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Macquarie Group Limited20 March 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings 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 ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (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 (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 20 March 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A:PURCHASE/SALE QUANTITY AMOUNT IN AUDPurchase 2381 36.82Purchase 75 36.85Purchase 1409 36.98Purchase 1148 36.66Purchase 594 36.65Purchase 45 36.65Purchase 1607 36.65Purchase 5400 36.65Purchase 2354 36.65Purchase 7551 36.65Purchase 350 36.65Purchase 2099 36.65Purchase 1169 36.66Purchase 252 36.59Purchase 4000 36.59Purchase 748 36.59Purchase 30000 36.6Purchase 2110 36.59Purchase 871 36.59Purchase 1000 36.59Purchase 478 36.6Purchase 230 36.6Purchase 30000 36.55Purchase 10000 36.6Purchase 500 36.65Purchase 99 36.65Purchase 334 36.65Purchase 757 36.65Purchase 1000 36.65Purchase 3073 36.65Purchase 4237 36.65Purchase 220 36.65Purchase 339 36.65Purchase 6688 36.63Purchase 1386 36.63Purchase 500 36.63Purchase 1426 36.63Purchase 530 36.63Purchase 25000 36.64Purchase 10634 36.6Purchase 800 36.6Purchase 2 36.6Purchase 377 36.6Purchase 1000 36.6Purchase 52 36.6Purchase 4 36.6Purchase 3558 36.6Purchase 7 36.6Purchase 78 36.6Purchase 819 36.6Purchase 152 36.6Purchase 44 36.6Purchase 9 36.6Purchase 10 36.6Purchase 31 36.6Purchase 700 36.6Purchase 45 36.6Purchase 87 36.6Purchase 276 36.6Purchase 74 36.6Purchase 2811 36.6Purchase 43 36.6Purchase 1216 36.6Purchase 740 36.6Purchase 659 36.62Purchase 500 36.6Purchase 1092 36.66Purchase 25000 36.65Purchase 1116 36.69Purchase 8265 36.69Purchase 42 36.69Purchase 5513 36.69Purchase 2684 36.69Purchase 43 36.69Purchase 44 36.69Purchase 1530 36.69Purchase 9 36.69Purchase 10 36.69Purchase 5744 36.69Purchase 1000 36.77Purchase 131 36.77Purchase 823 36.7Purchase 11228 36.7Purchase 203 36.7Purchase 2000 36.7Purchase 746 36.7Purchase 13218 36.7Purchase 6782 36.7Purchase 3218 36.7Purchase 835 36.7Purchase 275 36.7Purchase 936 36.7Purchase 3000 36.7Purchase 167 36.7Purchase 3727 36.7Purchase 900 36.7Purchase 1942 36.7Purchase 2935 36.7Purchase 224 36.7Purchase 50 36.7Purchase 94 36.7Purchase 1000 36.7Purchase 1000 36.7Purchase 517 36.7Purchase 87 36.7Purchase 1000 36.7Purchase 394 36.7Purchase 763 36.7Purchase 2000 36.7Purchase 43 36.7Purchase 281 36.7Purchase 219 36.7Purchase 4319 36.7Purchase 840 36.7Purchase 4462 36.7Purchase 1500 36.7Purchase 65 36.7Purchase 3063 36.7Purchase 144 36.7Purchase 950 36.7Purchase 359 36.7Purchase 96 36.7Purchase 1420 36.7Purchase 29 36.7Purchase 46 36.7Purchase 46 36.7Purchase 22 36.7Purchase 91 36.7Purchase 44 36.7Purchase 3 36.7Purchase 44 36.7Purchase 6548 36.7Purchase 689 36.7Purchase 25 36.7Purchase 4 36.7Purchase 10 36.7Purchase 18 36.7Purchase 9 36.7Purchase 50000 36.7Purchase 2188 