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Macquarie Group Limited21 January 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 Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 18 January 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (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 (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 21 January 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/sale Number of Price per securities unit (GBP) (Note 4)PURCHASE 42554 34.7742PURCHASE 915 34.908SALE 840 34.5SALE 290 34.5SALE 1268 34.58SALE 94 34.49SALE 500 34.49SALE 487 34.49SALE 767 34.47SALE 1177 34.49SALE 30 34.61SALE 700 34.61SALE 76 34.61SALE 900 34.57SALE 668 34.59SALE 724 34.62SALE 78 34.62SALE 17 34.61SALE 321 34.63SALE 373 34.63SALE 18 34.63SALE 634 34.64SALE 17 34.66SALE 505 34.71SALE 18 34.71SALE 407 34.69SALE 145 34.69SALE 208 34.69SALE 1 34.73SALE 22 34.73SALE 734 34.72SALE 20 34.78SALE 756 34.79SALE 327 34.75SALE 295 34.75SALE 17 34.74SALE 15 34.75SALE 36 34.73SALE 622 34.73SALE 14 34.74SALE 441 34.78SALE 15 34.85SALE 100 34.87SALE 100 34.87SALE 358 34.87SALE 15 34.95SALE 260 34.96SALE 50 34.96SALE 220 34.9SALE 12 34.8SALE 589 34.81SALE 15 34.88SALE 451 34.88SALE 41 34.88SALE 12 34.97SALE 300 34.99SALE 100 34.99SALE 61 34.99SALE 10 34.95SALE 73 34.88SALE 10 34.88SALE 267 34.88SALE 9 34.78SALE 318 34.74SALE 8 34.85SALE 301 34.87SALE 8 34.85SALE 262 34.84SALE 6 34.86SALE 256 34.86SALE 7 34.94SALE 237 34.95SALE 143 34.94SALE 36 34.94SALE 6 34.92SALE 220 34.92SALE 238 34.86SALE 6 34.87SALE 174 34.88SALE 6 34.9SALE 226 34.88SALE 6 34.88SALE 46 34.89SALE 214 34.89SALE 6 34.89SALE 216 34.89SALE 6 34.88SALE 259 34.86SALE 7 34.86SALE 227 34.86SALE 56 34.86SALE 9 34.86SALE 380 34.88SALE 9 34.88SALE 306 34.9SALE 8 34.88SALE 312 34.89SALE 9 34.88SALE 347 34.89SALE 9 34.88SALE 3 34.88SALE 426 34.88SALE 12 34.88SALE 117 34.88SALE 13 34.85SALE 290 34.84SALE 42 34.84SALE 2 34.84SALE 515 34.82SALE 16 34.83SALE 659 34.8SALE 15 34.8SALE 463 34.78SALE 14 34.78SALE 512 34.67SALE 13 34.63SALE 573 34.65SALE 16 34.68SALE 540 34.7SALE 15 34.72SALE 320 34.73SALE 324 34.73SALE 14 34.74SALE 544 34.74SALE 19 34.75SALE 605 34.74SALE 94 34.74SALE 16 34.78SALE 646 34.77SALE 17 34.78SALE 597 34.81SALE 20 34.82SALE 605 34.84SALE 16 34.85SALE 616 34.95SALE 19 34.94SALE 913 34.95SALE 20 34.96SALE 689 35.11SALE 22 35.13SALE 300 35.05SALE 494 35.05SALE 19 34.96SALE 824 35.09SALE 18 35.11SALE 28 35.35SALE 787 35.38SALE 127 35.3SALE 357 35.29SALE 555 35.29SALE 744 35.32SALE 665 35.32SALE 716 35.31SALE 26 35.31SALE 605 35.29SALE 444 35.26SALE 556 35.23SALE 96 35.14SALE 299 35.14SALE 25 35.2SALE 200 35.21SALE 34 35.14SALE 309 35.14SALE 556 35.14SALE 32 35.17SALE 173 35.12SALE 93 34.8SALE 1495 34.8TOTAL PURCHASE 43469TOTAL SALE 43469 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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