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UBS AG (EPT)31 December 2007 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 Rio Tinto PLCClass of relevant security to which the 10p Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 28 DECEMBER 2007 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 2,254,241 0.23% 574 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 2,254,241 0.23% 574 0.00% (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) SALE 1000 5321 pence PURCHASE 47 5323 PURCHASE 37 5323 PURCHASE 34 5323 PURCHASE 80 5323 PURCHASE 44 5325 PURCHASE 400 5325 PURCHASE 43 5325 PURCHASE 54 5325 PURCHASE 39 5325 PURCHASE 50 5325 PURCHASE 380 5325 SALE 214 5325 SALE 400 5325 SALE 127 5325 PURCHASE 211 5326 PURCHASE 1173 5326 PURCHASE 141 5326 PURCHASE 325 5326 PURCHASE 187 5328 PURCHASE 187 5328 PURCHASE 100 5328 PURCHASE 800 5329 PURCHASE 164 5329 PURCHASE 21 5329 PURCHASE 6 5330 PURCHASE 231 5330 PURCHASE 69 5330 PURCHASE 110 5330 PURCHASE 52 5330 PURCHASE 36 5330 PURCHASE 77 5330 SALE 90 5330 PURCHASE 421 5330 PURCHASE 250 5330 PURCHASE 14 5331 PURCHASE 33 5331 PURCHASE 80 5331 PURCHASE 412 5331 PURCHASE 123 5332 PURCHASE 157 5332 PURCHASE 11 5332 PURCHASE 33 5332 PURCHASE 191 5332 PURCHASE 109 5332 PURCHASE 44 5332 PURCHASE 100 5333 PURCHASE 100 5333 PURCHASE 211 5333 PURCHASE 109 5334 PURCHASE 5 5335 PURCHASE 187 5335 PURCHASE 87 5335 PURCHASE 85 5335 PURCHASE 300 5335 PURCHASE 31 5335 PURCHASE 200 5335 SALE 537 5336 PURCHASE 400 5336 PURCHASE 365 5336 PURCHASE 103 5336 PURCHASE 81 5336 PURCHASE 319 5337 SALE 279 5337 PURCHASE 33 5337 PURCHASE 101 5337 PURCHASE 48 5338 PURCHASE 275 5338 SALE 400 5339 SALE 1150 5339 PURCHASE 70 5339 PURCHASE 148 5339 SALE 67 5340 SALE 509 5340 SALE 875 5340 SALE 100 5340 SALE 243 5340 PURCHASE 62 5340 PURCHASE 47 5340 PURCHASE 109 5340 PURCHASE 32 5340 PURCHASE 13 5340 PURCHASE 129 5340 PURCHASE 213 5341 PURCHASE 116 5341 PURCHASE 90 5341 PURCHASE 74 5341 PURCHASE 33 5341 PURCHASE 49 5341 PURCHASE 244 5341 PURCHASE 135 5341 SALE 450 5341 SALE 510 5342 SALE 800 5342 PURCHASE 407 5342 SALE 212 5343 SALE 512 5343 SALE 467 5343 PURCHASE 63 5344 PURCHASE 328 5344 PURCHASE 88 5344 SALE 552 5344 PURCHASE 620 5344 PURCHASE 300 5344 SALE 2 5344 SALE 4 5344 SALE 468 5345 SALE 296 5345 SALE 26 5345 SALE 184 5345 PURCHASE 197 5345 PURCHASE 23 5345 PURCHASE 240 5345 PURCHASE 12 5345 PURCHASE 500 5345 PURCHASE 70 5345 SALE 232 5346 SALE 400 5346 PURCHASE 476 5346 PURCHASE 107 5346 PURCHASE 48 5346 PURCHASE 50 5346 PURCHASE 390 5346 SALE 338 5348 PURCHASE 30 5348 PURCHASE 47 5348 PURCHASE 35 5348 SALE 391 5349 PURCHASE 290 5349 PURCHASE 47 5350 SALE 400 5350 PURCHASE 36 5351 PURCHASE 509 5351 PURCHASE 18 5351 PURCHASE 91 5351 PURCHASE 115 5351 PURCHASE 46 5351 PURCHASE 100 5351 PURCHASE 60 5352 PURCHASE 13 5352 PURCHASE 88 5352 SALE 350 5353 SALE 69 5353 SALE 348 5353 PURCHASE 60 5353 PURCHASE 162 5353 PURCHASE 70 5353 SALE 1011 5355 SALE 1867 5355 SALE 425 5355 SALE 480 5355 PURCHASE 80 5355 PURCHASE 147 5355 PURCHASE 115 5356 PURCHASE 31 5356 PURCHASE 