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EPT Disclosure

9th Sep 2008 10:48

RNS Number : 0285D

Macquarie Group Limited

09 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	Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Limited
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4
Date of dealing	08 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
(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

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,

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.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO

Date of disclosure	09 September 2008
Contact name	Johanna Uy
Telephone number	+44 (0) 2030374339
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Connected principal trader

Notes

The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

Annexure A:

BHP	Purchase	50000	37.62
BHP	Purchase	40000	37.6215
BHP	Purchase	1	37.65
BHP	Purchase	48	37.65
BHP	Purchase	650	37.65
BHP	Purchase	500	37.65
BHP	Purchase	295	37.65
BHP	Purchase	295	37.65
BHP	Purchase	154	37.66
BHP	Purchase	13	37.66
BHP	Purchase	69	37.66
BHP	Purchase	1300	37.66
BHP	Purchase	200000	37.66
BHP	Purchase	464	37.66
BHP	Purchase	3211	37.65
BHP	Purchase	1692	37.65
BHP	Purchase	1308	37.65
BHP	Purchase	1201	37.65
BHP	Purchase	121	37.65
BHP	Purchase	1600	37.65
BHP	Purchase	78	37.65
BHP	Purchase	4301	37.65
BHP	Purchase	1000	37.66
BHP	Purchase	699	37.65
BHP	Purchase	3000	37.65
BHP	Purchase	3000	37.65
BHP	Purchase	6700	37.65
BHP	Purchase	500	37.65
BHP	Purchase	1300	37.65
BHP	Purchase	121	37.65
BHP	Purchase	392	37.65
BHP	Purchase	2636	37.65
BHP	Purchase	8200	37.66
BHP	Purchase	68	37.66
BHP	Purchase	6	37.66
BHP	Purchase	185	37.66
BHP	Purchase	1300	37.66
BHP	Purchase	1	37.66
BHP	Purchase	3591	37.66
		340000
BHP	Sale	830	37.63
BHP	Sale	677	37.62
BHP	Sale	720	37.62
BHP	Sale	2603	37.62
BHP	Sale	774	37.55
BHP	Sale	2226	37.55
BHP	Sale	241	37.52
BHP	Sale	1227	37.52
BHP	Sale	532	37.52
BHP	Sale	286	37.55
BHP	Sale	2714	37.53
BHP	Sale	2051	37.52
BHP	Sale	949	37.52
BHP	Sale	197	37.53
BHP	Sale	225	37.52
BHP	Sale	1748	37.52
BHP	Sale	200	37.54
BHP	Sale	2800	37.54
BHP	Sale	833	37.56
BHP	Sale	700	37.56
BHP	Sale	313	37.53
BHP	Sale	894	37.53
BHP	Sale	1793	37.53
BHP	Sale	133	37.56
BHP	Sale	977	37.56
BHP	Sale	265	37.56
BHP	Sale	92	37.56
BHP	Sale	134	37.53
BHP	Sale	3	37.53
BHP	Sale	162	37.53
BHP	Sale	38	37.53
BHP	Sale	1	37.53
BHP	Sale	106	37.53
BHP	Sale	18	37.53
BHP	Sale	269	37.53
BHP	Sale	25	37.53
BHP	Sale	24	37.53
BHP	Sale	800	37.53
BHP	Sale	433	37.53
BHP	Sale	987	37.53
BHP	Sale	3000	37.54
BHP	Sale	44	37.57
BHP	Sale	208	37.57
BHP	Sale	1000	37.57
BHP	Sale	810	37.57
BHP	Sale	274	37.57
BHP	Sale	48	37.57
BHP	Sale	34	37.57
BHP	Sale	3	37.57
BHP	Sale	37	37.57
BHP	Sale	542	37.57
BHP	Sale	268	37.57
BHP	Sale	651	37.55
BHP	Sale	348	37.55
BHP	Sale	495	37.55
BHP	Sale	506	37.55
BHP	Sale	770	37.55
BHP	Sale	102	37.55
BHP	Sale	33	37.55
BHP	Sale	770	37.55
BHP	Sale	325	37.55
BHP	Sale	373	37.57
BHP	Sale	2359	37.57
BHP	Sale	344	37.56
BHP	Sale	2	37.56
BHP	Sale	172	37.56
BHP	Sale	770	37.56
BHP	Sale	770	37.56
BHP	Sale	378	37.56
BHP	Sale	687	37.56
BHP	Sale	203	37.56
BHP	Sale	3000	37.56
BHP	Sale	674	37.56
BHP	Sale	1	37.65
BHP	Sale	690	37.65
BHP	Sale	2	37.65
BHP	Sale	1	37.65
BHP	Sale	31	37.65
BHP	Sale	1	37.65
BHP	Sale	2805	37.65
BHP	Sale	22	37.65
BHP	Sale	31	37.65
BHP	Sale	2580	37.65
BHP	Sale	86	37.63
BHP	Sale	750	37.63
BHP	Sale	900	37.63
BHP	Sale	149	37.63
BHP	Sale	62	37.63
BHP	Sale	690	37.63
BHP	Sale	28	37.63
BHP	Sale	500	37.63
BHP	Sale	709	37.62
BHP	Sale	446	37.62
BHP	Sale	1483	37.62
BHP	Sale	75	37.62
BHP	Sale	5	37.62
BHP	Sale	126	37.62
BHP	Sale	156	37.62
BHP	Sale	3239	37.63
BHP	Sale	332	37.61
BHP	Sale	1105	37.61
BHP	Sale	500	37.61
BHP	Sale	5495	37.61
BHP	Sale	2739	37.61
BHP	Sale	486	37.61
BHP	Sale	1775	37.61
BHP	Sale	1184	37.61
BHP	Sale	5	37.61
BHP	Sale	112	37.61
BHP	Sale	1162	37.61
BHP	Sale	650	37.61
BHP	Sale	866	37.61
BHP	Sale	3021	37.61
BHP	Sale	1979	37.62
BHP	Sale	1077	37.62
BHP	Sale	1477	37.62
BHP	Sale	467	37.62
BHP	Sale	50000	37.66
		140000

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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