6th May 2008 11:42
UBS AG (EPT)06 May 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 02 MAY 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 8,885,137 0.40% 4,362,306 0.20%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,885,137 0.40% 4,362,306 0.20% (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 3 1791 pence PURCHASE 897 1791 SALE 498 1792 PURCHASE 111 1792 PURCHASE 1965 1792 SALE 4500 1793 SALE 3620 1793 SALE 600 1793 SALE 408 1793 SALE 152 1793 PURCHASE 650 1794 PURCHASE 700 1794 SALE 1432 1795 SALE 900 1795 SALE 650 1795 SALE 507 1795 SALE 193 1795 PURCHASE 1634 1795 SALE 984 1796 SALE 650 1796 SALE 400 1796 SALE 25 1796.5 SALE 1 1796.5 SALE 900 1798 PURCHASE 700 1799 PURCHASE 1023 1800 PURCHASE 1431 1800 SALE 1 1801 PURCHASE 800 1801 PURCHASE 1000 1801 SALE 900 1804 SALE 700 1804 SALE 600 1804 SALE 379 1805 PURCHASE 413 1805 PURCHASE 579 1805 PURCHASE 2849 1805 SALE 1660 1806 SALE 984 1806 SALE 900 1806 SALE 600 1806 SALE 500 1806 SALE 300 1806 SALE 100 1806 SALE 69 1806 PURCHASE 600 1806 PURCHASE 4733 1806 SALE 2000 1807 SALE 1000 1807 SALE 500 1807 SALE 318 1807 PURCHASE 700 1807 PURCHASE 700 1807 PURCHASE 1105 1807 SALE 1100 1808 SALE 650 1808 SALE 400 1808 PURCHASE 1048 1808 PURCHASE 1125 1808 PURCHASE 4559 1808 SALE 4733 1809 SALE 2600 1809 SALE 2084 1809 SALE 1831 1809 SALE 1660 1809 SALE 1516 1809 SALE 1458 1809 SALE 1185 1809 SALE 1067 1809 SALE 1010 1809 SALE 1000 1809 SALE 929 1809 SALE 837 1809 SALE 800 1809 SALE 716 1809 SALE 404 1809 PURCHASE 170 1809 PURCHASE 220 1809 PURCHASE 500 1809 PURCHASE 600 1809 PURCHASE 788 1809 PURCHASE 900 1809 PURCHASE 940 1809 PURCHASE 984 1809 PURCHASE 1081 1809 PURCHASE 1117 1809 PURCHASE 1754 1809 PURCHASE 1969 1809 SALE 2200 1810 SALE 2000 1810 SALE 2000 1810 SALE 1698 1810 SALE 1541 1810 SALE 1517 1810 SALE 1243 1810 SALE 1200 1810 SALE 1097 1810 SALE 881 1810 SALE 817 1810 SALE 764 1810 SALE 600 1810 SALE 13 1810 PURCHASE 148 1810 PURCHASE 152 1810 PURCHASE 500 1810 PURCHASE 719 1810 SALE 2000 1811 SALE 1100 1811 SALE 800 1811 SALE 800 1811 SALE 2000 1812 SALE 1500 1812 SALE 1500 1812 SALE 749 1812 SALE 400 1812 PURCHASE 37 1812 PURCHASE 656 1812 PURCHASE 800 1812 PURCHASE 1116 1812 PURCHASE 2000 1812 PURCHASE 3310 1812 SALE 1814 1813 SALE 1622 1813 SALE 1334 1813 SALE 817 1813 SALE 670 1813 SALE 550 1813 SALE 400 1813 SALE 103 1813 SALE 686 1814 SALE 600 1814 SALE 118 1814 SALE 96 1814 PURCHASE 162 1814 PURCHASE 300 1814 PURCHASE 438 1814 SALE 500 1815 SALE 400 1815 PURCHASE 838 1815 SALE 600 1816 