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UBS AG (EPT)31 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 BHP Billiton PlcClass of relevant security to which the 0.5 USD Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 28 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 8,583,614 0.39% 3,803,193 0.17%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,583,614 0.39% 3,803,193 0.17% (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 471 1471 pence PURCHASE 529 1471 SALE 11389 1474 SALE 1756 1474 PURCHASE 2424 1474 PURCHASE 3627 1474 SALE 1995 1475 SALE 1750 1475 SALE 1657 1475 SALE 1627 1475 SALE 692 1475 SALE 621 1475 SALE 266 1475 SALE 114 1475 PURCHASE 15 1475 PURCHASE 111 1475 PURCHASE 114 1475 PURCHASE 526 1475 SALE 53634 1476 SALE 28319 1476 SALE 4000 1476 SALE 1574 1476 SALE 1554 1476 SALE 912 1476 SALE 810 1476 SALE 181 1476 PURCHASE 2 1476 PURCHASE 397 1476 PURCHASE 109815 1476 SALE 1512 1477 SALE 1198 1477 SALE 988 1477 SALE 157 1477 SALE 69 1477 SALE 47 1477 PURCHASE 4 1477 PURCHASE 47 1477 PURCHASE 48 1477 PURCHASE 229 1477 PURCHASE 580 1477 PURCHASE 1118 1477 PURCHASE 1203 1477 PURCHASE 1452 1477 PURCHASE 2434 1477 PURCHASE 2586 1477 PURCHASE 4473 1477 PURCHASE 10000 1477 SALE 6765 1478 SALE 1791 1478 SALE 1068 1478 SALE 632 1478 SALE 600 1478 PURCHASE 208 1478 PURCHASE 541 1478 PURCHASE 815 1478 PURCHASE 1790 1478 SALE 1330 1479 SALE 738 1479 SALE 578 1479 SALE 518 1479 SALE 409 1479 SALE 394 1479 PURCHASE 225 1479 PURCHASE 335 1479 PURCHASE 386 1479 PURCHASE 6201 1479 SALE 1544 1480 SALE 1443 1480 SALE 563 1480 SALE 500 1480 SALE 297 1480 SALE 282 1480 SALE 210 1480 SALE 200 1480 SALE 124 1480 SALE 75 1480 SALE 57 1480 PURCHASE 229 1480 PURCHASE 229 1480 PURCHASE 258 1480 PURCHASE 538 1480 PURCHASE 578 1480 PURCHASE 671 1480 PURCHASE 893 1480 PURCHASE 1680 1480 SALE 6324 1481 SALE 3269 1481 SALE 3063 1481 SALE 1908 1481 SALE 1723 1481 SALE 1298 1481 SALE 1000 1481 SALE 428 1481 SALE 414 1481 SALE 224 1481 SALE 82 1481 SALE 78 1481 PURCHASE 53 1481 PURCHASE 154 1481 PURCHASE 229 1481 PURCHASE 253 1481 PURCHASE 924 1481 PURCHASE 1043 1481 PURCHASE 1650 1481 SALE 3000 1482 SALE 2733 1482 SALE 2659 1482 SALE 299 1482 SALE 100 1482 PURCHASE 578 1482 PURCHASE 1135 1482 PURCHASE 1399 1482 SALE 225 1482.5 PURCHASE 225 1482.5 PURCHASE 225 1482.5 SALE 1321 1483 SALE 1000 1483 SALE 874 1483 SALE 827 1483 SALE 400 1483 SALE 400 1483 SALE 100 1483 PURCHASE 500 1483 PURCHASE 500 1483 PURCHASE 1084 1483 PURCHASE 2000 1483 PURCHASE 2386 1483 PURCHASE 67 1484 PURCHASE 642 1484 PURCHASE 669 1484 PURCHASE 722 1484 PURCHASE 2870 1484 PURCHASE 3351 1484 SALE 1155 1485 SALE 880 1485 SALE 284 1485 SALE 261 1485 SALE 5 1485 PURCHASE 48 1485 PURCHASE 186 1485 PURCHASE 229 1485 PURCHASE 1046 1485 PURCHASE 1325 1485 PURCHASE 5411 1485 SALE 1103 1486 SALE 225 1486.5 PURCHASE 225 1486.5 PURCHASE 228 1487 