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EPT Disclosure

28th Jul 2008 12:25

RNS Number : 0123A

Citigroup Inc

28 July 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	Citigroup Global Markets Inc
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Ltd
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Dealt in both ordinary and ADR form
Date of dealing	24 July 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	806 (0.00%)	3,094 (0.00%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
Total	806 (0.00%)	3,094 (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
Convertible	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
Total	(0.00%)	(0.00%)

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

Purchases and sales

Purchase	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4) USD (unless stated)
	50824	34.86988
	200000	35.6899
Total (ORD)	250,824
	40000	70.18
	200	71.65
	200	71.635
	200	71.635
	100	71.71
	200	71.65
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	300	71.6
	100	71.6
	200	71.605
	400	71.61
	100	71.68
	100	71.68
	200	71.635
	100	71.6
	100	71.62
	100	71.62
	400	71.71
	200	71.635
	200	71.635
	100	71.61
	100	71.6
	200	71.62
	100	71.72
	100	71.68
	100	71.68
	100	71.62
	500	71.61
	100	71.6
	200	71.605
	700	71.61
	500	71.61
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	80	71.61
	78	71.62
	100	71.615
	100	71.6
	50	71.6
	90	71.6
	48	71.6
	300	71.62
	100	71.61
	40	71.63
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	50	71.6
	51	71.6
	90	71.6
	200	71.615
	100	71.62
	100	71.62
	300	71.635
	200	71.61
	90	71.6
	51	71.6
	100	71.6
	100	71.605
	200	71.61
	200	71.615
	100	71.62
	100	71.64
	2400	71.61
	30	71.6
	300	71.61
	100	71.64
	100	71.62
	100	71.6
	200	71.6
	300	71.6
	200	71.6175
	300	71.6075
	200	71.61
	100	71.61
	25	71.62
	100	71.605
	700	71.62
	200	71.6
	100	71.6
	400	71.6
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	400	71.6
	300	71.4
	50	71.39
	100	71.42
	100	71.38
	400	71.36
	200	71.31
	100	71.39
	50	71.39
	100	71.42
	100	71.38
	100	71.38
	100	71.31
	50	71.39
	50	71.39
	100	71.31
	150	71.325
	200	71.34
	2600	71.32
	300	71.31
	100	71.39
	100	71.39
	100	71.425
	700	71.36
	200	71.32
	151	71.325
	150	71.33
	200	71.31
	90	71.34
	100	71.32
	400	71.31
	100	71.31
	61	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.39
	100	71.38
	100	71.38
	500	71.37
	100	71.31
	200	71.32
	151	71.3
	39	71.3
	75	71.3
	200	71.32
	150	71.33
	29	71.3
	90	71.3
	10	71.3
	90	71.3
	60	71.3
	39	71.32
	200	71.335
	100	71.32
	100	71.31
	150	71.3
	90	71.3
	60	71.3
	90	71.3
	90	71.3
	150	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	500	71.3
	90	71.3
	200	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	6	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	200	71.3
	100	71.3
	10	71.3
	10	71.3
	100	71.3
	200	71.3
	200	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.31
	200	71.31
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	200	71.3
	100	71.3
	90	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	90	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	200	71.31
	300	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.31
	31	71.24
	200	71.25
	100	71.24
	300	71.24
	300	71.24
	100	71.24
	300	71.24
	100	71.25
	58	71.25
	90	71.25
	10	71.25
	400	71.25
	100	71.24
	100	71.24
	100	71.25
	200	71.24
	100	71.245
	300	71.24
	100	71.25
	101	71.24
	300	71.255
	11	71.24
	289	71.24
	900	71.25
	100	71.34
	20	71.35
	100	71.24
	199	71.24
	800	71.24
	200	71.26
	100	71.3
	77	71.35
	100	71.28
	100	71.24
	100	71.24
	100	71.26
	5100	71.3
	100	71.34
	200	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	40	71.26
	260	71.26
	100	71.26
	300	71.24
	900	71.29
	100	71.245
	300	71.24
	100	71.2475
	100	71.36
	40	71.33
	100	71.26
	100	71.26
	60	71.26
	100	71.26
	100	71.27
	200	71.24
	100	71.24
	200	71.3
	80	71.35
	60	71.33
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	260	71.26
	140	71.26