PURCHASE 42 1816 PURCHASE 419 1816 PURCHASE 620 1816 PURCHASE 648 1816 PURCHASE 700 1816 PURCHASE 900 1816 SALE 4056 1817 SALE 2148 1817 SALE 690 1817 SALE 600 1817 SALE 595 1817 SALE 509 1817 SALE 305 1817 SALE 300 1817 SALE 297 1817 PURCHASE 41 1817 PURCHASE 113 1817 PURCHASE 300 1817 PURCHASE 693 1817 PURCHASE 2049 1817 SALE 3809 1818 SALE 948 1818 SALE 591 1818 SALE 509 1818 SALE 1 1818 PURCHASE 300 1818 PURCHASE 419 1818 PURCHASE 701 1818 PURCHASE 1109 1818 PURCHASE 1200 1818 SALE 67 1818.5 SALE 2 1818.5 SALE 1 1818.5 SALE 281 1819 PURCHASE 848 1819 SALE 15 1819.5 SALE 1000 1820 SALE 717 1820 SALE 492 1820 SALE 369 1820 SALE 316 1820 SALE 123 1820 PURCHASE 7 1820 PURCHASE 831 1820 PURCHASE 1487 1820 PURCHASE 1559 1820 PURCHASE 3176 1820 SALE 1901 1821 SALE 471 1821 SALE 300 1821 SALE 271 1821 PURCHASE 600 1821 SALE 945 1822 SALE 817 1822 SALE 649 1822 PURCHASE 897 1822 SALE 1300 1823 SALE 648 1823 SALE 300 1823 SALE 249 1823 PURCHASE 700 1824 PURCHASE 800 1824 PURCHASE 1000 1824 PURCHASE 1200 1824 SALE 880 1825 SALE 752 1825 SALE 167 1825 PURCHASE 115 1826 PURCHASE 395 1826 PURCHASE 582 1826 PURCHASE 134 1827 PURCHASE 276 1827 PURCHASE 400 1827 PURCHASE 500 1827 PURCHASE 2154 1827 SALE 1128 1828 SALE 726 1828 SALE 500 1828 SALE 200 1828 PURCHASE 400 1828 PURCHASE 1000 1828 SALE 880 1829 SALE 752 1829 SALE 600 1829 SALE 400 1829 SALE 308 1829 SALE 92 1829 PURCHASE 1109 1829 PURCHASE 7055 1829 SALE 3 1829.5 SALE 1200 1830 PURCHASE 600 1830 PURCHASE 2300 1830 SALE 2166 1831 SALE 1300 1831 SALE 600 1831 SALE 448 1831 SALE 33 1831 PURCHASE 900 1831 PURCHASE 1100 1831 SALE 1107 1832 SALE 584 1832 SALE 3953 1833 SALE 1302 1833 SALE 200 1833 SALE 14 1833 PURCHASE 1000 1833 PURCHASE 1100 1833 SALE 500 1834 PURCHASE 200 1834 PURCHASE 400 1834 PURCHASE 1000 1834 PURCHASE 1070 1834 PURCHASE 3250 1834 SALE 648 1835 PURCHASE 200 1836 PURCHASE 628 1836 PURCHASE 1236 1836 PURCHASE 1744 1836 PURCHASE 2495 1836 SALE 1268 1837 SALE 200 1837 PURCHASE 805 1837 PURCHASE 1161 1837 PURCHASE 4420 1837 SALE 900 1838 SALE 18 1838 PURCHASE 200 1838 PURCHASE 500 1838 PURCHASE 602 1838 PURCHASE 630 1838 PURCHASE 940 1838 SALE 1394 1839 SALE 1000 1839 SALE 600 1839 SALE 328 1839 SALE 300 1839 SALE 107 1839 SALE 51 1839 SALE 42 1839 PURCHASE 300 1839 PURCHASE 319 1839 PURCHASE 500 1839 PURCHASE 600 1839 PURCHASE 1350 1839 PURCHASE 1814 1839 SALE 2000 1840 SALE 826 1840 PURCHASE 826 1840 SALE 1000 1841 SALE 400 1841 SALE 200 1841 PURCHASE 972 1846 PURCHASE 1369 1846 SALE 489 1847 PURCHASE 1551 1847 