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EPT Disclosure

15th Aug 2008 11:31

RNS Number : 4299B

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

15 August 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	14-08-2008

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			10,154,382	0.302
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			10,154,382	0.302

(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	352		38.70
Purchase	380	38.95
Purchase	348	38.95
Purchase	230	38.95
Purchase	2,000	38.95
Purchase	1,203	38.95
Purchase	89	38.96
Purchase	161	38.96
Purchase	3,757	38.90
Purchase	110	38.90
Purchase	294	38.90
Purchase	4,161	38.78
Purchase	4,244	38.84
Purchase	175	38.70
Purchase	550	38.70
Purchase	3,353	38.70
Purchase	1,817	38.70
Purchase	1,000	38.70
Purchase	3,993	38.75
Purchase	168	38.74
Purchase	3,076	38.74
Purchase	1,085	38.74
Purchase	4,161	38.75
Purchase	5,133	38.70
Purchase	7,016	38.70
Purchase	4,425	38.74
Purchase	78	38.74
Purchase	-74	38.74
Purchase	74	38.74
Purchase	58	38.70
Purchase	100	38.67
Purchase	172	38.67
Purchase	368	38.67
Purchase	1,132	38.65
Purchase	264	38.65
Purchase	253	38.65
Purchase	4,161	38.67
Purchase	76	38.65
Purchase	5,496	38.65
Purchase	4,160	38.60
Purchase	1	38.60
Purchase	7,074	38.65
Purchase	437	38.95
Purchase	1,000	38.62
Purchase	361	38.63
Purchase	2,700	38.63
Purchase	1,100	38.63
Purchase	100	38.62
Purchase	1,250	38.62
Purchase	1,374	38.62
Purchase	993	38.62
Purchase	2,000	38.62
Purchase	2,000	38.62
Purchase	16	38.61
Purchase	100	38.61
Purchase	257	38.61
Purchase	5,036	38.61
Purchase	1,638	38.52
Purchase	63	38.52
Purchase	10	38.52
Purchase	500	38.52
Purchase	295	38.52
Purchase	2,071	38.52
Purchase	913	38.51
Purchase	5,329	38.51
Purchase	3,209	38.47
Purchase	784	38.47
Purchase	1,000	38.47
Purchase	2,208	38.45
Purchase	1,027	38.45
Purchase	926	38.45
Purchase	3,276	38.50
Purchase	11,978	38.51
Purchase	600	38.51
Purchase	600	38.51
Purchase	1,780	38.51
Purchase	1	38.51
Purchase	1	38.51
Purchase	1	38.51
Purchase	10,000	38.51
Purchase	39	38.51
Purchase	1,435	38.50
Purchase	829	38.50
Purchase	3,200	38.50
Purchase	1,000	38.50
Purchase	103	38.50
Purchase	1,296	38.50
Purchase	13,861	38.50
Purchase	25,000	38.50
Purchase	9,488	38.50
Purchase	1,000	38.50
Purchase	1,080	38.50
Purchase	12,980	38.50
Purchase	452	38.50
Purchase	4,723	38.50
Purchase	1,000	38.50
Purchase	757	38.50
Purchase	17,000	38.50
Purchase	1,199	38.50
Purchase	321	38.49
Purchase	13,086	38.50
Purchase	500	38.50
Purchase	9,000	38.50
Purchase	177	38.50
Purchase	407	38.50
Purchase	1,361	38.49
Purchase	434	38.48
Purchase	35	38.47
Purchase	7,439	38.50
Purchase	280	38.50
Purchase	250	38.50
Purchase	1	38.50
Purchase	100	38.50
Purchase	10,000	38.50
Purchase	9,642	38.50
Purchase	889	38.50
Purchase	8	38.50
Purchase	950	38.50
Purchase	52	38.50
Purchase	8	38.50
Purchase	528	38.50
Purchase	500	38.50
Purchase	8,888	38.50
Purchase	100	38.50
Purchase	200	38.50
Purchase	50,000	38.50
Purchase	500	38.50
Purchase	500	38.50
Purchase	200	38.50
Purchase	5,000	38.50
Purchase	500	38.50
Purchase	300	38.50
Purchase	300	38.50
Purchase	100	38.50
Purchase	176	38.50
Purchase	1,000	38.50
Purchase	8,000	38.50
Purchase	2,000	38.50
Purchase	250	38.50
Purchase	400	38.50
Purchase	136	38.50
Purchase	200	38.50
Purchase	200	38.50
Purchase	1,000	38.50
Purchase	500	38.50
Purchase	150	38.50
Purchase	2,159	38.50
Purchase	1,422	38.40
Purchase	15,466	38.40
Purchase	38	38.40
Purchase	3,000	38.40
Purchase	73	38.40
Purchase	977	38.40
Purchase	1,000	38.40
