69
Purchase	103	24.69
Purchase	45	24.69
Purchase	620	24.69
Purchase	1	24.69
Purchase	1,532	24.69
Purchase	88	24.69
Purchase	9	24.80
Purchase	126	24.80
Purchase	9,865	24.80
Purchase	2,000	24.70
Purchase	200	24.70
Purchase	3,490	24.70
Purchase	127	24.70
Purchase	8,885	24.70
Purchase	1,495	24.70
Purchase	9,972	24.70
Purchase	4,543	24.70
Purchase	5,000	24.70
Purchase	1,273	24.69
Purchase	238	24.69
Purchase	35,823	24.69
Purchase	110	24.65
Purchase	660	24.65
Purchase	90	24.65
Purchase	1,596	24.65
Purchase	506	24.65
Purchase	3,500	24.65
Purchase	1,000	24.80
Purchase	2,103	24.80
Purchase	330	24.80
Purchase	4,376	24.80
Purchase	1,398	24.80
Purchase	7,980	24.80
Purchase	284	24.80
Purchase	1,507	24.80
Purchase	8,200	24.80
Purchase	1,539	24.78
Purchase	1,781	24.80
Purchase	1,414	24.80
Purchase	9,462	24.80
Purchase	1,218	24.80
Purchase	70	24.80
Purchase	930	24.80
Purchase	878	24.80
Purchase	388	24.80
Purchase	47	24.80
Purchase	269	24.80
Purchase	1	24.80
Purchase	1	24.80
Purchase	1,614	24.80
Purchase	494	24.80
Purchase	205	24.80
Purchase	930	24.80
Purchase	298	24.80
Purchase	2,374	24.80
Purchase	14	24.80
Purchase	1,443	24.80
Purchase	1,000	24.80
Purchase	105	24.80
Purchase	548	24.80
Purchase	328	24.80
Purchase	931	24.80
Purchase	124	24.79
Purchase	1,569	24.80
Purchase	15	24.80
Purchase	888	24.78
Purchase	39	24.80
Purchase	180	24.80
Purchase	5,812	24.80
Purchase	953	24.80
Purchase	175	24.80
Purchase	2,325	24.80
Purchase	337	24.80
Purchase	11	24.80
Purchase	270	24.79
Purchase	652	24.79
Purchase	910	24.79
Purchase	3,580	24.79
Purchase	421	24.79
Purchase	202	24.79
Purchase	102	24.80
Purchase	3,414	24.80
Purchase	46	24.79
Purchase	191	24.79
Purchase	423	24.79
Purchase	2,580	24.79
Purchase	887	24.77
Purchase	1,456	24.78
Purchase	260	24.78
Purchase	124	24.77
Purchase	1,422	24.77
Purchase	66	24.76
Purchase	2,666	24.73
Purchase	2,956	24.73
Purchase	54	24.73
Purchase	10	24.73
Purchase	15	24.73
Purchase	29	24.73
Purchase	81	24.74
Purchase	196	24.74
Purchase	77	24.72
Purchase	2,280	24.72
Purchase	660	24.73
Purchase	106	24.77
Purchase	500	24.77
Purchase	13	24.77
Purchase	240	24.78
Purchase	190	24.78
Purchase	213	24.78
Purchase	3,479	24.78
Purchase	2,048	24.78
Purchase	112	24.77
Purchase	170	24.77
Purchase	319	24.77
Purchase	158	24.77
Purchase	558	24.77
Purchase	13	24.77
Purchase	47	24.77
Purchase	48	24.77
Purchase	1,116	24.77
Purchase	458	24.77
Purchase	1,785	24.77
Purchase	1,560	24.77
Purchase	1,717	24.77
Purchase	92	24.80
Purchase	43	24.79
Purchase	3	24.79
Purchase	449	24.80
Purchase	755	24.80
Purchase	301	24.80
Purchase	140	24.80
Purchase	770	24.80
Purchase	865	24.80
Purchase	12	24.80
Purchase	43	24.80
Purchase	2	24.80
Purchase	97	24.80
Purchase	423	24.80
Purchase	13,979	24.90
Purchase	1,892	24.90
Purchase	200	24.90
Purchase	20,000	24.90
Purchase	5,600	24.90
Purchase	528	24.90
Purchase	200	24.90
Purchase	500	24.90
Purchase	100	24.90
Purchase	800	24.90
Purchase	1,000	24.90
Purchase	5,000	24.90
Purchase	165	24.90
Purchase	36	24.90
Purchase	312	25.00
Purchase	4,181	25.00
Purchase	4,822	25.00
Purchase	5,000	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	380	25.00
Purchase	3,000	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	25,000	25.00
Purchase	1,683	25.00
Purchase	1,300	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	76	25.00
Purchase	629	25.00
Purchase	75	25.00
Purchase	269	25.00
Purchase	279	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	11	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	37	25.00
Purchase	880	24.99
Purchase	166	24.99
Purchase	1,544	25.20
Purchase	456	25.20
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	13,200	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	18	25.00