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.26
	100	71.27
	60	71.26
	200	71.26
	140	71.26
	300	71.28
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	140	71.26
	100	71.27
	300	71.25
	1600	71.45
	200	71.45
	400	71.45
	700	71.45
	500	71.455
	800	71.45
	300	71.455
	200	71.45
	400	71.45
	700	71.45
	700	71.45
	200	71.45
	100	71.465
	100	71.45
	100	71.46
	2200	71.45
	300	71.4575
	300	71.46
	200	71.45
	50	71.46
	132	71.455
	300	71.465
	50	71.45
	100	71.46
	70	71.46
	300	71.45
	500	71.465
	170	71.46
	50	71.46
	50	71.46
	50	71.46
	51	71.46
	200	71.47
	1800	71.46
	51	71.46
	100	71.455
	151	71.455
	900	71.45
	500	71.455
	50	71.46
	100	71.45
	300	71.465
	30	71.45
	100	71.46
	140	71.46
	51	71.46
	50	71.46
	51	71.45
	50	71.46
	51	71.46
	4	71.46
	1800	71.46
	200	71.465
	100	71.45
	100	71.455
	500	71.455
	100	71.455
	100	71.4675
	270	71.455
	400	71.465
	51	71.45
	100	71.45
	400	71.4625
	90	71.46
	400	71.4625
	100	71.455
	270	71.4675
	1700	71.45
	100	71.4575
	40	71.45
	50	71.45
	100	71.4575
	200	71.45
	100	71.45
	140	71.455
	700	71.465
	450	71.4675
	190	71.455
	70	71.47
	200	71.45
	250	71.46
	600	71.45
	180	71.4675
	500	71.46
	100	71.45
	99	71.45
	100	71.455
	100	71.455
	300	71.45
	50	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	700	71.455
	150	71.45
	100	71.455
	500	71.45
	200	71.45
	350	71.45
	300	71.45
	200	71.46
	100	71.46
	200	71.46
	59	71.46
	200	71.45
	200	71.46
	300	71.47
	100	71.485
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	400	71.45
	100	71.45
	200	71.45
	151	71.47
	100	71.45
	100	71.48
	300	71.45
	400	71.47
	300	71.47
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	200	71.45
	100	71.46
	100	71.45
	400	71.45
	90	71.48
	400	71.465
	100	71.465
	200	71.45
	50	71.46
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	87	71.48
	100	71.45
	100	71.485
	100	71.47
	300	71.47
	100	71.46
	100	71.46
	200	71.45
	200	71.45
	100	71.46
	200	71.45
	300	71.46
	300	71.46
	300	71.47
	100	71.47
	700	71.47
	100	71.48
	100	71.45
	200	71.455
	100	71.4625
	100	71.495
	100	71.49
	100	71.48
	11	71.47
	300	71.47
	100	71.455
	200	71.45
	200	71.45
	100	71.455
	200	71.46
	200	71.51
	400	71.48
	100	71.49
	100	71.45
	300	71.46
	79	71.46
	100	71.455
	110	71.46
	100	71.48
	300	71.48
	800	71.48
	100	71.48
	200	71.48
	300	71.45
	200	71.46
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	500	71.5
	300	71.48
	100	71.46
	90	71.46
	100	71.45
	21	71.46
	100	71.48
	100	71.48
	200	71.45
	89	71.47
	100	71.46
	100	71.47
	100	71.46
	100	71.47
	200	71.47
	200	71.46
	10	71.45
	100	71.46
	200	71.47
	100	71.46
	200	71.46
	400	71.45
	100	71.46
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.46
	100	71.47
	100	71.47
	100	71.45
	90	71.48
	10	71.48
	90	71.45
	11	71.5
	300	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.48
	100	69.9
	100	69.9
	200	69.9
	200	69.9
	200	69.9
	400	69.875
	500	69.855
	700	69.855
	100	69.86
	100	69.91
	100	69.91
	100	69.905
	100	69.9
	100	69.9
	100	69.9
	300	69.9
	212	69.9
	2600	69.885
	1600	69.88
	800	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.92
	100	69.9
	300	69.895
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.855
	500	69.855
	100	69.865
	100	69.85
	100	69.86
	100	69.905
	200	69.9
	100	69.9
	1600	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	1020	69.86
	100	69.86
	100	69.85
	300	69.855
	600	69.86
	100	69.86
	200	69.855
	300	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.9
	100	69.9
	100	69.895
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.86
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	200	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.86
	80	69.85
	100	69.8675
	100	69.66
	100	69.655
	500	69.645
	100	69.66
	100	69.65
	200	69.64
	600	69.65
	100	69.6
	200	69.6
	100	69.61
	500	69.66
	100	69.66
	100	69.65
	100	69.65
	200	69.6
	600	69.61
	500	69.62
	100	69.66
	100	69.65
	800	69.65
	300	69.605
	200	69.6
	300	69.6
	700	69.61
	300	69.62
	100	69.6
	200	69.605
	300	69.62
	800	69.61
Total (ADR's)	165,412