36.7Purchase 1692 36.7Purchase 2991 36.7Purchase 2897 36.7Purchase 1500 36.7Purchase 3279 36.7Purchase 4995 36.7Purchase 10000 36.7Purchase 45 36.7Purchase 942 36.7Purchase 221 36.7Purchase 44 36.7Purchase 43 36.7Purchase 288 36.7Purchase 834 36.7Purchase 2588 36.7Purchase 7412 36.7Purchase 1619 36.7Purchase 660 36.7Purchase 4542 36.7Purchase 261 36.7Purchase 87 36.7Purchase 228 36.74Purchase 570 36.74Purchase 3742 36.6Purchase 7150 36.59Purchase 1326 36.59Purchase 47 36.59Purchase 2100 36.6Purchase 150 36.6Purchase 311 36.6Purchase 200 36.6Purchase 5600 36.6Purchase 830 36.6Purchase 383 36.6Purchase 647 36.6Purchase 1000 36.6Purchase 400 36.6Purchase 900 36.6Purchase 2753 36.6Purchase 324 36.6Purchase 1500 36.6Purchase 1500 36.6Purchase 500 36.6Purchase 1500 36.6Purchase 150 36.6Purchase 3301 36.6Purchase 1307 36.6Purchase 10 36.6Purchase 2000 36.6Purchase 153 36.59Purchase 563 36.59Purchase 346 36.59Purchase 3293 36.6Purchase 2000 36.6Purchase 174 36.6Purchase 327 36.6Purchase 374 36.6Purchase 10 36.6Purchase 238 36.6Purchase 15000 36.6Purchase 1000 36.6Purchase 700 36.7Purchase 100 36.7Purchase 9619 36.7Purchase 381 36.7Purchase 1293 36.7Purchase 1000 36.7Purchase 775 36.7Purchase 11551 36.7Purchase 20000 36.7Purchase 135 36.69Purchase 46 36.69Purchase 13537 36.7Purchase 585 36.7Purchase 359 36.7Purchase 21 36.7Purchase 1273 36.7Purchase 87 36.7Purchase 87 36.7Purchase 312 36.7Purchase 3558 36.7Purchase 9 36.7Purchase 5 36.7Purchase 236 36.7Purchase 2174 36.7Purchase 17576 36.7Purchase 50000 36.7Purchase 798 36.75Purchase 1250 36.78Purchase 196 36.78Purchase 106 36.78Purchase 1750 36.79Purchase 17 36.79Purchase 1000 36.79Purchase 2500 36.79Purchase 720 36.79Purchase 6 36.79Purchase 927 36.8Purchase 720 36.8Purchase 1173 36.8Purchase 6 36.8Purchase 9 36.8Purchase 3000 36.8Purchase 2515 36.8Purchase 1038 36.8Purchase 105 36.8Purchase 810 36.8Purchase 2152 36.8Purchase 5486 36.8Purchase 200 36.8Purchase 15000 36.8Purchase 4314 36.8Purchase 83 36.78Purchase 114 36.78Purchase 44 36.78Purchase 9 36.78Purchase 5 36.78Purchase 214 36.78Purchase 7 36.78Purchase 516 36.78Purchase 89 36.78Purchase 3000 36.78Purchase 8329 36.79Purchase 6 36.79Purchase 720 36.79Purchase 6864 36.8Purchase 12073 36.8Purchase 6 36.8Purchase 720 36.8Purchase 34 36.8Purchase 7 36.8Purchase 10 36.8Purchase 7470 36.8Purchase 1109 36.8Purchase 9 36.8Purchase 250 36.8Purchase 2000 36.8Purchase 610 36.8Purchase 25702 36.8Purchase 348 36.8Purchase 500 36.8Purchase 9550 36.8Purchase 1000 36.8Purchase 400 36.8Purchase 700 36.8Purchase 1000 36.8Purchase 11502 36.8Purchase 1642 36.8Purchase 500 36.8Purchase 1000 36.8Purchase 2000 36.8Purchase 10000 36.8Purchase 1060 36.8Purchase 8798 36.8Purchase 4000 36.8Purchase 200 36.8Purchase 1000 36.8Purchase 3500 36.8Purchase 2495 36.8Purchase 10000 36.8Purchase 3805 36.8Purchase 4937 36.8Purchase 221 36.8Purchase 3000 36.8Purchase 500 36.8Purchase 200 