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EPT Disclosure

26th Nov 2008 10:57

RNS Number : 9712I

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

26 November 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	Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Limited
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	25-11-2008

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			9519535	0.283
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			9519535	0.283

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase	21,425	26.22
Purchase	750	26.22
Purchase	35,206	26.22
Purchase	22,463	26.22
Purchase	17,773	26.22
Purchase	750	26.22
Purchase	1,824	25.75
Purchase	131	25.75
Purchase	2,314	25.75
Purchase	1,139	25.75
Purchase	1,103	25.75
Purchase	10,000	25.75
Purchase	70	25.75
Purchase	3,325	25.75
Purchase	121	25.75
Purchase	4,973	25.75
Purchase	1,408	25.73
Purchase	121	25.72
Purchase	13,471	25.72
Purchase	12,500	25.60
Purchase	1,000	25.60
Purchase	1,000	25.60
Purchase	500	25.60
Purchase	100	25.60
Purchase	1,110	25.59
Purchase	10,000	25.59
Purchase	2	25.58
Purchase	513	25.58
Purchase	501	25.58
Purchase	7,422	25.57
Purchase	5	25.56
Purchase	3,000	25.56
Purchase	41,048	25.31
Purchase	333	25.31
Purchase	100	25.31
Purchase	500	25.31
Purchase	300	25.31
Purchase	100	25.31
Purchase	5,000	25.31
Purchase	121	25.30
Purchase	547	25.30
Purchase	453	25.30
Purchase	1,498	25.30
Purchase	44,555	25.60
Purchase	999	25.60
Purchase	2,042	25.60
Purchase	2,404	25.60
Purchase	22	25.65
Purchase	23,902	25.70
Purchase	3,000	25.70
Purchase	5,962	25.70
Purchase	10,000	25.70
Purchase	2,970	25.70
Purchase	986	25.70
Purchase	5,969	25.70
Purchase	4,630	25.70
Purchase	1,198	25.70
Purchase	2,150	25.70
Purchase	3,480	25.70
Purchase	114	25.70
Purchase	139	25.70
Purchase	500	25.70
Purchase	25,000	25.70
Purchase	10,000	25.70
Purchase	205	25.69
Purchase	2,234	25.69
Purchase	375	25.69
Purchase	46,425	25.69
Purchase	753	25.69
Purchase	1	25.69
Purchase	7	25.69
Purchase	43,539	25.65
Purchase	200	25.65
Purchase	75	25.65
Purchase	336	25.65
Purchase	500	25.65
Purchase	500	25.65
Purchase	300	25.65
Purchase	4,550	25.65
Purchase	127	25.82
Purchase	127	25.82
Purchase	1,372	25.82
Purchase	444	25.87
Purchase	1,000	25.87
Purchase	3,516	25.87
Purchase	2	25.87
Purchase	2	25.87
Purchase	750	25.87
Purchase	4,242	25.87
Purchase	10,000	26.35
Purchase	9,067	26.27
Purchase	123	26.26
Purchase	810	26.26
Purchase	1,518	26.38
Purchase	8,492	26.38
Purchase	4,990	26.38
Purchase	10	26.29
Purchase	500	25.87
Purchase	3,893	25.87
Purchase	300	25.87
Purchase	900	25.87
Purchase	268	25.87
Purchase	754	25.87
Purchase	134	25.87
Purchase	3,295	25.87
Purchase	1,378	25.87
Purchase	150	25.87
Purchase	140	25.87
Purchase	150	25.87
Purchase	1,800	25.87
Purchase	1,000	25.87
Purchase	250	25.87
Purchase	15,132	25.87
Purchase	2,541	25.85
Purchase	268	25.85
Purchase	750	25.85
Purchase	268	25.85
Purchase	1,500	25.85
Purchase	268	25.85
Purchase	16,052	25.85
Purchase	134	25.85
Purchase	134	25.85
Purchase	8,085	25.85
Purchase	21,815	25.85
Purchase	80	25.85
Purchase	12,457	25.91
Purchase	1,000	25.91
Purchase	131	25.91
Purchase	1,000	25.91
Purchase	131	25.91
Purchase	3,000	25.91
Purchase	2,000	25.91
Purchase	200	25.91
Purchase	5,000	25.91
Purchase	5,000	25.91
Purchase	250	25.91
Purchase	1	25.91
Purchase	1,000	25.91
Purchase	7,000	25.91
Purchase	150	25.91
Purchase	271	25.91
Purchase	1	25.91
Purchase	1	25.91
Purchase	1	25.91
Purchase	1,000	25.91
Purchase	186	25.91
Purchase	100	25.90
Purchase	120	25.90
Purchase	2,564	25.95
Purchase	5,000	25.95
Purchase	60	25.95
Purchase	49	25.95
Purchase	499	25.95
Purchase	9,999	25.95
Purchase	899	25.95
Purchase	810	25.95