Purchase	2,482	25.00
Purchase	1,881	25.00
Purchase	76	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	4,115	25.00
Purchase	556	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	5,000	25.00
Purchase	2,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	1,500	25.00
Purchase	300	25.00
Purchase	203	25.00
Purchase	4,000	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	250	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	250	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	1,692	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	480	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	900	25.00
Purchase	300	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	125	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	300	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	2,500	25.00
Purchase	150	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	3,000	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	300	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	2,000	25.00
Purchase	50	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	250	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	3,000	24.99
Purchase	350	24.99
Purchase	200	24.99
Purchase	1,000	24.99
Purchase	400	24.98
Purchase	800	24.98
Purchase	16,000	24.98
Purchase	10,000	24.98
Purchase	500	24.98
Purchase	4,225	24.96
Purchase	1,000	24.96
Purchase	80	24.96
Purchase	4,278	24.95
Purchase	580	24.95
Purchase	300	24.95
Purchase	200	24.95
Purchase	180	24.95
Purchase	600	24.95
Purchase	350	24.95
Purchase	1,000	24.95
Purchase	10,000	24.95
Purchase	398	24.95
Purchase	800	24.95
Purchase	1,000	24.94
Purchase	3,000	24.94
Purchase	209	24.93
Purchase	200	24.93
Purchase	801	24.93
Purchase	5,000	24.70
Purchase	2,000	24.70
Purchase	10,121	24.70
Purchase	2,000	24.70
Purchase	7,422	24.70
Purchase	1,000	24.69
Purchase	1,000	24.69
Purchase	5,000	24.69
Purchase	2,222	24.69
Purchase	1,000	24.68
Purchase	1,000	24.67
Purchase	1,800	24.67
Purchase	2,681	24.66
Purchase	2,270	24.66
Purchase	100	24.65
Purchase	580	24.65
Purchase	686	24.64
Purchase	364	24.63
Purchase	20	24.63
Purchase	8,228	24.63
Purchase	14,702	24.40
Purchase	160	24.40
Purchase	495	24.40
Purchase	1,000	24.40
Purchase	354	24.40
Purchase	6,000	24.40
Purchase	1,000	24.40
Purchase	200	24.40
Purchase	250	24.40
Purchase	300	24.40
Purchase	5,000	24.40
Purchase	1,000	24.40
Purchase	15	24.40
Purchase	4,000	24.40
Purchase	1,150	24.39
Purchase	820	24.39
Purchase	260	24.39
Purchase	250	24.38
Purchase	253	24.38
Purchase	3,868	24.37
Purchase	1,252	24.37
Purchase	264	24.36
Purchase	4	24.35
Purchase	1,546	24.33
Purchase	4,761	24.30
Purchase	5,000	24.30
Purchase	1,001	24.29
Purchase	2,760	24.29
Purchase	80	24.28
Purchase	2,037	24.28
Purchase	460	24.28
Purchase	1,730	24.20
Purchase	8,000	24.20
Purchase	19,842	24.20
Purchase	5,075	24.20
Purchase	600	24.20
Purchase	1,000	24.20
Purchase	1,000	24.20
Purchase	500	24.20
Purchase	253	24.20
Purchase	10,000	24.20
Purchase	2,000	24.20
Purchase	12,694	24.10
Purchase	2,000	24.10
Purchase	4,166	24.10
Purchase	300	24.10
Purchase	940	24.10
Purchase	100	24.10
Purchase	2,000	24.10
Purchase	1,000	24.10
Purchase	1,500	24.10
Purchase	1,000	24.10
Purchase	350	24.10
Purchase	4,600	24.10
Purchase	4,000	24.10
Purchase	300	24.10
Purchase	2,500	24.10
Purchase	10	24.10
Purchase	2,000	24.10
Purchase	1,000	24.10
Purchase	1,000	24.10
Purchase	262	24.10
Purchase	100	24.10
Purchase	1,000	24.10
Purchase	253	24.10
Purchase	2,000	24.10
Purchase	488	24.09
Purchase	2,130	24.09
Purchase	2,307	24.09
Purchase	26,026	24.17
Purchase	278	24.17
Purchase	20	24.17
Purchase	2,500	24.17
Purchase	500	24.17