36.8Purchase 61 36.8Purchase 25 36.8Purchase 315 36.8Purchase 1264 36.8Purchase 14477 36.8Purchase 4370 36.8Purchase 5000 36.8Purchase 5200 36.8Purchase 5000 36.8Purchase 1000 36.8Purchase 240 36.8Purchase 600 36.8Purchase 1110 36.8Purchase 2480 36.8Purchase 148 36.8Purchase 10 36.8Purchase 10000 36.8Purchase 7 36.8Purchase 4340 36.8Purchase 31 36.8Purchase 7088 36.8Purchase 3376 36.8Purchase 25000 36.8Purchase 12922 36.8Purchase 190 36.8Purchase 1000 36.8Purchase 200 36.8Purchase 150 36.8Purchase 5574 36.8Purchase 10 36.8Purchase 1000 36.8Purchase 164 36.8Purchase 8 36.8Purchase 3000 36.8Purchase 782 36.8Purchase 18986 36.8Purchase 3750 36.8Purchase 50 36.8Purchase 22 36.8Purchase 437 36.8Purchase 175 36.8Purchase 1130 36.8Purchase 19 36.8Purchase 3 36.8Purchase 428 36.8Purchase 8485 36.8Purchase 2000 36.8Purchase 150 36.8Purchase 4512 36.8Purchase 9351 36.8Purchase 502 36.8Purchase 1099 36.8Purchase 1500 36.8Purchase 1 36.8Purchase 31 36.8Purchase 39 36.8Purchase 1 36.8Purchase 100 36.8Purchase 39 36.8Purchase 1 36.8Purchase 232 36.8Purchase 3000 36.8Purchase 441000 36.7497Purchase 575500 36.7411Purchase 183500 36.7765Sale 882 36.72Sale 1000 36.72Sale 464 36.72Sale 135 36.72Sale 10178 36.72Sale 37341 36.72Sale 1034 36.9Sale 429 36.9Sale 1166 36.9Sale 270 36.9Sale 7101 36.9Sale 2500 36.84Sale 1972 36.84Sale 584 36.84Sale 939 36.84Sale 8552 36.84Sale 150 36.85Sale 5750 36.83Sale 4250 36.83Sale 1000 36.66Sale 1286 36.66Sale 6059 36.66Sale 8948 36.68Sale 117 36.68Sale 935 36.68Sale 9201 36.7Sale 264 36.7Sale 270 36.7Sale 265 36.7Sale 2130 36.65Sale 95 36.65Sale 4441 36.65Sale 1396 36.65Sale 1938 36.65Sale 700 36.67Sale 6690 36.67Sale 2610 36.67Sale 400 36.56Sale 1 36.56Sale 5650 36.55Sale 560 36.55Sale 10000 36.55Sale 3389 36.55Sale 1376 36.6Sale 2500 36.6Sale 6124 36.6Sale 2114 36.6Sale 3032 36.6Sale 142 36.6Sale 4327 36.6Sale 385 36.6Sale 5400 36.6Sale 250 36.6Sale 500 36.6Sale 3850 36.6Sale 1105 36.6Sale 95 36.6Sale 1440 36.6Sale 14 36.6Sale 7346 36.6Sale 10000 36.6Sale 4066 36.65Sale 51 36.65Sale 520 36.65Sale 1000 36.65Sale 2198 36.65Sale 2165 36.65Sale 470 36.67Sale 2643 36.67Sale 2643 36.67Sale 1360 36.67Sale 2884 36.67Sale 2643 36.67Sale 6683 36.67Sale 674 36.67Sale 1317 36.67Sale 4633 36.67Sale 1000 36.67Sale 272 36.61Sale 510 36.6Sale 7268 36.6Sale 9818 36.6Sale 100 36.6Sale 82 36.6Sale 2161 36.6Sale 623 36.61Sale 391 36.61Sale 2017 36.6Sale 500 36.6Sale 116 36.6Sale 3423 36.6Sale 4 36.6Sale 2513 36.6Sale 1000 36.61Sale 1000 36.61Sale 57 36.6Sale 428 36.6Sale 429 36.6Sale 909 36.6Sale 2 36.6Sale 11 36.6Sale 9999 36.6Sale 682 36.6Sale 803 36.6Sale 96 36.6Sale 9991 36.6Sale 9 36.6Sale 2450 36.6Sale 53 36.6Sale 2509 36.6Sale 4253 36.6Sale 27 36.6Sale 122 36.6Sale 4986 36.6Sale 4901 36.6Sale 99 36.6Sale 247 36.6Sale 2479 36.6Sale 100 36.61Sale 3639 36.55Sale 1285 36.55Sale 2000 36.55Sale 3076 36.55Sale 6479 36.55Sale 3000 36.55Sale 521 36.55Sale 1956 