PURCHASE 229 1487 PURCHASE 883 1487 PURCHASE 987 1487 SALE 1200 1488 SALE 962 1489 SALE 316 1489 SALE 773 1490 SALE 329 1490.5 PURCHASE 329 1490.5 SALE 1874 1492 SALE 1450 1492 SALE 1000 1492 SALE 909 1492 PURCHASE 111 1492 PURCHASE 1090 1493 SALE 1500 1494 SALE 843 1494 SALE 727 1494 SALE 700 1494 SALE 648 1494 SALE 600 1494 SALE 600 1494 SALE 500 1494 SALE 302 1494 SALE 79 1494 SALE 3611 1495 SALE 2008 1495 SALE 600 1495 PURCHASE 800 1495 PURCHASE 2400 1495 SALE 2471 1496 SALE 2000 1496 SALE 1070 1496 SALE 1000 1496 SALE 930 1496 SALE 900 1496 SALE 842 1497 PURCHASE 1200 1497 SALE 2000 1498 SALE 1100 1498 SALE 840 1498 SALE 800 1498 SALE 674 1498 SALE 268 1498 PURCHASE 141 1498 PURCHASE 149 1498 PURCHASE 202 1498 PURCHASE 323 1498 PURCHASE 484 1498 PURCHASE 600 1498 PURCHASE 1326 1498 PURCHASE 3233 1498 SALE 1688 1499 SALE 1530 1499 SALE 1003 1499 SALE 1000 1499 SALE 1000 1499 SALE 800 1499 SALE 700 1499 SALE 600 1499 SALE 600 1499 SALE 500 1499 SALE 500 1499 SALE 437 1499 SALE 197 1499 SALE 197 1499 SALE 74 1499 SALE 60 1499 SALE 29 1499 PURCHASE 135 1499 PURCHASE 202 1499 PURCHASE 229 1499 PURCHASE 250 1499 PURCHASE 319 1499 PURCHASE 942 1499 PURCHASE 1200 1499 PURCHASE 1417 1499 PURCHASE 2000 1499 PURCHASE 2272 1499 SALE 4907 1500 SALE 1500 1500 SALE 600 1500 SALE 437 1500 SALE 110 1500 SALE 72 1500 SALE 10 1500 SALE 4 1500 PURCHASE 40 1500 PURCHASE 900 1500 PURCHASE 3960 1500 SALE 4579 1501 SALE 1169 1501 SALE 714 1501 PURCHASE 100 1501 PURCHASE 116 1501 PURCHASE 229 1501 PURCHASE 2700 1501 SALE 1200 1502 SALE 400 1502 SALE 10 1502 PURCHASE 145 1502 PURCHASE 229 1502 PURCHASE 1000 1502 PURCHASE 2749 1502 SALE 1100 1503 SALE 709 1503 SALE 3262 1504 SALE 1770 1504 SALE 1300 1504 SALE 960 1504 SALE 838 1504 SALE 628 1504 SALE 529 1504 SALE 500 1504 PURCHASE 73 1504 SALE 1318 1505 SALE 1137 1505 SALE 625 1505 SALE 100 1505 SALE 36 1505 PURCHASE 226 1505 PURCHASE 232 1505 PURCHASE 640 1505 PURCHASE 833 1505 PURCHASE 1639 1505 SALE 1733 1506 SALE 1060 1506 SALE 303 1506 PURCHASE 229 1506 PURCHASE 229 1506 PURCHASE 337 1506 PURCHASE 339 1506 PURCHASE 685 1506 SALE 1376 1507 SALE 1003 1507 SALE 607 1507 SALE 232 1507 SALE 5 1507 PURCHASE 640 1509 PURCHASE 1500 1509 PURCHASE 2971 1509 SALE 2576 1510 PURCHASE 600 1510 PURCHASE 2000 1510 SALE 6400 1512 SALE 1786 1512 SALE 214 1512 SALE 1200 1513 PURCHASE 17 1513 PURCHASE 64 1513 PURCHASE 229 1513 PURCHASE 590 1513 PURCHASE 1049 1513 PURCHASE 1205 1513 PURCHASE 1205 1513 PURCHASE 1205 1513 PURCHASE 1757 1513 SALE 758 1514 SALE 1000 1515 PURCHASE 800 1515 SALE 3591 1520 SALE 967 1520 SALE 700 1520 SALE 2300 1523 TOTAL PURCHASES 246,054 TOTAL SALES 280,278 (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 31 MARCH 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name 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:
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