SALE 1109 1850 PURCHASE 1149 1850 PURCHASE 3856 1855 SALE 4353 1856 SALE 1270 1856 SALE 900 1856 SALE 349 1856 SALE 234 1856 SALE 100 1856 SALE 1500 1857 SALE 1024 1857 SALE 519 1857 PURCHASE 1040 1857 SALE 1130 1858 SALE 355 1858 SALE 300 1858 SALE 188 1858 PURCHASE 722 1858 SALE 1629 1859.5 SALE 4 1859.5 SALE 1458 1860 PURCHASE 1315 1860 SALE 1300 1861 SALE 600 1861 SALE 917 1862 SALE 585 1862 SALE 519 1862 SALE 500 1862 SALE 407 1862 SALE 88 1862 PURCHASE 157 1862 SALE 2223 1863 SALE 483 1863 PURCHASE 238 1863 PURCHASE 648 1863 PURCHASE 648 1863 SALE 699 1864 SALE 116 1864 SALE 102 1864 SALE 3173 1865 SALE 1412 1865 SALE 316 1865 SALE 1500 1866 PURCHASE 771 1866 SALE 1522 1867 SALE 300 1867 PURCHASE 501 1867 PURCHASE 648 1867 PURCHASE 699 1867 SALE 67 1867.5 SALE 900 1868 SALE 700 1868 SALE 568 1868 SALE 436 1868 PURCHASE 398 1868 PURCHASE 31504 1868.66 SALE 1598 1869 SALE 1450 1869 SALE 1318 1869 SALE 981 1869 SALE 811 1869 SALE 613 1869 SALE 289 1869 SALE 196 1869 PURCHASE 371 1869 PURCHASE 380 1869 PURCHASE 384 1869 PURCHASE 422 1869 PURCHASE 450 1869 PURCHASE 564 1869 PURCHASE 580 1869 PURCHASE 1032 1869 SALE 3567 1870 SALE 1399 1870 SALE 900 1870 SALE 600 1870 SALE 460 1870 SALE 422 1870 SALE 416 1870 PURCHASE 68 1870 PURCHASE 1000 1870 SALE 472 1870.5 SALE 3 1870.5 SALE 782 1871 SALE 623 1871 SALE 500 1871 SALE 500 1871 SALE 377 1871 PURCHASE 1416 1871 PURCHASE 2141 1871 SALE 1100 1872 SALE 500 1872 SALE 400 1872 PURCHASE 1000 1872 PURCHASE 1736 1872 SALE 1200 1873 SALE 1200 1873 SALE 400 1873 PURCHASE 500 1873 PURCHASE 700 1873 PURCHASE 1171 1873 SALE 300 1874 SALE 800 1875 SALE 30135 1876 SALE 7012 1876 SALE 30 1876 PURCHASE 280 1876 PURCHASE 500 1876 PURCHASE 506 1876 PURCHASE 632 1876 PURCHASE 1517 1876 PURCHASE 5941 1876 PURCHASE 9847 1876 PURCHASE 30135 1876 PURCHASE 216 1879 PURCHASE 463 1879 PURCHASE 737 1879 PURCHASE 900 1879 PURCHASE 700 1880 PURCHASE 1996 1880 SALE 1100 1881 SALE 700 1881 SALE 482 1881 SALE 318 1881 SALE 390 1882 SALE 700 1883 PURCHASE 648 1883 SALE 1085 1884 SALE 648 1884 SALE 648 1884 SALE 436 1884 SALE 361 1884 PURCHASE 400 1884 PURCHASE 650 1884 PURCHASE 3289 1884 SALE 1993 1885 SALE 650 1885 SALE 114 1885 PURCHASE 200 1885 PURCHASE 561 1885 SALE 3630 1886 SALE 711 1886 SALE 648 1886 PURCHASE 220 1886 SALE 600 1887 SALE 70 1887 TOTAL PURCHASES 245,632 TOTAL SALES 264,292 (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 06 MAY 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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