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EPT Disclosure - Rio Tinto plc

17th Sep 2008 18:18

RNS Number : 7054D

BNP Paribas London

17 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	16 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	3,378,501 0.34%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	3,378,501 0.34%

(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
	326	41.00
	1680	40.89
	432	40.81
	400	40.76
	326	40.71
	97	40.70
	202	40.68
	80	40.67
	161	40.66
	1397	40.65
	464	40.64
	2322	40.63
	5542	40.61
	1244	40.58
	1445	40.56
	564	40.54
	89	40.47
	699	40.46
	1076	40.45
	1110	40.44
	400	40.42
	150	40.41
	2172	40.40
	867	40.39
	6281	40.38
	2250	40.37
	648	40.36
	1295	40.35
	683	40.34
	2632	40.33
	111	40.32
	795	40.31
	150	40.30
	2878	40.29
	3516	40.27
	23	40.26
	387	40.25
	210	40.24
	1090	40.23
	363	40.22
	486	40.21
	3	40.20
	214	40.19
	222	40.18
	891	40.16
	736	40.15
	799	40.14
	1476	40.13
	455	40.11
	420	40.10
	664	40.08
	567	40.07
	1031	40.06
	525	40.05
	1006	40.03
	3132	40.01
	2149	40.00
	2450	39.99
	3214	39.98
	4931	39.97
	163	39.96
	3260	39.95
	947	39.94
	632	39.93
	60	39.91
	1200	39.90
	437	39.88
	10	39.87
	779	39.86
	903	39.85
	578	39.84
	613	39.82
	1238	39.81
	260	39.80
	780	39.78
	300	39.77
	735	39.76
	15	39.74
	735	39.73
	691	39.70
	750	39.69
	682	39.68
	750	39.65
	1041	39.63
	610	39.63
	367	39.61
	1980	39.59
	2868	39.58
	1997	39.57
	550	39.40
	1241	39.39
	763	39.38
	735	39.34
	3630	39.33
	400	39.32
	2000	39.30
	2000	39.28
	15	39.27
	660	39.26
	735	39.25
	1580	39.24
	2075	39.22
	1863	39.20
	30	39.19
	30	39.18
	60000	39.17
	984	39.17
	644	39.16
	735	39.14
	1879	39.10
	10	39.09
	4726	39.08
	269	39.07
	50	39.06
	326	39.05
	433	39.04
	1818	39.03
	1293	39.02
	817	39.01
	1500	39.00
	500	38.97
	138	38.96
	510	38.95
	3	38.93
	315	38.91
	1227	38.90
	3169	38.88
	1679	38.87
	163	38.86
	1813	38.85
	850	38.84
	1230	38.82
	259	38.81
	652	38.80
	12	38.77
	489	38.76
	163	38.75
	202	38.74
	321	38.73
	61637	38.72
	143	38.70
	648	38.69
	673	38.68
	3121	38.65
	591	38.64
	140	38.61
	12280	38.60
	326	38.51
	100	38.50
	335	38.48
	668	38.46
	291	38.41
Total:	285,748

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-326	41.00
	-410	40.81
	-326	40.75
	-428	40.68
	-1413	40.67
	-427	40.65
	-398	40.64
	-454	40.63
	-277	40.62
	-135	40.59
	-1815	40.55
	-305	40.54
	-400	40.52
	-1250	40.49
	-224	40.48
	-645	40.44
	-1238	40.43
	-547	40.42
	-941	40.40
	-783	40.39
	-943	40.38
	-562	40.37
	-1150	40.36
	-669	40.35
	-612	40.34
	-458	40.33
	-425	40.31
	-426	40.30
	-1372	40.29
	-17	40.28
	-665	40.22
	-163	40.21
	-405	40.20
	-10	40.19
	-174	40.17
	-502	40.16
	-1869	40.14
	-99	40.13
	-161	40.11
	-1575	40.08
	-1960	40.07
	-521	40.06
	-891	40.05
	-898	40.04
	-970	40.03
	-1130	40.00
	-6329	39.99
	-1053	39.98
	-2150	39.97
	-2996	39.96
	-1845	39.95
	-2571	39.94
	-1834	39.93
	-1637	39.92
	-135	39.91
	-4704	39.90
	-253	39.89
	-518	39.88
	-974	39.87
	-309	39.86
	-4705	39.85
	-1951	39.84
	-2859	39.83
	-1114	39.82
	-2711	39.81
	-690	39.80
	-200	39.79
	-295	39.77
	-924	39.76
	-1042	39.75
	-1107	39.74
	-216	39.73
	-982	39.72
	-646	39.70
	-75	39.69
	-195	39.68
	-75	39.67
	-464	39.65
	-2224	39.63
	-585	39.59
	-75	39.56
	-60	39.50
	-675	39.48
	-1324	39.45
	-842	39.43
	-275	39.42
	-3257	39.41
	-27585	39.40
	-2508	39.39
	-210	39.38
	-420	39.36
	-75	39.35
	-2264	39.33
	-75	39.32
	-60	39.30
	-135	39.29
	-757	39.28
	-150	39.27
	-1042	39.26
	-571	39.25
	-210	39.24
	-694	39.23
	-2115	39.22
	-285	39.21
	-815	39.20
	-11616	39.19
	-2971	39.18
	-1245	39.17
	-2108	39.16
	-677	39.15
	-580	39.14
	-1690	39.13
	-641	39.12
	-329	39.11
	-204	39.10
	-698	39.09
	-1195	39.08
	-2617	39.07
	-1162	39.06
	-137	39.05
	-655	39.04
	-345	39.03
	-2003	39.02
	-2143	39.01
	-4069	39.00
	-3262	38.99
	-2640	38.98
	-3531	38.97
	-21001	38.96
	-1862	38.95
	-2014	38.94
	-1628	38.93
	-11428	38.92
	-4055	38.91
	-5480	38.90
	-2772	38.89
	-14	38.88
	-1535	38.87
	-1606	38.86
	-999	38.85
	-795	38.84
	-474	38.83
	-404	38.81
	-1085	38.80
	-1906	38.79
	-102	38.78
	-3405	38.77
	-2967	38.76
	-6738	38.75
	-1770	38.74
	-2171	38.73
	-82234	38.72
	-1056	38.71
	-3182	38.70
	-994	38.69
	-612	38.68
	-172	38.67
	-171	38.66
	-1345	38.64
	-2190	38.63
	-171	38.62
	-12000	38.60
	-480	38.59
	-1348	38.58
	-1082	38.57
	-792	38.56
	-1625	38.54
	-265	38.52
	-327	38.51
	-2368	38.50
	-72	38.49
	-526	38.47
	-130	38.45
	-404	38.40
	-127	38.35
	-1756	38.34
	-891	38.32
Total:	- 367,265

(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	17 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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