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EPT Disclosure

19th Aug 2008 11:44

RNS Number : 6228B

Macquarie Group Limited

19 August 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	Macquarie Bank Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary shares ISIN: GB0000566504
Date of dealing	15 August 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	3,180,359 0.14%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)		137,642 0.00%
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	200,000 0.00%
Total	3,380,359 0.15%	137,642 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 than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

Purchases and sales

See Annexure

(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)

See Annexure

(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)	Quantity	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)
Collateral Delivery	676,067	N/A
Collateral Delivery Return	936,067	N/A
Stock Borrow	270,000	N/A

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	19 August 2008
Contact name	Johanna Uy
Telephone number	+44 (0) 2030374339
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Connected principal trader

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)

BLT.L

B = 200000 S = 0

Call/Put	Buy Sell	Exec Quantity	Exec Price	Strike	Amer/Euro	Expiry

Call Option	BUY	200000.00	03.02	13.43	European	20090511
	Total	200000.00

Annexure

BUY = 578835 SELL = -639925


Buy Sell	Exec Quantity	Exec Price
Buy Sell	Exec Quantity	Exec Price

BUY	1207.00	15.72
BUY	159.00	15.72
BUY	2280.00	15.72
BUY	500.00	15.72
BUY	4263.00	15.73
BUY	1214.00	15.72
BUY	148.00	15.72
BUY	700.00	15.72
BUY	1543.00	15.72
BUY	3455.00	15.72
BUY	387.00	15.71
BUY	845.00	15.72
BUY	2111.00	15.72
BUY	1410.00	15.71
BUY	1302.00	15.71
BUY	611.00	15.70
BUY	1864.00	15.70
BUY	1302.00	15.70
BUY	2221.00	15.71
BUY	4279.00	15.71
BUY	7523.00	15.73
BUY	21.00	15.71
BUY	243.00	15.73
BUY	7958.00	15.74
BUY	598.00	15.74
BUY	616.00	15.74
BUY	23.00	15.74
BUY	1192.00	15.74
BUY	605.00	15.75
BUY	1425.00	15.75
BUY	5160.00	15.75
BUY	114.00	15.75
BUY	584.00	15.75
BUY	531.00	15.75
BUY	135.00	15.75
BUY	605.00	15.75
BUY	5810.00	15.75
BUY	1412.00	15.74
BUY	8224.00	15.73
BUY	1297.00	15.73
BUY	1700.00	15.74
BUY	360.00	15.74
BUY	80.00	15.74
BUY	1733.00	15.74
BUY	500.00	15.41
BUY	4500.00	15.41
BUY	564.00	15.40
BUY	700.00	15.40
BUY	760.00	15.40
BUY	640.00	15.40
BUY	640.00	15.40
BUY	760.00	15.40
BUY	684.00	15.40
BUY	252.00	15.40
BUY	700.00	15.40
BUY	2100.00	15.40
BUY	580.00	15.40
BUY	687.00	15.40
BUY	3808.00	15.40
BUY	1000.00	15.40
BUY	2000.00	15.40
BUY	10000.00	15.40
BUY	4125.00	15.40
BUY	760.00	15.40
BUY	700.00	15.40
BUY	700.00	15.40
BUY	200.00	15.40
BUY	760.00	15.40
BUY	200.00	15.40
BUY	4582.00	15.40
BUY	2500.00	15.40
BUY	3662.00	15.40
BUY	1000.00	15.40
BUY	5700.00	15.40
BUY	4236.00	15.40
BUY	4568.00	15.39
BUY	8475.00	15.39
BUY	1000.00	15.39
BUY	10000.00	15.39
BUY	957.00	15.39
BUY	100.00	15.39
BUY	3769.00	15.39
BUY	2731.00	15.39
BUY	800.00	15.39
BUY	45.00	15.40
BUY	760.00	15.40
BUY	1105.00	15.40
BUY	483.00	15.40
BUY	700.00	15.39
BUY	760.00	15.39
BUY	540.00	15.39
BUY	8400.00	15.39
BUY	2213.00	15.39
BUY	1987.00	15.39
BUY	700.00	15.40
BUY	995.00	15.40
BUY	564.00	15.40
BUY	348.00	15.40
BUY	800.00	15.39
BUY	700.00	15.39
BUY	2436.00	15.40
BUY	3979.00	15.40
BUY	5975.00	15.39
BUY	700.00	15.40
BUY	4539.00	15.40
BUY	5743.00	15.40
BUY	1000.00	15.38
BUY	1300.00	15.40
BUY	3436.00	15.40
BUY	700.00	15.40
BUY	2713.00	15.40
BUY	5474.00	15.40
BUY	700.00	15.40
BUY	500.00	15.40
BUY	1261.00	15.39
BUY	239.00	15.39
BUY	973.00	15.39
BUY	350.00	15.38
BUY	2704.00	15.38
BUY	4196.00	15.38
BUY	331157.00	15.55
BUY	5510.00	15.44
SELL	-2029.00	15.51
SELL	-155.00	15.50
SELL	-2500.00	15.50
SELL	-300.00	15.50
SELL	-16.00	15.50
SELL	-5000.00	15.50
SELL	-1872.00	15.49
SELL	-3128.00	15.49
SELL	-5000.00	15.43
SELL	-5000.00	15.42
SELL	-306.00	15.43
SELL	-142.00	15.42
SELL	-3138.00	15.42
SELL	-1414.00	15.42
SELL	-1086.00	15.42
SELL	-700.00	15.42
SELL	-1000.00	15.42
SELL	-964.00	15.42
SELL	-250000.00	15.45
SELL	-345099.00	15.37
SELL	-1076.00	15.37
SELL	-4902.00	15.73
SELL	-629.00	15.73
SELL	-700.00	15.73
SELL	-1500.00	15.73
SELL	-1900.00	15.73
SELL	-369.00	15.73
	00.00	OTC sale to custodian at market.
Total	-61090.00

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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