Purchase	50	25.95
Purchase	500	25.95
Purchase	750	25.95
Purchase	371	25.95
Purchase	300	25.95
Purchase	2,000	25.95
Purchase	790	25.95
Purchase	10,000	25.94
Purchase	5,000	25.94
Purchase	359	25.94
Purchase	903	26.00
Purchase	9,000	26.00
Purchase	20,000	26.00
Purchase	1,086	26.00
Purchase	3,000	26.00
Purchase	2,500	26.00
Purchase	1,500	26.00
Purchase	6,000	26.00
Purchase	100	26.00
Purchase	4,773	26.00
Purchase	5,227	26.00
Purchase	15,000	26.00
Purchase	5,000	26.00
Purchase	1,221	26.00
Purchase	90	26.00
Purchase	800	26.00
Purchase	2,500	26.00
Purchase	4,000	26.00
Purchase	15,000	26.00
Purchase	5,000	26.00
Purchase	1,000	26.00
Purchase	250	26.00
Purchase	2,500	26.00
Purchase	8,000	26.00
Purchase	100	26.00
Purchase	5,000	26.00
Purchase	10,000	26.00
Purchase	2,500	26.00
Purchase	1,700	26.00
Purchase	10,000	26.00
Purchase	2,000	26.00
Purchase	4,004	26.00
Purchase	5,000	26.00
Purchase	1,000	26.00
Purchase	1	26.00
Purchase	1	26.00
Purchase	110	26.00
Purchase	939	26.00
Purchase	2,834	26.00
Purchase	100	26.00
Purchase	500	26.00
Purchase	10,000	26.00
Purchase	1,200	26.00
Purchase	230	26.00
Purchase	150	26.00
Purchase	150	26.00
Purchase	3,000	26.00
Purchase	500	26.00
Purchase	200	26.00
Purchase	3,335	26.00
Purchase	500	26.00
Purchase	200	26.00
Purchase	500	26.00
Purchase	300	26.00
Purchase	500	26.00
Purchase	300	26.00
Purchase	700	26.00
Purchase	671	26.00
Purchase	1,000	26.00
Purchase	93	26.00
Purchase	384	26.00
Purchase	500	26.00
Purchase	78	26.00
Purchase	250	26.00
Purchase	150	26.00
Purchase	1,000	26.00
Purchase	380	26.00
Purchase	2,500	26.00
Purchase	3,000	26.00
Purchase	100	26.00
Purchase	200	26.00
Purchase	2,000	26.00
Purchase	200	26.00
Purchase	2,500	26.00
Purchase	1,150	26.00
Purchase	150	26.00
Purchase	40	26.00
Purchase	500	26.00
Purchase	1,150	26.00
Purchase	100	25.85
Purchase	250	25.85
Purchase	2,000	25.85
Purchase	1,000	25.85
Purchase	11,300	25.85
Purchase	199	25.85
Purchase	525	25.85
Purchase	34,095	25.85
Purchase	2,554	25.92
Purchase	362	25.92
Purchase	225	25.92
Purchase	215	25.92
Purchase	15,000	25.92
Purchase	180	25.92
Purchase	297	25.92
Purchase	1,000	25.92
Purchase	4,095	25.92
Purchase	2,474	25.91
Purchase	200	25.90
Purchase	2,400	25.90
Purchase	998	25.89
Purchase	150	25.85
Purchase	2,000	25.85
Purchase	11,878	25.85
Purchase	13,857	25.85
Purchase	163	25.84
Purchase	588	25.84
Purchase	26,000	25.49
Purchase	57,500	24.26
Purchase	437	26.22
Purchase	1,500,000	25.52
Purchase	400,000	25.96
Purchase	25,000	22.65
Sale	-1,000	25.85
Sale	-2,500	25.85
Sale	-26,000	25.60
Sale	-2,500	26.22
Sale	-437	26.22
Sale	-1,736	26.00
Sale	-300	26.00
Sale	-2,000	25.95
Sale	-2,000	25.87
Sale	-1,000	25.85
Sale	-2,000	25.88
Sale	-2,000	25.86
Sale	-1,000	25.83
Sale	-2,100	25.82
Sale	-400	25.82
Sale	-4,216	25.75
Sale	-800	25.78
Sale	-200	25.78
Sale	-270	25.61
Sale	-2,000	25.57
Sale	-213	25.61
Sale	-6	25.61
Sale	-11	25.61
Sale	-500	25.61
Sale	-2,500	25.61
Sale	-1,626	25.84
Sale	-386	25.84
Sale	-1,000	25.94
Sale	-2,500	26.37
Sale	-10	26.13
Sale	-8,999	26.00
Sale	-350	26.00
Sale	-5	26.00
Sale	-90	26.00
Sale	-5,250	26.00
Sale	-306	26.00
Sale	-2,237	25.60
Sale	-90	25.60
Sale	-2,500	25.60
Sale	-5,000	25.60
Sale	-10,173	25.60
Sale	-100,000	22.57
Sale	-779,875	21.90
Sale	-779,875	21.90
Sale	-25,000	22.59

TOTAL BUYS:3001615

TOTAL SELLS:1782961

(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) No

Date of disclosure	26-11-2008
Contact name	Carolyn Collins; Simon Crawley
Telephone number	44 20 7888 0241
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	ADVISOR

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

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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