20th Mar 2008 12:06
UBS AG (EPT)20 March 2008 FORM 38.5(b) 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 UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 19 MARCH 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 0 0.00% 1,921 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 0 0.00% 1,921 0.00% (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 thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) PURCHASE 1013 12455 AUD Cents SALE 205 12460 SALE 5 12467 SALE 1 12467 SALE 33 12467 SALE 549 12467 PURCHASE 558 12470 PURCHASE 100 12470 PURCHASE 9 12470 PURCHASE 510 12470 PURCHASE 1155 12470 PURCHASE 51 12471 PURCHASE 12 12471 PURCHASE 23 12476 PURCHASE 68 12476 PURCHASE 610 12488 SALE 827 12490 PURCHASE 1676 12490 PURCHASE 336 12490 PURCHASE 231 12491 SALE 400 12499 SALE 17 12499 SALE 571 12499 SALE 1070 12500 PURCHASE 770 12500 PURCHASE 500 12500 PURCHASE 258 12500 SALE 955 12501 PURCHASE 72 12503 PURCHASE 429 12503 PURCHASE 36 12503 PURCHASE 189 12504 PURCHASE 260 12507 PURCHASE 201 12507 PURCHASE 11 12507 PURCHASE 743 12507 PURCHASE 96 12507 PURCHASE 188 12507 PURCHASE 300 12508 PURCHASE 290 12508 PURCHASE 319 12508 PURCHASE 190 12508 PURCHASE 120 12510 PURCHASE 687 12510 PURCHASE 438 12510 SALE 184 12510 SALE 250 12512 SALE 100 12512 SALE 52 12512 SALE 23 12512 SALE 277 12512 SALE 566 12512 SALE 3 12512 SALE 434 12514 PURCHASE 654 12515 PURCHASE 12 12515 SALE 798 12516 SALE 40 12517 SALE 227 12517 PURCHASE 243 12519 PURCHASE 1 12519 PURCHASE 990 12520 SALE 17 12523 SALE 2 12523 SALE 154 12523 SALE 329 12523 SALE 207 12523 SALE 160 12523 SALE 90 12523 SALE 36 12523 PURCHASE 393 12526 PURCHASE 24 12526 SALE 31 12530 SALE 100 12530 PURCHASE 704 12532 PURCHASE 64 12532 PURCHASE 241 12536 PURCHASE 9 12536 PURCHASE 17 12536 PURCHASE 8 12536 PURCHASE 6 12536 PURCHASE 22 12536 PURCHASE 3 12536 PURCHASE 203 12536 PURCHASE 432 12536 SALE 1 12536 SALE 936 12536 SALE 356 12536 SALE 73 12536 PURCHASE 300 12536 PURCHASE 9 12536 PURCHASE 28 12536 PURCHASE 8 12536 PURCHASE 3 12536 PURCHASE 93 12536 PURCHASE 16 12536 PURCHASE 8 12536 PURCHASE 61 12536 PURCHASE 88 12536 SALE 117 12537 SALE 139 12537 SALE 241 12538 SALE 235 12539 SALE 125 12539 SALE 1076 12539 PURCHASE 590 12539 PURCHASE 43 12539 PURCHASE 190 12539 PURCHASE 540 12539 PURCHASE 8 12539 PURCHASE 9 12539 SALE 136 12539 SALE 1154 12539 SALE 266 12540 SALE 521 12540 SALE 118 12540 SALE 429 12540 SALE 37 12540 SALE 1 12540 SALE 100 12540 SALE 50 12540 PURCHASE 453 12540 PURCHASE 92 12540 PURCHASE 8 12540 PURCHASE 28 12540 PURCHASE 3 12540 PURCHASE 250 12540 SALE 327 12541 SALE 169 12541 SALE 21 12542 SALE 124 12542 SALE 43 12543 SALE 70 12543 SALE 236 12543 SALE 183 12543 SALE 28 12543 SALE 37 12543 SALE 18 12543 SALE 180 12543 SALE 9 12543 PURCHASE 108 12543 PURCHASE 432 12543 PURCHASE 1148 12544 PURCHASE 19 12544 PURCHASE 257 12546 PURCHASE 2 12546 PURCHASE 8 12546 SALE 8 12547 SALE 36 12547 SALE 48 12547 SALE 530 12548 SALE 251 12549 SALE 424 12549 SALE 220 12549 PURCHASE 485 12549 SALE 465 12549 SALE 482 12549 PURCHASE 1338 12550 PURCHASE 174 12550 PURCHASE 90 12550 PURCHASE 8 12550 PURCHASE 9 12550 PURCHASE 25 12550 PURCHASE 9 12550 SALE 94 12550 SALE 90 12550 PURCHASE 908 12550 PURCHASE 8 12550 PURCHASE 719 12550 SALE 156 12552 SALE 9 12552 SALE 94 12552 SALE 13 12552 SALE 42 12552 SALE 292 12552 PURCHASE 281 12552 SALE 345 12553 SALE 100 12553 PURCHASE 263 12553 SALE 2 12554 SALE 8 12554 SALE 36 12554 SALE 44 12554 SALE 147 12554 SALE 187 12555 PURCHASE 353 12556 SALE 206 12556 SALE 7 12556 PURCHASE 191 12558 SALE 1 12558 SALE 53 12559 SALE 36 12559 SALE 491 12559 