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UBS AG (EPT)01 April 2008 FORM 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 UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in BHP Billiton PlcClass of relevant security to which the 0.5 USD Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 31 MARCH 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 8,599,129 0.39% 3,812,440 0.17%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,599,129 0.39% 3,812,440 0.17% (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 thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) PURCHASE 46 1449 pence PURCHASE 786 1449 PURCHASE 1400 1449 PURCHASE 1700 1449 PURCHASE 4000 1449 SALE 1500 1450 SALE 1000 1450 SALE 1000 1450 SALE 1000 1450 SALE 960 1450 SALE 880 1450 SALE 800 1450 SALE 800 1450 SALE 800 1450 SALE 520 1450 SALE 500 1450 SALE 500 1450 SALE 232 1450 SALE 37 1450 PURCHASE 100 1450 PURCHASE 154 1450 PURCHASE 259 1450 PURCHASE 400 1450 PURCHASE 411 1450 PURCHASE 885 1450 PURCHASE 1230 1450 SALE 2400 1451 SALE 1141 1451 SALE 500 1451 SALE 359 1451 SALE 110 1451 PURCHASE 181 1451 PURCHASE 400 1451 PURCHASE 500 1451 PURCHASE 2000 1451 SALE 1703 1452 SALE 1619 1452 SALE 1392 1452 SALE 1100 1452 SALE 981 1452 SALE 800 1452 SALE 762 1452 SALE 643 1452 SALE 318 1452 SALE 157 1452 PURCHASE 30 1452 PURCHASE 193 1452 PURCHASE 245 1452 PURCHASE 384 1452 PURCHASE 386 1452 PURCHASE 700 1452 PURCHASE 740 1452 PURCHASE 900 1452 PURCHASE 1037 1452 PURCHASE 1200 1452 PURCHASE 1230 1452 PURCHASE 1230 1452 PURCHASE 1900 1452 SALE 1700 1453 SALE 1597 1453 SALE 1411 1453 SALE 1281 1453 SALE 850 1453 SALE 850 1453 SALE 798 1453 SALE 726 1453 SALE 686 1453 SALE 686 1453 SALE 634 1453 SALE 600 1453 SALE 500 1453 SALE 400 1453 SALE 389 1453 SALE 331 1453 SALE 274 1453 SALE 203 1453 SALE 74 1453 SALE 64 1453 PURCHASE 100 1453 PURCHASE 600 1453 PURCHASE 726 1453 PURCHASE 1700 1453 SALE 818 1453.5 PURCHASE 2 1454 PURCHASE 56 1454 PURCHASE 99 1454 PURCHASE 118 1454 PURCHASE 152 1454 PURCHASE 197 1454 PURCHASE 209 1454 PURCHASE 240 1454 PURCHASE 425 1454 PURCHASE 500 1454 PURCHASE 675 1454 PURCHASE 703 1454 PURCHASE 1000 1454 PURCHASE 1207 1454 PURCHASE 1261 1454 PURCHASE 1373 1454 SALE 2278 1455 SALE 1000 1455 SALE 1000 1455 SALE 1000 1455 SALE 1000 1455 SALE 834 1455 SALE 641 1455 SALE 573 1455 SALE 354 1455 SALE 250 1455 SALE 159 1455 SALE 145 1455 SALE 107 1455 SALE 50 1455 PURCHASE 190 1455 PURCHASE 190 1455 PURCHASE 207 1455 PURCHASE 273 1455 PURCHASE 393 1455 PURCHASE 447 1455 PURCHASE 900 1455 PURCHASE 1100 1455 SALE 900 1456 SALE 500 1456 PURCHASE 57 1456 PURCHASE 156 1456 PURCHASE 160 1456 PURCHASE 226 1456 PURCHASE 241 1456 PURCHASE 279 1456 PURCHASE 326 1456 PURCHASE 425 1456 PURCHASE 826 1456 PURCHASE 1000 1456 PURCHASE 1000 1456 PURCHASE 1427 1456 SALE 978 1457 SALE 22 1457 SALE 555 1458 SALE 415 1458 PURCHASE 900 1458 PURCHASE 217 1459 PURCHASE 255 1460 PURCHASE 367 1460 SALE 2545 1461 PURCHASE 827 1463 PURCHASE 827 1463 SALE 1601 1464 SALE 625 1464 SALE 530 1464 SALE 45 1464 SALE 3199 1465 PURCHASE 119 1465 PURCHASE 663 1465 PURCHASE 800 1465 PURCHASE 1661 1465 PURCHASE 2057 1465 SALE 1506 1466 SALE 3400 1467 SALE 1540 1467 SALE 1013 1467 PURCHASE 9 1467 PURCHASE 60 1467 