Sales	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4) USD (unless stated)
	80,000	35.1150
Total (ORD)	80,000
	25412	69.7898
	100000	71.4299
	200	71.65
	200	71.635
	200	71.635
	100	71.71
	200	71.65
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	300	71.6
	100	71.6
	200	71.605
	400	71.61
	100	71.68
	100	71.68
	200	71.635
	100	71.6
	100	71.62
	100	71.62
	400	71.71
	200	71.635
	200	71.635
	100	71.61
	100	71.6
	200	71.62
	100	71.72
	100	71.68
	100	71.68
	100	71.62
	500	71.61
	100	71.6
	200	71.605
	700	71.61
	500	71.61
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	80	71.61
	78	71.62
	100	71.615
	100	71.6
	50	71.6
	90	71.6
	48	71.6
	300	71.62
	100	71.61
	40	71.63
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	50	71.6
	51	71.6
	90	71.6
	200	71.615
	100	71.62
	100	71.62
	300	71.635
	200	71.61
	90	71.6
	51	71.6
	100	71.6
	100	71.605
	200	71.61
	200	71.615
	100	71.62
	100	71.64
	2400	71.61
	30	71.6
	300	71.61
	100	71.64
	100	71.62
	100	71.6
	200	71.6
	300	71.6
	200	71.6175
	300	71.6075
	200	71.61
	100	71.61
	25	71.62
	100	71.605
	700	71.62
	200	71.6
	100	71.6
	400	71.6
	100	71.6
	100	71.6
	400	71.6
	300	71.4
	50	71.39
	100	71.42
	100	71.38
	400	71.36
	200	71.31
	100	71.39
	50	71.39
	100	71.42
	100	71.38
	100	71.38
	100	71.31
	50	71.39
	50	71.39
	100	71.31
	150	71.325
	200	71.34
	2600	71.32
	300	71.31
	100	71.39
	100	71.39
	100	71.425
	700	71.36
	200	71.32
	151	71.325
	150	71.33
	200	71.31
	90	71.34
	100	71.32
	400	71.31
	100	71.31
	61	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.39
	100	71.38
	100	71.38
	500	71.37
	100	71.31
	200	71.32
	151	71.3
	39	71.3
	75	71.3
	200	71.32
	150	71.33
	29	71.3
	90	71.3
	10	71.3
	90	71.3
	60	71.3
	39	71.32
	200	71.335
	100	71.32
	100	71.31
	150	71.3
	90	71.3
	60	71.3
	90	71.3
	90	71.3
	150	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	500	71.3
	90	71.3
	200	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	6	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	200	71.3
	100	71.3
	10	71.3
	10	71.3
	100	71.3
	200	71.3
	200	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.31
	200	71.31
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	200	71.3
	100	71.3
	90	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	90	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.3
	200	71.31
	300	71.3
	100	71.3
	100	71.31
	31	71.24
	200	71.25
	100	71.24
	300	71.24
	300	71.24
	100	71.24
	300	71.24
	100	71.25
	58	71.25
	90	71.25
	10	71.25
	400	71.25
	100	71.24
	100	71.24
	100	71.25
	200	71.24
	100	71.245
	300	71.24
	100	71.25
	101	71.24
	300	71.255
	11	71.24
	289	71.24
	900	71.25
	100	71.34
	20	71.35
	100	71.24
	199	71.24
	800	71.24
	200	71.26
	100	71.3
	77	71.35
	100	71.28
	100	71.24
	100	71.24
	100	71.26
	5100	71.3
	100	71.34
	200	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	40	71.26
	260	71.26
	100	71.26
	300	71.24
	900	71.29
	100	71.245
	300	71.24
	100	71.2475
	100	71.36
	40	71.33
	100	71.26
	100	71.26
	60	71.26
	100	71.26
	100	71.27
	200	71.24
	100	71.24
	200	71.3
	80	71.35
	60	71.33
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	260	71.26
	140	71.26
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.26
	100	71.27
	60	71.26
	200	71.26
	140	71.26
	300	71.28
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	100	71.27
	140	71.26
	100	71.27
	300	71.25
	1600	71.45
	200	71.45
	400	71.45
	700	71.45
	500	71.455
	800	71.45
	300	71.455
	200	71.45
	400	71.45
	700	71.45
	700	71.45
	200	71.45
	100	71.465
	100	71.45
	100	71.46
	2200	71.45
	300	71.4575
	300	71.46
	200	71.45
	50	71.46
	132	71.455
	300	71.465
	50	71.45
	100	71.46
	70	71.46
	300	71.45
	500	71.465
	170	71.46
	50	71.46
	50	71.46
	50	71.46
	51	71.46
	200	71.47
	1800	71.46
	51	71.46
	100	71.455
	151	71.455
	900	71.45
	500	71.455
	50	71.46
	100	71.45
	300	71.465
	30	71.45
	100	71.46
	140	71.46
	51	71.46
	50	71.46