SALE 300 12559 SALE 57 12559 SALE 34 12559 PURCHASE 316 12560 PURCHASE 1306 12560 SALE 562 12560 SALE 42087 12560.39 PURCHASE 42087 12560.39 PURCHASE 151 12561 SALE 35 12565 SALE 35 12565 SALE 13 12565 SALE 107 12565 SALE 42 12566 SALE 153 12566 SALE 37 12566 SALE 156 12566 SALE 90 12567 SALE 35 12567 PURCHASE 197 12567 PURCHASE 3 12567 PURCHASE 8 12567 PURCHASE 8 12567 PURCHASE 108 12567 PURCHASE 680 12567 SALE 252 12569 PURCHASE 639 12570 SALE 45 12571 SALE 17 12571 SALE 570 12571 PURCHASE 55 12571 PURCHASE 17 12571 SALE 16 12575 SALE 3 12575 SALE 36 12575 SALE 4 12575 SALE 45 12575 SALE 680 12575 SALE 72 12575 PURCHASE 168 12576 SALE 482 12577 SALE 5 12577 SALE 90 12577 SALE 39 12577 SALE 190 12577 PURCHASE 688 12577 PURCHASE 9 12577 PURCHASE 8 12577 PURCHASE 43 12577 SALE 232 12577 PURCHASE 142 12577 SALE 413 12578 PURCHASE 1 12578 PURCHASE 1 12578 PURCHASE 144 12578 PURCHASE 84 12578 SALE 249 12579 SALE 141 12579 SALE 1172 12580 SALE 340 12580 PURCHASE 120 12580 PURCHASE 2 12580 PURCHASE 17 12580 PURCHASE 17 12580 PURCHASE 72 12580 PURCHASE 4 12580 PURCHASE 8 12580 PURCHASE 9 12580 PURCHASE 36 12580 PURCHASE 63 12580 PURCHASE 50 12580 PURCHASE 101 12580 PURCHASE 3 12580 PURCHASE 9 12580 PURCHASE 8 12580 PURCHASE 36 12580 SALE 411 12581 PURCHASE 190 12583 SALE 17 12583 SALE 85 12583 SALE 72 12583 PURCHASE 44388 12583.35 SALE 44388 12583.35 PURCHASE 180 12584 PURCHASE 22 12584 PURCHASE 3 12584 PURCHASE 6 12584 SALE 559 12584 SALE 36 12584 PURCHASE 1 12586 PURCHASE 290 12586 PURCHASE 210 12586 PURCHASE 280 12587 PURCHASE 21 12587 PURCHASE 330 12587 SALE 600 12588 SALE 37 12588 SALE 1 12588 SALE 749 12588 SALE 20 12589 SALE 139 12589 SALE 127 12589 SALE 712 12593 SALE 101 12593 SALE 500 12594 SALE 319 12594 SALE 355 12598 SALE 327 12598 PURCHASE 99 12599 SALE 250 12600 SALE 434 12607 PURCHASE 223 12607 PURCHASE 35 12615 PURCHASE 500 12620 PURCHASE 1109 12623 SALE 417 12639 PURCHASE 50 12640 PURCHASE 271 12640 PURCHASE 57 12640 SALE 501 12647 SALE 300 12660 SALE 77 12673 SALE 70 12678 SALE 108 12678 SALE 18 12679 SALE 170 12679 PURCHASE 14 12682 PURCHASE 134 12682 PURCHASE 560 12682 PURCHASE 3 12682 PURCHASE 6 12682 PURCHASE 7 12682 PURCHASE 9 12682 PURCHASE 17 12682 PURCHASE 8 12682 PURCHASE 830 12682 SALE 237 12684 SALE 18 12684 SALE 72 12684 SALE 409 12684 SALE 68 12687 SALE 32 12687 SALE 217 12687 SALE 51 12687 SALE 152 12687 SALE 108 12687 PURCHASE 6 12690 PURCHASE 3 12690 PURCHASE 7 12690 PURCHASE 9 12690 PURCHASE 17 12690 PURCHASE 340 12690 PURCHASE 8 12690 PURCHASE 66 12693 PURCHASE 364 12693 PURCHASE 340 12693 PURCHASE 979 12693 SALE 1506 12697 SALE 37 12697 SALE 1057 12699 SALE 200 12699 SALE 100 12699 SALE 300 12699 PURCHASE 334 12700 PURCHASE 250 12700 PURCHASE 80 12700 PURCHASE 500 12700 PURCHASE 300 12700 PURCHASE 175 12700 PURCHASE 77 12700 SALE 87 12705 SALE 85 12705 SALE 294 12707 PURCHASE 40 12708 PURCHASE 197 12708 PURCHASE 163 12708 PURCHASE 17 12708 PURCHASE 16 12708 PURCHASE 6 12708 PURCHASE 3 12708 SALE 100 12708 SALE 820 12708 SALE 353 12708 PURCHASE 23 12710 PURCHASE 310 12710 PURCHASE 6 12711 SALE 180 12718 SALE 9 12718 SALE 338 12718 SALE 84 12718 SALE 69 12718 SALE 186 12718 SALE 223 12718 SALE 190 12719 SALE 1 12719 SALE 124 12720 SALE 33 12721 SALE 100 12721 SALE 1 12724 SALE 100 12724 PURCHASE 237 12725 PURCHASE 280 12725 SALE 1000 12725 TOTAL PURCHASES 128,562 TOTAL SALES 130,863 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 20 MARCH 2008Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7568 9289Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISER Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto