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EPT Disclosure - Rio Tinto plc

17th Sep 2008 13:07

RNS Number : 6565D

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	15 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	3,460,018 0.35%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	3,460,018 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
	5000	43.75
	120	43.73
	800	43.65
	47	43.56
	1708	43.52
	678	43.50
	140	43.49
	210	43.46
	10	43.45
	129	43.44
	996	43.43
	2281	43.41
	411	43.40
	413	43.39
	228	43.38
	765	43.37
	216	43.36
	384	43.33
	75	43.32
	78	43.29
	907	43.26
	2529	43.25
	1529	43.24
	429	43.23
	733	43.22
	803	43.21
	230	43.17
	153	43.15
	474	43.14
	179	43.13
	250	43.12
	232	43.11
	430	43.10
	240	43.09
	325	43.07
	166	43.06
	160	43.04
	58	43.01
	1153	43.00
	251	42.95
	219	42.93
	4	42.92
	271	42.90
	1208	42.88
	507	42.83
	1929	42.78
	353	42.77
	882	42.74
	33	42.71
	2699	42.70
	500	42.69
	1185	42.68
	1214	42.67
	341	42.66
	193	42.65
	1120	42.61
	585	42.60
	2987	42.59
	3471	42.58
	885	42.57
	298	42.56
	1902	42.55
	925	42.54
	1952	42.53
	3555	42.52
	2236	42.51
	65	42.50
	585	42.49
	229	42.48
	685	42.47
	1275	42.46
	206	42.45
	2896	42.44
	301	42.43
	538	42.42
	573	42.41
	831	42.40
	6312	42.39
	1030	42.38
	1259	42.37
	1821	42.36
	2435	42.35
	585	42.33
	1512	42.32
	1421	42.31
	645	42.30
	488	42.29
	982	42.28
	129	42.27
	2948	42.26
	1168	42.25
	700	42.23
	2190	42.22
	169	42.18
	210	42.17
	1423	42.16
	186	42.15
	136	42.11
	1145	42.10
	848	42.07
	175	42.06
	1646	42.05
	400	42.04
	1198	42.03
	15	42.00
	995	41.98
	1383	41.97
	291	41.96
	83561	41.94
	70	41.92
	293	41.90
	13	41.88
	175	41.77
	383	41.75
	756	41.73
	327	41.72
	200	41.71
	444	41.70
	5	41.69
	167	41.67
	153	41.58
	200	41.56
	33	41.54
Total:	188,183

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-916	43.52
	-294	43.51
	-436	43.50
	-903	43.49
	-111	43.47
	-1700	43.45
	-207	43.44
	-400	43.42
	-583	43.41
	-2038	43.40
	-1173	43.38
	-137	43.37
	-451	43.35
	-389	43.33
	-273	43.27
	-799	43.25
	-206	43.24
	-256	43.22
	-123	43.21
	-328	43.20
	-66	43.19
	-300	43.18
	-286	43.17
	-161	43.16
	-85	43.15
	-153	43.14
	-487	43.13
	-333	43.12
	-632	43.10
	-200	43.09
	-154	43.07
	-278	43.06
	-374	43.04
	-401	43.03
	-58	43.01
	-1092	43.00
	-469	42.99
	-2239	42.97
	-150	42.96
	-200	42.95
	-1020	42.94
	-4038	42.93
	-2307	42.92
	-203	42.91
	-52	42.88
	-2147	42.83
	-1173	42.81
	-364	42.80
	-2858	42.78
	-1636	42.77
	-2271	42.73
	-1610	42.72
	-600	42.71
	-622	42.70
	-1006	42.69
	-92	42.66
	-568	42.65
	-1009	42.64
	-6382	42.61
	-66	42.60
	-120	42.57
	-191	42.55
	-666	42.54
	-3854	42.50
	-1975	42.48
	-1109	42.47
	-1760	42.46
	-1297	42.44
	-130	42.43
	-2763	42.41
	-2966	42.40
	-2826	42.39
	-1200	42.37
	-1701	42.36
	-1115	42.35
	-4895	42.34
	-1025	42.33
	-793	42.32
	-75	42.30
	-939	42.29
	-2644	42.28
	-227	42.27
	-2749	42.26
	-802	42.25
	-2493	42.24
	-4374	42.22
	-13	42.21
	-53	42.17
	-361	42.16
	-342	42.15
	-7838	42.14
	-1093	42.09
	-1940	42.07
	-779	42.06
	-6461	42.04
	-1040	42.03
	-2182	42.02
	-59021	41.94
	-122	41.93
	-153	41.92
	-13	41.87
	-134	41.82
	-509	41.81
	-11	41.77
	-175	41.76
	-683	41.74
	-556	41.73
	-37	41.72
	-167	41.71
	-205	41.70
	-444	41.69
	-533	41.61
	-153	41.60
	-200	41.58
	-33	41.53
Total:	- 179,805

(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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