	51	71.45
	50	71.46
	51	71.46
	4	71.46
	1800	71.46
	200	71.465
	100	71.45
	100	71.455
	500	71.455
	100	71.455
	100	71.4675
	270	71.455
	400	71.465
	51	71.45
	100	71.45
	400	71.4625
	90	71.46
	400	71.4625
	100	71.455
	270	71.4675
	1700	71.45
	100	71.4575
	40	71.45
	50	71.45
	100	71.4575
	200	71.45
	100	71.45
	140	71.455
	700	71.465
	450	71.4675
	190	71.455
	70	71.47
	200	71.45
	250	71.46
	600	71.45
	180	71.4675
	500	71.46
	100	71.45
	99	71.45
	100	71.455
	100	71.455
	300	71.45
	50	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	700	71.455
	150	71.45
	100	71.455
	500	71.45
	200	71.45
	350	71.45
	300	71.45
	200	71.46
	100	71.46
	200	71.46
	59	71.46
	200	71.45
	200	71.46
	300	71.47
	100	71.485
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	400	71.45
	100	71.45
	200	71.45
	151	71.47
	100	71.45
	100	71.48
	300	71.45
	400	71.47
	300	71.47
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	200	71.45
	100	71.46
	100	71.45
	400	71.45
	90	71.48
	400	71.465
	100	71.465
	200	71.45
	50	71.46
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	87	71.48
	100	71.45
	100	71.485
	100	71.47
	300	71.47
	100	71.46
	100	71.46
	200	71.45
	200	71.45
	100	71.46
	200	71.45
	300	71.46
	300	71.46
	300	71.47
	100	71.47
	700	71.47
	100	71.48
	100	71.45
	200	71.455
	100	71.4625
	100	71.495
	100	71.49
	100	71.48
	11	71.47
	300	71.47
	100	71.455
	200	71.45
	200	71.45
	100	71.455
	200	71.46
	200	71.51
	400	71.48
	100	71.49
	100	71.45
	300	71.46
	79	71.46
	100	71.455
	110	71.46
	100	71.48
	300	71.48
	800	71.48
	100	71.48
	200	71.48
	300	71.45
	200	71.46
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	500	71.5
	300	71.48
	100	71.46
	90	71.46
	100	71.45
	21	71.46
	100	71.48
	100	71.48
	200	71.45
	89	71.47
	100	71.46
	100	71.47
	100	71.46
	100	71.47
	200	71.47
	200	71.46
	10	71.45
	100	71.46
	200	71.47
	100	71.46
	200	71.46
	400	71.45
	100	71.46
	100	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.46
	100	71.47
	100	71.47
	100	71.45
	90	71.48
	10	71.48
	90	71.45
	11	71.5
	300	71.45
	100	71.45
	100	71.48
	100	69.9
	100	69.9
	200	69.9
	200	69.9
	200	69.9
	400	69.875
	500	69.855
	700	69.855
	100	69.86
	100	69.91
	100	69.91
	100	69.905
	100	69.9
	100	69.9
	100	69.9
	300	69.9
	212	69.9
	2600	69.885
	1600	69.88
	800	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.92
	100	69.9
	300	69.895
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.855
	500	69.855
	100	69.865
	100	69.85
	100	69.86
	100	69.905
	200	69.9
	100	69.9
	1600	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	1020	69.86
	100	69.86
	100	69.85
	300	69.855
	600	69.86
	100	69.86
	200	69.855
	300	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.9
	100	69.9
	100	69.895
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.86
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	200	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.85
	100	69.86
	80	69.85
	100	69.8675
	100	69.66
	100	69.655
	500	69.645
	100	69.66
	100	69.65
	200	69.64
	600	69.65
	100	69.6
	200	69.6
	100	69.61
	500	69.66
	100	69.66
	100	69.65
	100	69.65
	200	69.6
	600	69.61
	500	69.62
	100	69.66
	100	69.65
	800	69.65
	300	69.605
	200	69.6
	300	69.6
	700	69.61
	300	69.62
	100	69.6
	200	69.605
	300	69.62
	800	69.61
	6	69.98
Total (ADR's)	250,830

(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

(C = call;

P = put)

Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)

Exercise

Price (USD)

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry

date

Option money

paid/received per unit (USD) (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	28 July 2008
Contact name	Pavla Trskova
Telephone number	028 90 40 9544
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Corporate Broker/Financial Advisor

Notes

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

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