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EPT Disclosure - Rio Tinto plc

25th Sep 2008 07:00

RNS Number : 2616E

BNP Paribas London

24 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	23 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	4,151,823 0.41%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	4,151,823 0.41%

(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
	100	42.20
	100	42.19
	161	42.04
	161	42.02
	40	42.00
	100	41.99
	161	41.96
	812	41.94
	161	41.90
	704	41.86
	134	41.84
	85	41.81
	1286	41.80
	161	41.79
	161	41.75
	764	41.74
	85	41.68
	719	41.67
	300	41.66
	530	41.65
	177	41.57
	29	41.56
	161	41.55
	322	41.54
	161	41.53
	134	41.50
	8000	41.42
	4000	41.41
	141	41.40
	2000	41.39
	2718	41.37
	400	41.36
	2566	41.35
	400	41.33
	5113	41.31
	8725	41.25
	275	41.24
	492	41.20
	200	41.19
	75	41.18
	6000	41.17
	466	41.10
	142	41.09
	424	41.08
	187	41.07
	5088	40.99
	5189	40.98
	1036	40.96
	14740	40.95
	1578	40.94
	177	40.93
	4890	40.92
	10585	40.91
	2146	40.90
	6496	40.89
	161	40.88
	1378	40.87
	478	40.86
	665	40.85
	333	40.84
	59	40.83
	561	40.82
	358	40.81
	313	40.80
	268	40.79
	865	40.78
	13073	40.77
	5009	40.76
	8359	40.75
	875	40.74
	7871	40.73
	118	40.72
	1982	40.71
	10237	40.70
	656	40.69
	896	40.68
	589	40.67
	2178	40.66
	4517	40.65
	1633	40.64
	612	40.63
	944	40.62
	1793	40.61
	918	40.60
	200	40.59
	325	40.58
	1361	40.57
	455	40.56
	5916	40.55
	155	40.54
	20939	40.53
	375	40.52
	5918	40.51
	20628	40.50
	2278	40.49
	22268	40.48
	6756	40.47
	888	40.46
	13197	40.45
	6636	40.44
	2192	40.43
	22360	40.42
	2736	40.41
	15928	40.40
	1359	40.39
	4517	40.38
	6276	40.37
	4042	40.36
	535	40.35
	10715	40.34
	974	40.33
	561	40.32
	5848	40.31
	9000	40.30
	5310	40.29
	5457	40.28
	547	40.27
	261	40.26
	914	40.25
	473	40.24
	163879	40.23
	536	40.22
	365	40.21
	104	40.20
	475	40.19
	356	40.18
	2583	40.17
	2857	40.16
	2085	40.15
	644	40.14
	648	40.13
	14535	40.12
	10401	40.11
	1295	40.10
	255	40.08
	40	40.07
	135	40.06
	360	40.05
	607	40.04
	2266	40.03
	775	40.02
	1434	40.01
	12735	40.00
	4577	39.99
	2416	39.98
	26406	39.97
	14658	39.96
	2094	39.95
	20125	39.94
	10349	39.93
	135	39.92
	323	39.91
	242	39.90
	9910	39.89
	60	39.87
	60	39.86
	801	39.85
	569	39.84
	60	39.83
	161	39.82
	746	39.81
	3360	39.80
	1352	39.79
	1030	39.78
	29058	39.77
	1866	39.75
	150	39.74
	5400	39.73
	75	39.72
	9613	39.67
	427	39.66
	15228	39.65
	5442	39.64
	517	39.62
	5000	39.57
	756	39.56
	1600	39.52
	100	39.51
	1245	39.45
	626	39.41
	3785	39.37
	5400	39.36
	633	39.35
	103	39.34
	161	39.33
	589	39.31
Total:	784,535

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-161	42.04
	-161	42.03
	-322	41.96
	-161	41.89
	-134	41.85
	-161	41.80
	-322	41.77
	-161	41.74
	-626	41.64
	-201	41.59
	-220	41.58
	-148	41.57
	-177	41.56
	-163	41.55
	-161	41.54
	-483	41.53
	-799	41.35
	-354	41.24
	-177	41.23
	-161	41.22
	-75	41.17
	-473	41.14
	-177	41.11
	-611	41.10
	-338	41.02
	-278	40.97
	-267	40.96
	-414	40.95
	-338	40.92
	-1682	40.90
	-506	40.89
	-161	40.88
	-476	40.86
	-997	40.85
	-447	40.84
	-848	40.83
	-161	40.81
	-648	40.80
	-177	40.79
	-824	40.78
	-139	40.77
	-215	40.76
	-859	40.75
	-776	40.74
	-166	40.70
	-300	40.69
	-1005	40.65
	-1006	40.64
	-90	40.63
	-2766	40.62
	-426	40.61
	-277	40.60
	-161	40.59
	-2531	40.51
	-287	40.50
	-679	40.48
	-1107	40.47
	-1060	40.46
	-7043	40.45
	-553	40.43
	-465	40.41
	-1804	40.40
	-719	40.39
	-1299	40.38
	-793	40.37
	-90	40.36
	-784	40.35
	-795	40.34
	-1404	40.33
	-102	40.32
	-2029	40.31
	-1040	40.30
	-225	40.28
	-191	40.27
	-623	40.24
	-3554	40.23
	-182	40.22
	-161	40.21
	-692	40.20
	-1499	40.18
	-555	40.17
	-161	40.15
	-1278	40.12
	-895	40.11
	-463	40.10
	-854	40.08
	-200	40.07
	-192	40.06
	-192	40.05
	-649	40.03
	-1343	40.02
	-206	40.01
	-1084	40.00
	-1241	39.99
	-1843	39.98
	-12	39.96
	-168	39.95
	-1427	39.93
	-1849	39.90
	-4	39.88
	-494	39.87
	-450	39.85
	-378	39.83
	-466	39.82
	-372	39.81
	-165	39.78
	-161	39.77
	-560	39.76
	-161	39.75
	-531	39.74
	-446	39.68
	-412	39.66
	-410	39.62
	-813	39.60
	-190	39.58
	-1655	39.57
	-100	39.51
	-761	39.44
	-170	39.43
	-131	39.37
	-161	39.33
Total:	- 78,651

(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	24 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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