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EPT Disclosure - Rio Tinto pl

11th Sep 2008 13:16

RNS Number : 2381D

BNP Paribas London

11 September 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	BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE SNC
Company dealt in	RIO TINTO PLC
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary shares
Date of dealing	10 September 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	3,494,915 0.33%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	3,494,915 0.33%

(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
	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchases	Quantity	Price
	161	43.12
	577	43.02
	516	42.84
	206	42.82
	3000	42.81
	161	42.77
	161	42.71
	480	42.59
	33	42.56
	372	42.53
	15000	42.52
	185	42.49
	373	42.47
	947	42.41
	405	42.40
	1788	42.38
	1020	42.37
	1294	42.36
	17	42.35
	60	42.34
	312	42.32
	116	42.31
	718	42.30
	216	42.29
	449	42.27
	285	42.26
	161	42.24
	611	42.23
	1167	42.21
	329	42.20
	351	42.19
	281	42.18
	1065	42.17
	5002	42.16
	2239	42.15
	112	42.12
	466	42.11
	225	42.10
	957	42.08
	106	42.06
	30	42.05
	1610	42.04
	2143	42.03
	1490	42.02
	3315	42.01
	105	42.00
	1382	41.99
	627	41.98
	5030	41.97
	572	41.95
	1221	41.94
	1289	41.93
	1672	41.92
	95	41.91
	442	41.90
	167	41.89
	587	41.88
	1778	41.86
	5030	41.85
	526	41.84
	30	41.83
	527	41.78
	1460	41.76
	30	41.75
	649	41.74
	30	41.73
	60	41.72
	273	41.71
	32	41.66
	199	41.64
	1141	41.63
	1602	41.62
	466	41.61
	163	41.60
	1098	41.57
	504	41.56
	100	41.54
	200	41.53
	600	41.52
	2743	41.52
	45346	41.51
	49	41.50
	138	41.49
	157	41.48
	239	41.47
	34	41.45
	1366	41.41
	4063	41.40
	1013	41.39
	761	41.38
	305	41.37
	2126	41.36
	98	41.33
	7	41.32
	1261	41.31
	1000	41.30
	157	41.29
	671	41.25
	454	41.24
	4	41.22
	561	41.20
	139	41.19
	278	41.17
	1000	41.11
	1294	41.10
	1946	41.07
	358	41.06
	390	41.05
	2703	41.04
	652	41.03
	3093	41.02
	3110	41.01
	4042	41.00
	1297	40.99
	2300	40.98
	2223	40.97
	2403	40.96
	1233	40.95
	5237	40.94
	1896	40.93
	3632	40.92
	6955	40.91
	5803	40.90
	1103	40.89
	2811	40.88
	1509	40.87
	315	40.86
	161	40.85
	1098	40.84
	161	40.83
	1590	40.82
	1259	40.81
	52819	40.80
	246	40.79
	809	40.75
	271	40.72
	2291	40.71
	2000	40.68
	210	40.63
	10	40.62
	161	40.56
Total:	263,560

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-2000	43.17
	-161	43.12
	-461	42.95
	-161	42.86
	-161	42.84
	-2128	42.82
	-161	42.70
	-371	42.59
	-45	42.56
	-60	42.53
	-45	42.51
	-75	42.50
	-8022	42.49
	-45	42.48
	-120	42.47
	-123	42.46
	-180	42.45
	-5210	42.44
	-165	42.43
	-221	42.42
	-105	42.41
	-60	42.40
	-450	42.39
	-207	42.38
	-220	42.37
	-120	42.36
	-150	42.35
	-503	42.34
	-195	42.33
	-326	42.32
	-285	42.31
	-285	42.30
	-105	42.29
	-60	42.28
	-45	42.27
	-90	42.26
	-354	42.25
	-280	42.24
	-143	42.23
	-60	42.20
	-416	42.18
	-45	42.16
	-369	42.15
	-461	42.14
	-1060	42.10
	-105	42.09
	-45	42.08
	-221	42.06
	-183	42.05
	-87	42.02
	-120	42.01
	-15	42.00
	-15000	41.99
	-120	41.99
	-90	41.98
	-195	41.97
	-180	41.96
	-45	41.93
	-120	41.91
	-45	41.89
	-60	41.87
	-120	41.86
	-120	41.85
	-616	41.83
	-135	41.81
	-555	41.80
	-521	41.78
	-604	41.77
	-60	41.76
	-2804	41.75
	-100	41.74
	-1131	41.73
	-332	41.72
	-530	41.71
	-200	41.70
	-1859	41.69
	-387	41.68
	-539	41.67
	-60	41.65
	-6	41.64
	-135	41.63
	-45	41.62
	-60	41.61
	-492	41.59
	-303	41.57
	-60	41.56
	-375	41.54
	-429	41.52
	-4984	41.51
	-739	41.50
	-135	41.47
	-650	41.46
	-322	41.41
	-161	41.40
	-967	41.39
	-595	41.38
	-7	41.35
	-122	41.34
	-510	41.29
	-161	41.28
	-17	41.24
	-4	41.23
	-384	41.18
	-4	41.15
	-116	41.14
	-27	41.11
	-200	41.10
	-95	41.09
	-1228	41.08
	-782	41.07
	-1309	41.06
	-10224	41.05
	-1021	41.03
	-429	41.02
	-449	41.00
	-1264	40.99
	-781	40.98
	-3260	40.97
	-298	40.94
	-1305	40.90
	-126	40.89
	-161	40.88
	-251	40.86
	-161	40.85
	-266	40.84
	-1149	40.83
	-322	40.82
	-161	40.67
Total:	- 90,665

(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.

None

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

Date of disclosure	11 September 2008
Contact name	Neil Kober
Telephone number	020 7595 4821
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton
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

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