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EPT Disclosure

3rd Oct 2008 11:20

RNS Number : 0387F

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

03 October 2008

4FORM 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	02-10-2008

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			3704525	0.110
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			3704525	0.110

(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	2,000	31.78
Purchase	342	31.78
Purchase	2,158	31.78
Purchase	10	31.93
Purchase	2,300	31.89
Purchase	1,331	31.90
Purchase	269	31.90
Purchase	1,800	31.90
Purchase	20	31.93
Purchase	2,791	31.93
Purchase	1,434	31.93
Purchase	1	31.93
Purchase	3,574	31.93
Purchase	1,896	32.00
Purchase	104	32.00
Purchase	1,300	32.00
Purchase	862	32.00
Purchase	1	32.00
Purchase	50	32.00
Purchase	137	32.09
Purchase	863	32.09
Purchase	1,117	32.09
Purchase	18	32.08
Purchase	140	32.08
Purchase	14	32.08
Purchase	211	32.08
Purchase	1,000	32.07
Purchase	31	32.09
Purchase	29	32.09
Purchase	120	32.09
Purchase	905	32.09
Purchase	280	32.09
Purchase	1,319	32.09
Purchase	15	32.24
Purchase	41	32.24
Purchase	14	32.24
Purchase	1,000	32.23
Purchase	1,000	31.97
Purchase	100	32.17
Purchase	1,000	32.15
Purchase	2,031	32.18
Purchase	469	32.17
Purchase	400	32.19
Purchase	50	32.19
Purchase	50	32.18
Purchase	2,000	32.18
Purchase	50	32.28
Purchase	60	32.15
Purchase	3,828	31.99
Purchase	3,079	31.99
Purchase	29	31.99
Purchase	1	31.99
Purchase	30	32.66
Purchase	50	32.53
Purchase	2,761	32.50
Purchase	986	32.48
Purchase	697	32.47
Purchase	555	32.46
Purchase	1	32.46
Purchase	430	32.33
Purchase	3,570	32.33
Purchase	4,000	32.42
Purchase	646	32.51
Purchase	250	32.51
Purchase	1,000	32.51
Purchase	840	32.51
Purchase	1,300	32.51
Purchase	250	32.51
Purchase	640	32.51
Purchase	200	32.58
Purchase	214	32.57
Purchase	101	32.56
Purchase	30	32.41
Purchase	3,036	32.40
Purchase	1,546	32.40
Purchase	50,000	34.75
Sale	-1,000	32.15
Sale	-63	32.30
Sale	-60	32.40
Sale	-25,134	31.67
Sale	-2,118	31.72
Sale	-150	31.72
Sale	-140	31.72
Sale	-9	31.72
Sale	-24	31.72
Sale	-2,000	31.72
Sale	-9	31.72
Sale	-500	31.72
Sale	-165	31.78
Sale	-37	31.78
Sale	-2,000	31.78
Sale	-1,000	31.78
Sale	-620	31.78
Sale	-715	31.78
Sale	-1,950	32.01
Sale	-1,000	32.01
Sale	-2,000	32.01
Sale	-1,235	32.03
Sale	-1,062	32.03
Sale	-289	32.00
Sale	-20	32.00
Sale	-137	32.00
Sale	-120	32.00
Sale	-299	32.00
Sale	-30	32.00
Sale	-16	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-114	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-280	32.00
Sale	-120	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-250	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-830	32.00
Sale	-600	32.00
Sale	-320	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-310	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-3,000	32.00
Sale	-400	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-120	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-16	32.00
Sale	-280	32.00
Sale	-400	32.00
Sale	-250	32.00
Sale	-6,299	32.00
Sale	-960	32.15
Sale	-7,000	32.15
Sale	-100	32.15
Sale	-3,940	32.15
Sale	-4,709	32.30
Sale	-12	32.30
Sale	-5,950	32.30
Sale	-1,698	32.31
Sale	-1,000	32.32
Sale	-7,800	32.10
Sale	-1,000	32.10
Sale	-300	32.10
Sale	-698	32.10
Sale	-2,200	32.10
Sale	-862	32.10
Sale	-140	32.10
Sale	-30	31.95
Sale	-101	32.00
Sale	-2,500	32.00
Sale	-250	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-311	32.00
Sale	-400	32.00
Sale	-320	32.00
Sale	-340	32.00
Sale	-625	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-33	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-561	32.00
Sale	-16	32.00
Sale	-37	32.00
Sale	-350	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-400	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-15,000	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-90	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-50	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-25	32.00
