Become a Member

Track your favourite stocks
Create & monitor portfolios
Daily portfolio value

Company	Chg	Chg %
Quickpicks
£	%
Add shares to your quickpicks to display them here!

EPT Disclosure

28th Nov 2008 12:04

RNS Number : 1749J

Citigroup Derivatives Markets Inc

28 November 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 Derivatives Markets Inc
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares (dealt in the form of ADRs)
Date of dealing	26 November 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	64,198 (0.00%)	200 (0.00%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	72,300 (0.00%)	188,700 (0.01%)
Total	136,498 (0.00%)	188,900 (0.01%)

(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)

Total

Sales	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4) USD (unless stated)
	-100	39.29
	-100	39.29
	-100	39.29
	-100	39.29
	-100	39.29
	-100	39.2925
	-100	39.2925
	-300	39.29
Total	1,000

(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) YES

Date of disclosure	27 November 2008
Contact name	Pavla Trskova
Telephone number	02890 409544
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

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 38.5(b)

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 38.5(b))

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name, e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which the option or derivative relates	Exercise price (Note 2) USD	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
P	purchased	48100	50	American	2009-01-17
P	purchased	25300	70	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	14100	100	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	6400	80	American	2009-01-17
P	purchased	6100	40	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	5700	95	American	2010-01-16
P	purchased	5500	55	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	4900	55	American	2009-01-17
P	purchased	3600	20	American	2009-01-17
P	purchased	2800	75	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	2700	100	American	2010-01-16
P	purchased	2000	60	American	2010-01-16
C	purchased	1900	90	American	2010-01-16
P	purchased	1200	50	American	2010-01-16
C	purchased	1000	105	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	1000	135	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	1000	140	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	1000	60	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	1000	90	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	200	115	American	2009-01-17
C	purchased	100	110	American	2009-01-17
P	purchased	100	50	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-100	80	American	2010-01-16
C	written	-100	60	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-100	90	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-200	100	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-300	100	American	2010-01-16
C	written	-300	50	American	2010-01-16
C	written	-300	120	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-300	75	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-400	110	American	2009-01-17
P	written	-500	50	American	2010-01-16
C	written	-900	70	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-900	80	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-900	80	American	2009-01-17
P	written	-1000	40	American	2010-01-16
P	written	-1000	50	American	2010-01-16
C	written	-1000	90	American	2009-01-17
P	written	-1100	80	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-2000	70	American	2010-01-16
C	written	-2500	75	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-2600	70	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-6100	40	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-6300	125	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-6400	95	American	2009-01-17
P	written	-6800	40	American	2010-01-16
C	written	-7700	50	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-8100	80	American	2010-01-16
P	written	-9700	30	American	2009-01-17
P	written	-11200	60	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-12000	60	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-12700	90	American	2009-01-17
C	written	-21800	70	American	2009-01-17

Notes

1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.

2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38.5 and their Notes which 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

EMMILFIFLSLTFIT

Related Shares:

FTSE 100 Latest

Value8,463.46

Change46.12