PURCHASE 98 1467 PURCHASE 110 1467 PURCHASE 295 1467 PURCHASE 335 1467 PURCHASE 405 1467 PURCHASE 464 1467 PURCHASE 500 1467 PURCHASE 722 1467 PURCHASE 768 1467 PURCHASE 888 1467 PURCHASE 972 1467 PURCHASE 1000 1467 PURCHASE 1183 1467 PURCHASE 1230 1467 PURCHASE 1230 1467 PURCHASE 1230 1467 PURCHASE 1230 1467 PURCHASE 1791 1467 SALE 2853 1468 SALE 2718 1468 SALE 1425 1468 SALE 983 1468 PURCHASE 216 1468 PURCHASE 285 1468 PURCHASE 561 1468 PURCHASE 799 1468 PURCHASE 1028 1468 PURCHASE 1604 1468 SALE 3400 1469 SALE 2000 1469 SALE 1974 1469 SALE 1877 1469 SALE 1630 1469 SALE 1200 1469 SALE 1093 1469 SALE 1000 1469 SALE 800 1469 SALE 754 1469 SALE 676 1469 SALE 600 1469 SALE 564 1469 SALE 404 1469 PURCHASE 18 1469 PURCHASE 1385 1469 PURCHASE 1597 1469 SALE 2000 1470 PURCHASE 94 1470 PURCHASE 2625 1470 SALE 650 1473 SALE 600 1473 PURCHASE 145 1473 PURCHASE 355 1473 PURCHASE 1700 1473 SALE 265 1474 PURCHASE 30 1474 PURCHASE 676 1474 PURCHASE 1000 1474 SALE 942 1475 SALE 598 1475 SALE 500 1475 SALE 3400 1476 SALE 2264 1476 SALE 1828 1476 SALE 1227 1476 SALE 1227 1476 SALE 564 1476 SALE 377 1476 SALE 340 1476 PURCHASE 3624 1476 SALE 5000 1477 SALE 564 1477 SALE 500 1477 SALE 300 1478 PURCHASE 77 1478 PURCHASE 98 1478 PURCHASE 190 1478 PURCHASE 199 1478 PURCHASE 215 1478 PURCHASE 599 1478 PURCHASE 723 1478 SALE 896 1480 PURCHASE 500 1480 SALE 4955 1481 PURCHASE 164 1481 PURCHASE 475 1481 SALE 825 1483 SALE 650 1483 SALE 487 1483 SALE 213 1483 SALE 100 1483 PURCHASE 916 1483 PURCHASE 1505 1483 PURCHASE 1579 1483 SALE 433 1483.5 SALE 564 1484 PURCHASE 418 1484 SALE 859 1484.5 SALE 117 1485 SALE 64 1485 PURCHASE 1373 1485 SALE 1 1485.5 SALE 877 1486 SALE 260 1486 PURCHASE 335 1486 PURCHASE 750 1486 SALE 61 1486.5 SALE 200 1487.5 SALE 3168 1488 SALE 326 1488 PURCHASE 366 1488 PURCHASE 412 1488 PURCHASE 415 1488 PURCHASE 1334 1488 SALE 983 1488.5 SALE 272 1488.5 SALE 189 1488.5 SALE 32 1488.5 SALE 1 1488.5 SALE 1743 1489 SALE 800 1489 PURCHASE 23 1489 PURCHASE 100 1489 PURCHASE 834 1489 PURCHASE 1748 1489 PURCHASE 4471 1489 SALE 983 1489.5 SALE 2000 1490 SALE 53 1490.5 SALE 472 1491 SALE 68 1491 PURCHASE 44 1491 PURCHASE 69 1491 PURCHASE 268 1491 PURCHASE 459 1491 PURCHASE 564 1491 PURCHASE 797 1491 PURCHASE 837 1491 PURCHASE 1051 1491 PURCHASE 1474 1491 PURCHASE 2040 1491 PURCHASE 2361 1491 PURCHASE 2766 1491 PURCHASE 3300 1491 PURCHASE 41 1492 PURCHASE 372 1492 PURCHASE 976 1492 PURCHASE 979 1492 PURCHASE 1000 1492 PURCHASE 1543 1492 PURCHASE 1674 1492 PURCHASE 1832 1492 SALE 267 1492.5 SALE 1162 1494 SALE 983 1494 SALE 747 1494 SALE 716 1494 SALE 452 1494 SALE 2481 1495 SALE 1159 1495 SALE 827 1495 SALE 735 1495 SALE 60 1495 PURCHASE 25453 1495 SALE 3135 1496 SALE 105 1496 PURCHASE 234 1496 PURCHASE 235 1496 PURCHASE 1078 1496 PURCHASE 1268 1496 SALE 2260 1497 SALE 2090 1497 SALE 983 1497 SALE 904 1497 SALE 500 1497 SALE 226 1497 SALE 226 1497 SALE 18 1497 PURCHASE 247 1497 PURCHASE 642 1498 PURCHASE 2910 1498 PURCHASE 3123 1498 TOTAL PURCHASES 166,204 TOTAL SALES 159,936 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 1 APRIL 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISER Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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