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EPT Disclosure - Rio Tinto plc

12th Sep 2008 11:47

RNS Number : 3284D

BNP Paribas London

12 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	11 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	3,488,813 0.35%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	3,488,813 0.35%

(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
	315	42.59
	450	42.58
	120	42.57
	227	42.55
	102	42.51
	166	42.50
	1000	42.49
	1166	42.48
	166	42.45
	130	42.42
	355	42.41
	84	42.35
	2000	42.30
	6500	42.30
	94	42.27
	210	42.23
	90	42.21
	166	42.20
	101	42.13
	139	42.12
	1132	42.08
	801	42.07
	303	42.06
	147	42.04
	136	42.02
	1247	42.01
	1296	42.00
	2531	41.98
	748	41.96
	272	41.95
	454	41.94
	160	41.93
	1087	41.92
	890	41.91
	256	41.89
	75	41.88
	325	41.87
	728	41.86
	530	41.84
	1000	41.82
	518	41.81
	166	41.79
	1090	41.77
	630	41.70
	100	41.69
	90	41.64
	281	41.63
	1341	41.63
	166	41.62
	34967	41.58
	1457	41.55
	75	41.52
	350	41.48
	701	41.47
	235	41.46
	33	41.45
	75	41.42
	166	41.40
	276	41.38
	1161	41.29
	166	41.27
	166	41.25
	60	41.21
	5455	41.18
	256	41.17
	12200	41.15
	100	41.14
	200	41.13
	644	41.12
	5617	41.11
	2616	41.09
	1249	41.08
	1713	41.07
	2000	41.06
	90	41.04
	1237	41.01
	3410	41.00
	531	40.99
	452	40.98
	661	40.96
	4659	40.94
	45	40.92
	2000	40.90
	684	40.88
	156	40.86
	1741	40.85
	871	40.84
	1000	40.71
	2580	40.70
	913	40.69
	2000	40.65
	2000	40.58
	862	40.55
	4000	40.51
Total:	133,911

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-99	42.70
	-401	42.68
	-245	42.67
	-500	42.66
	-402	42.65
	-190	42.64
	-200	42.63
	-660	42.61
	-1658	42.59
	-1390	42.58
	-4495	42.57
	-2727	42.56
	-1731	42.55
	-1395	42.54
	-2781	42.53
	-866	42.52
	-764	42.51
	-2553	42.50
	-2900	42.49
	-2109	42.48
	-926	42.47
	-536	42.46
	-1623	42.45
	-4353	42.44
	-1312	42.43
	-1883	42.42
	-1822	42.41
	-3912	42.40
	-2571	42.39
	-3286	42.38
	-300	42.37
	-876	42.36
	-886	42.35
	-1332	42.34
	-382	42.33
	-248	42.31
	-4802	42.30
	-529	42.27
	-584	42.26
	-27	42.25
	-294	42.15
	-531	42.14
	-200	42.13
	-286	42.12
	-110	42.11
	-2334	42.10
	-149	42.06
	-234	42.05
	-631	42.02
	-661	42.01
	-837	42.00
	-1889	41.99
	-842	41.98
	-1138	41.97
	-1118	41.95
	-200	41.92
	-2887	41.91
	-972	41.90
	-338	41.88
	-3804	41.87
	-352	41.86
	-1024	41.84
	-166	41.83
	-1158	41.82
	-133	41.80
	-545	41.79
	-747	41.78
	-949	41.77
	-406	41.72
	-673	41.69
	-803	41.65
	-293	41.63
	-3601	41.58
	-256	41.56
	-2327	41.55
	-964	41.54
	-732	41.51
	-3445	41.50
	-1464	41.48
	-1946	41.47
	-637	41.46
	-1323	41.45
	-541	41.44
	-1383	41.42
	-2236	41.39
	-3520	41.38
	-2534	41.37
	-90	41.36
	-278	41.35
	-166	41.31
	-1338	41.28
	-188	41.27
	-166	41.25
	-10	41.23
	-519	41.20
	-456	41.19
	-90	41.17
	-90	41.09
	-200	41.05
	-249	41.03
	-471	40.99
	-653	40.98
	-7363	40.97
	-1389	40.95
	-946	40.93
	-241	40.92
	-153	40.86
	-2558	40.73
	-544	40.72
	-2500	40.68
	-448	40.67
	-229	40.65
	-1600	40.63
	-2000	40.62
	-346	40.60
	-648	40.55
	-215	40.54
Total:	- 140,013

(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	12 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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