Purchase	1	24.17
Purchase	500	24.17
Purchase	110	24.17
Purchase	8	24.17
Purchase	57	24.17
Purchase	18,648	24.15
Purchase	1,000	24.18
Purchase	27	24.15
Purchase	940	24.15
Purchase	385	24.15
Purchase	1,371	24.20
Purchase	233	24.20
Purchase	1,000	24.20
Purchase	1,000	24.20
Purchase	480	24.20
Purchase	6,000	24.20
Purchase	8,294	24.20
Purchase	500	24.20
Purchase	103	24.20
Purchase	1,000	24.20
Purchase	19	24.20
Purchase	841	24.25
Purchase	3,108	24.25
Purchase	10,000	24.24
Purchase	1,000	24.24
Purchase	3,769	24.24
Purchase	1,282	24.24
Purchase	4,551	24.25
Purchase	5,000	24.25
Purchase	7,442	24.25
Purchase	337	24.25
Purchase	87	24.25
Purchase	1,674	24.25
Purchase	346	24.25
Purchase	563	24.25
Purchase	20,000	24.30
Purchase	13,575	24.40
Purchase	2,376	24.40
Purchase	15,219	24.41
Purchase	481	24.41
Purchase	127	24.41
Purchase	1,666	24.41
Purchase	2,507	24.41
Purchase	3,000	24.40
Purchase	1,049	24.40
Purchase	20,000	24.53
Purchase	1,968	24.53
Purchase	1,000	24.53
Purchase	1,000	24.57
Purchase	1,000	24.61
Purchase	2,000	24.53
Purchase	5,393	24.53
Purchase	1,000	24.53
Purchase	3,500	24.53
Purchase	200	24.53
Purchase	761	24.53
Purchase	225	24.53
Purchase	2,500	24.53
Purchase	405	24.53
Purchase	3,000	24.53
Purchase	2,500	24.53
Purchase	37	24.53
Purchase	5,000	24.53
Purchase	7	24.53
Purchase	504	24.53
Purchase	1,486	24.62
Purchase	800	24.62
Purchase	1,000	24.62
Purchase	300	24.62
Purchase	1,000	24.62
Purchase	50	24.62
Purchase	1,209	24.62
Purchase	2,042	24.62
Purchase	473	24.62
Purchase	10,640	24.62
Purchase	6,985	24.65
Purchase	5,000	24.65
Purchase	1,000	24.65
Purchase	250	24.65
Purchase	300	24.65
Purchase	2	24.65
Purchase	300	24.65
Purchase	100	24.65
Purchase	6,354	24.65
Purchase	1,800	24.65
Purchase	500	24.65
Purchase	2,000	24.65
Purchase	100	24.65
Purchase	500	24.70
Purchase	200	24.65
Purchase	500	24.65
Purchase	750	24.65
Purchase	50	24.65
Purchase	1,500	24.65
Purchase	750	24.65
Purchase	50	24.65
Purchase	400	24.65
Purchase	400	24.65
Purchase	350	24.65
Purchase	359	24.65
Purchase	611	24.70
Purchase	250	24.70
Purchase	352	24.70
Purchase	3,500	24.70
Purchase	1,000	24.70
Purchase	10,000	24.70
Purchase	1,000	24.70
Purchase	950	24.70
Purchase	8,000	24.70
Purchase	213	24.70
Purchase	1,000	24.70
Purchase	3,124	24.70
Purchase	70,000	24.70
Purchase	1,000	24.62
Purchase	422	24.81
Purchase	50,000	25.00
Purchase	567,134	22.87
Purchase	500,000	24.41
Purchase	500,000	24.41
Purchase	300,000	24.70
Purchase	200,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000,000	24.78
Purchase	300,000	24.72
Sale	-4,928	24.87
Sale	-896	24.87
Sale	-723	24.81
Sale	-512	24.60
Sale	-25,381	24.60
Sale	-2,000	24.60
Sale	-13,996	24.60
Sale	-1,800	25.12
Sale	-600	24.87
Sale	-3,576	24.87
Sale	-849	24.87
Sale	-200	24.87
Sale	-85	24.87
Sale	-1,300	24.87
Sale	-1,162	24.87
Sale	-75	24.87
Sale	-1,300	24.88
Sale	-430	24.88
Sale	-4,599	24.88
Sale	-1,937	24.81
Sale	-40	24.81
Sale	-500	24.81
Sale	-1,300	24.81
Sale	-500	24.81
Sale	-769	24.79
Sale	-683	24.79
Sale	-5,466	24.79
Sale	-1,300	24.79
Sale	-1,782	24.79
Sale	-648	24.71
Sale	-440	24.71
Sale	-322	24.71
Sale	-3,350	24.71
Sale	-240	24.74
Sale	-1,000,000	24.78
Sale	-473,655	24.48
Sale	-26,345	24.48
Sale	-200,000	24.89
Sale	-200,000	25.00
Sale	-300,000	24.70
Sale	-200,000	24.98
Sale	-1,000,000	24.76
Sale	-15,807	24.46
Sale	-100,000	24.53
Sale	-284,193	24.46
Sale	-170,000	27.25
Sale	-1,000	28.09

TOTAL BUYS:4633892

TOTAL SELLS: 4054689

(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	28-10-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley/Carolyn Collins
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

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