36.55Sale 6705 36.55Sale 382 36.55Sale 957 36.55Sale 3073 36.55Sale 186 36.55Sale 475 36.55Sale 857 36.55Sale 3532 36.6Sale 58 36.6Sale 27 36.6Sale 301 36.6Sale 9700 36.6Sale 9 36.6Sale 4999 36.6Sale 4422 36.61Sale 717 36.61Sale 2500 36.61Sale 1 36.6Sale 390 36.6Sale 4961 36.6Sale 39 36.6Sale 190 36.6Sale 439 36.6Sale 9934 36.6Sale 66 36.6Sale 4994 36.6Sale 1000 36.61Sale 9901 36.6Sale 99 36.6Sale 25 36.6Sale 370 36.6Sale 12 36.6Sale 9950 36.6Sale 50 36.6Sale 171 36.6Sale 9978 36.6Sale 22 36.6Sale 95 36.6Sale 429 36.6Sale 2496 36.6Sale 4 36.6Sale 4999 36.6Sale 1 36.6Sale 3119 36.6Sale 49 36.7Sale 9951 36.7Sale 5400 36.7Sale 4500 36.7Sale 100 36.7Sale 300 36.68Sale 95 36.68Sale 290 36.68Sale 857 36.68Sale 4283 36.68Sale 4175 36.68Sale 30000 36.72Sale 11 36.62Sale 2805 36.62Sale 1000 36.62Sale 6184 36.62Sale 424 36.62Sale 9576 36.62Sale 410 36.62Sale 110 36.62Sale 1360 36.62Sale 2666 36.62Sale 5000 36.62Sale 102 36.62Sale 352 36.62Sale 4340 36.65Sale 216 36.65Sale 1300 36.65Sale 428 36.65Sale 700 36.65Sale 409 36.65Sale 10000 36.65Sale 2607 36.65Sale 238 36.65Sale 1712 36.65Sale 692 36.65Sale 1787 36.65Sale 1330 36.65Sale 1330 36.65Sale 95 36.65Sale 2816 36.65Sale 23 36.65Sale 1726 36.65Sale 7635 36.64Sale 3808 36.64Sale 570 36.64Sale 26 36.64Sale 856 36.64Sale 429 36.64Sale 700 36.64Sale 976 36.64Sale 1396 36.64Sale 5179 36.64Sale 100 36.64Sale 1576 36.64Sale 133 36.65Sale 1280 36.65Sale 101 36.65Sale 1 36.65Sale 8000 36.65Sale 485 36.65Sale 21838 36.64Sale 2700 36.64Sale 400 36.64Sale 62 36.64Sale 198 36.64Sale 370 36.64Sale 557 36.64Sale 1556 36.61Sale 865 36.61Sale 291 36.61Sale 400 36.61Sale 79 36.61Sale 1285 36.61Sale 100 36.61Sale 1273 36.65Sale 8026 36.65Sale 621 36.57Sale 100 36.57Sale 236 36.57Sale 3856 36.57Sale 300 36.57Sale 500 36.57Sale 1260 36.57Sale 2000 36.57Sale 1127 36.57Sale 1098 36.59Sale 200 36.59Sale 95 36.59Sale 8607 36.59Sale 659 36.62Sale 11 36.62Sale 23 36.62Sale 342 36.62Sale 3000 36.62Sale 4712 36.62Sale 1253 36.61Sale 111 36.61Sale 560 36.61Sale 2629 36.61Sale 5628 36.61Sale 1072 36.61Sale 1135 36.65Sale 670 36.65Sale 2855 36.65Sale 238 36.65Sale 107 36.65Sale 2985 36.65Sale 30158 36.6Sale 50000 36.6Sale 500 36.72Sale 14461 36.65Sale 2377 36.66Sale 14 36.66Sale 30 36.66Sale 437 36.66Sale 1426 36.66Sale 1160 36.66Sale 1526 36.66Sale 2500 36.66Sale 95 36.65Sale 65 36.65Sale 1390 36.65Sale 530 36.66Sale 3354 36.66Sale 2259 36.66Sale 4387 36.66Sale 35 36.66Sale 8415 36.66Sale 50000 36.7Sale 50000 36.7Sale 50000 36.7Sale 150000 36.7Sale 250000 36.7Sale 6850 36.78Sale 2160 36.78Sale 443 36.78Sale 547 36.78Sale 25000 36.8Sale 100000 36.8Sale 56391 36.8Sale 75000 36.8Sale 100000 36.8Sale 100000 36.8Sale 117235 36.95Sale 771 36.95Sale 6646 36.95Sale 12457 36.7415Sale 196958 36.93501Sale 24069 36.6 Total Buy 2184659Total Sale 2184659 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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