Sale	-50	32.00
Sale	-65	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-70	32.00
Sale	-160	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-250	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-48	32.00
Sale	-32	32.00
Sale	-65	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-700	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-800	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-310	32.00
Sale	-138	32.00
Sale	-250	32.00
Sale	-16	32.00
Sale	-2,000	32.00
Sale	-16	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-60	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-333	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-31	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-20	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-60	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-60	32.00
Sale	-707	32.00
Sale	-634	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-720	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-3,000	32.00
Sale	-3,125	32.00
Sale	-320	32.00
Sale	-5,150	32.00
Sale	-1,500	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-800	32.00
Sale	-2,000	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-950	32.00
Sale	-250	32.00
Sale	-395	32.00
Sale	-618	32.00
Sale	-700	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-10	32.00
Sale	-50	32.00
Sale	-350	32.00
Sale	-45	32.00
Sale	-400	32.00
Sale	-140	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-36	32.00
Sale	-311	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-1,500	32.00
Sale	-1,500	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-500	32.00
Sale	-2,497	32.00
Sale	-310	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-14	32.00
Sale	-35	32.00
Sale	-200	32.00
Sale	-310	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-1,000	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-150	32.00
Sale	-100	32.00
Sale	-625	32.00
Sale	-300	32.00
Sale	-305	32.00
Sale	-60	32.00
Sale	-555	32.10
Sale	-30	32.10
Sale	-156	32.10
Sale	-301	32.10
Sale	-5,000	32.10
Sale	-1,000	32.10
Sale	-300	32.10
Sale	-156	32.10
Sale	-100	32.10
Sale	-1,000	32.24
Sale	-723	32.24
Sale	-2,670	32.26
Sale	-150	32.26
Sale	-1,000	32.26
Sale	-305	32.26
Sale	-1,000	32.29
Sale	-179	32.29
Sale	-4,300	32.40
Sale	-1,163	32.42
Sale	-4,837	32.42
Sale	-709	32.44
Sale	-27	32.44
Sale	-52	32.44
Sale	-500	32.44
Sale	-125	32.44
Sale	-30	32.44
Sale	-191	32.44
Sale	-1,866	32.44
Sale	-2,500	32.44
Sale	-7,000	32.40
Sale	-1,635	32.40
Sale	-3,287	32.40
Sale	-994	32.40
Sale	-62	32.40
Sale	-1,181	32.37
Sale	-2	32.37
Sale	-648	32.37
Sale	-194	32.37
Sale	-2,775	32.37
Sale	-36	32.38
Sale	-3,364	32.38
Sale	-9	32.40
Sale	-13	32.40
Sale	-1,636	32.38
Sale	-1,000	32.38
Sale	-24	32.39
Sale	-797	32.39
Sale	-2,543	32.41
Sale	-257	32.40
Sale	-103	32.40
Sale	-289	32.40
Sale	-354	32.40
Sale	-2,000	32.40
Sale	-300	32.40
Sale	-625	32.40
Sale	-100	32.40
Sale	-1,000	32.40
Sale	-873	32.40
Sale	-39	32.40
Sale	-15	32.39
Sale	-4,915	32.39
Sale	-163	32.39
Sale	-907	32.39
Sale	-300	32.50
Sale	-35	32.50
Sale	-100	32.50
Sale	-200	32.50
Sale	-250	32.50
Sale	-52	32.50
Sale	-2,188	32.35
Sale	-2,707	32.56
Sale	-1,269	32.56
Sale	-24	32.56
Sale	-5,000	32.56
Sale	-55	32.69
Sale	-500	32.69
Sale	-101	32.69
Sale	-912	32.69
Sale	-235	32.69
Sale	-2,116	32.69
Sale	-2	32.69
Sale	-9	32.69
Sale	-100	32.69
Sale	-12	32.69
Sale	-540	32.69
Sale	-36	36.22
Sale	-250,000	35.45

TOTAL BUYS: 116777

TOTAL SELLS: 525258

(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	03-10-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley; Carolyn collins
Telephone number	44 20 7888 5416
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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