300 5356 PURCHASE 400 5356 PURCHASE 298 5357 PURCHASE 15 5357 SALE 300 5357 PURCHASE 47 5358 PURCHASE 600 5358 PURCHASE 75 5358 SALE 480 5359 PURCHASE 1000 5359 PURCHASE 80 5359 PURCHASE 90 5359 PURCHASE 298 5360 SALE 220 5360 SALE 422 5360 SALE 355 5362 SALE 323 5363 SALE 135 5364 SALE 549 5364 SALE 226 5364 SALE 249 5365 SALE 29 5365 PURCHASE 44 5366 PURCHASE 45 5366 PURCHASE 16 5366 PURCHASE 33 5366 PURCHASE 70 5366 PURCHASE 35 5367 PURCHASE 157 5367 SALE 54 5368 SALE 434 5368 PURCHASE 539 5368 PURCHASE 36 5368 SALE 350 5368 SALE 15 5368 PURCHASE 100 5370 SALE 228 5370 PURCHASE 1719 5370 SALE 19 5370 SALE 96 5371 PURCHASE 112 5371 SALE 400 5372 SALE 149 5372 PURCHASE 80 5372 PURCHASE 527 5372 PURCHASE 80 5372 PURCHASE 250 5373 PURCHASE 300 5373 PURCHASE 167 5374 PURCHASE 70 5374 SALE 45 5374 SALE 26 5375 SALE 200 5375 SALE 1073 5375 SALE 493 5375 SALE 1063 5375 PURCHASE 49 5377 PURCHASE 94 5377 PURCHASE 337 5377 PURCHASE 85 5377 PURCHASE 47 5377 PURCHASE 13 5377 SALE 289 5377 SALE 177 5377 PURCHASE 647 5378 PURCHASE 214 5378 PURCHASE 20 5378 PURCHASE 49 5378 SALE 800 5379 SALE 100 5380 SALE 209 5380 SALE 321 5380 SALE 350 5381 PURCHASE 177 5381 SALE 19 5381.5 SALE 350 5383 PURCHASE 203 5383 PURCHASE 13 5383 PURCHASE 89 5383 PURCHASE 20 5383 PURCHASE 29 5383 PURCHASE 188 5383 SALE 1725 5384 SALE 147 5384 SALE 35 5385 PURCHASE 301 5385 PURCHASE 357 5385 PURCHASE 167 5385 SALE 19 5385 PURCHASE 200 5385 PURCHASE 671 5385 SALE 300 5386 SALE 107 5386 PURCHASE 635 5386 SALE 75 5386 SALE 120 5386 SALE 100 5387 SALE 221 5387 SALE 800 5388 SALE 338 5388 SALE 264 5388 SALE 30 5388 SALE 198 5388 SALE 342 5388 SALE 460 5389 SALE 300 5389 SALE 232 5389 PURCHASE 368 5389 PURCHASE 239 5389 PURCHASE 49 5389 PURCHASE 25 5389 PURCHASE 73 5389 PURCHASE 84 5389 PURCHASE 61 5389 PURCHASE 22 5389 PURCHASE 35 5389 PURCHASE 69 5389 PURCHASE 38 5389 PURCHASE 200 5389 PURCHASE 287 5390 PURCHASE 234 5390 PURCHASE 37 5390 PURCHASE 270 5390 PURCHASE 84 5390 PURCHASE 21 5390 PURCHASE 385 5390 SALE 356 5390 SALE 268 5391 SALE 231 5391 SALE 61 5391 SALE 8 5391 SALE 6 5391 SALE 348 5391 PURCHASE 79 5391 PURCHASE 41 5391 PURCHASE 98 5391 SALE 100 5391 SALE 478 5392 PURCHASE 108 5392 PURCHASE 32 5392 PURCHASE 40 5392 SALE 390 5392 PURCHASE 100 5393 PURCHASE 815 5393 SALE 277 5394 SALE 273 5396 SALE 445 5396 SALE 536 5398 PURCHASE 610 5399 PURCHASE 50 5399 PURCHASE 222 5401 PURCHASE 656 5406 SALE 140 5407 SALE 177 5407 SALE 532 5408 SALE 350 5408 PURCHASE 37 5412 PURCHASE 14 5412 SALE 401 5423 SALE 143 5423 SALE 2589 5434 SALE 24 5434 SALE 76 5434 SALE 13 5434 SALE 400 5434 SALE 411 5435 SALE 140 5437 PURCHASE 720 5440 PURCHASE 26 5440 PURCHASE 381 5440 SALE 800 5443 SALE 47 5443 PURCHASE 250 5445 PURCHASE 358 5445 PURCHASE 200 5448 PURCHASE 250 5449 PURCHASE 231 5449 SALE 63 5450 SALE 572 5450 TOTAL PURCHASES 37,876 TOTAL SALES 43,801 (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 DECEMBER 2007Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7568 9289Name 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:
Rio Tinto