Purchase	200	38.40
Purchase	610	38.40
Purchase	828	38.40
Purchase	660	38.40
Purchase	828	38.40
Purchase	1,000	38.40
Purchase	700	38.40
Purchase	259	38.40
Purchase	300	38.40
Purchase	1,000	38.40
Purchase	700	38.40
Purchase	310	38.40
Purchase	500	38.40
Purchase	2,000	38.39
Purchase	747	38.39
Purchase	17,382	38.39
Purchase	1,326	38.20
Purchase	192	38.20
Purchase	2,000	38.20
Purchase	1	38.20
Purchase	9,999	38.20
Purchase	1,268	38.20
Purchase	413	38.20
Purchase	1,000	38.20
Purchase	1,900	38.20
Purchase	500	38.20
Purchase	500	38.20
Purchase	200	38.20
Purchase	500	38.20
Purchase	3,000	38.20
Purchase	540	38.20
Purchase	275	38.20
Purchase	50	38.20
Purchase	500	38.20
Purchase	60	38.20
Purchase	200	38.20
Purchase	500	38.20
Purchase	823	38.20
Purchase	85	38.19
Purchase	350	38.19
Purchase	112	38.19
Purchase	245	38.08
Purchase	2	38.12
Purchase	3,382	38.09
Purchase	1,155	38.12
Purchase	3,845	38.12
Purchase	5,000	38.12
Purchase	55	38.12
Purchase	55	38.12
Purchase	1	38.12
Purchase	1	38.12
Purchase	1	38.12
Purchase	1	38.12
Purchase	91	38.12
Purchase	426	38.12
Purchase	426	38.12
Purchase	390	38.12
Purchase	89	38.12
Purchase	3,517	38.12
Purchase	4,836	38.12
Purchase	164	38.12
Purchase	3,928	38.12
Purchase	1,000	38.12
Purchase	72	38.12
Purchase	1,353	38.15
Purchase	100	38.15
Purchase	500	38.15
Purchase	2,753	38.15
Purchase	294	38.15
Purchase	10,000	38.09
Purchase	4	38.09
Purchase	2,000	38.09
Purchase	57	38.09
Purchase	358	38.09
Purchase	1,000	38.09
Purchase	3,079	38.09
Purchase	120	38.09
Purchase	19,572	38.15
Purchase	2,750	38.15
Purchase	4,671	38.15
Purchase	5,000	38.17
Purchase	7,125	38.20
Purchase	425	38.20
Purchase	2,558	38.20
Purchase	1,861	38.20
Purchase	100	38.20
Purchase	2,000	38.20
Purchase	1,751	38.20
Purchase	980	38.00
Purchase	3,663	38.00
Purchase	1,337	38.00
Purchase	90,400	36.69
Purchase	74	38.74
Sale	-1,000	38.57
Sale	-363	38.58
Sale	-201	38.58
Sale	-3,341	38.90
Sale	-3,892	38.92
Sale	-1,550	38.60
Sale	-501	38.42
Sale	-41	38.44
Sale	-90,400	36.69
Sale	-26,927	38.70
Sale	-2,044	38.70
Sale	-21,029	38.70
Sale	-1,000	38.58
Sale	-136	38.58
Sale	-300	38.58
Sale	-19,503	38.90
Sale	-5,000	38.90
Sale	-2,000	38.90
Sale	-1,144	38.90
Sale	-790	38.90
Sale	-1	38.90
Sale	-1,051	38.90
Sale	-9,294	38.90
Sale	-93	38.91
Sale	-1	38.91
Sale	-690	38.91
Sale	-790	38.92
Sale	-562	38.92
Sale	-40	38.95
Sale	-39	38.96
Sale	-1,532	38.96
Sale	-237	38.97
Sale	-1,810	39.02
Sale	-127	39.02
Sale	-1	39.02
Sale	-2,000	39.03
Sale	-8	39.03
Sale	-235	39.03
Sale	-6	39.03
Sale	-2,039	39.03
Sale	-1	39.03
Sale	-773	39.03
Sale	-92,945	38.90
Sale	-1,438	38.90
Sale	-2,455	38.90
Sale	-780	38.90
Sale	-27	38.90
Sale	-847	38.90
Sale	-38	38.90
Sale	-565	38.91
Sale	-780	38.91
Sale	-7	38.91
Sale	-4	38.91
Sale	-114	38.91
Sale	-595	38.60
Sale	-500	38.60
Sale	-847	38.60
Sale	-600	38.60
Sale	-908	38.60
Sale	-1,000	38.52
Sale	-332	38.52
Sale	-35	38.52
Sale	-27	38.52
Sale	-1,606	38.52
Sale	-500	38.48
Sale	-1,000	38.48
Sale	-1,000	38.41
Sale	-65	38.42
Sale	-1,000	38.42
Sale	-914	38.44
Sale	-45	38.44
Sale	-2,000	38.55
Sale	-100	38.57
Sale	-383	38.57
Sale	-780	38.52
Sale	-220	38.52
Sale	-1,000	38.11
Sale	-418	38.15
Sale	-2,882	38.17
Sale	-1,700	38.17
Sale	-735	38.08
Sale	-1,000	38.10

TOTAL BUYS:649,638

TOTAL SELLS:324,684

(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	15-08-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley
Telephone number	44 20 7888 0241
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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