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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 \* TName of exempt principal trader ABN AMRO Equities Australia Limited---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Company dealt in BHP Billiton Ltd---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Shares dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of dealing 17 July 2008---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) \* T Long Short-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Relevant securities 2,915,537 0.086873248 2678780 0.0798187--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 1,356,145 0.040408584 1919039 0.0571809--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 1,858,162 0.055367011 417000 0.0124252--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 6,129,844 0.182648842 5014819 0.1494248--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 2) \* TClass of relevant security: Long Short-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Relevant securities 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) \* TClass of relevant security: Details---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales \* TPurchases Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)Purchase 56456 37.55Purchase 5278 37.76Purchase 739 37.8Purchase 4179 37.83Purchase 4990 37.85Purchase 996 37.86Purchase 1500 37.9Purchase 701 37.91Purchase 4714 37.92Purchase 1000 37.94Purchase 1500 37.95Purchase 20000 37.96Purchase 14395 37.97Purchase 4544 37.98Purchase 8227 37.99Purchase 1453780 38Purchase 14254 38.02Purchase 5000 38.03Purchase 13 38.04Purchase 3136 38.05Purchase 2540 38.06Purchase 4988 38.07Purchase 7834 38.09Purchase 25000 38.1Purchase 5000 38.11Purchase 2500 38.12Purchase 410 38.13Purchase 2341 38.14Purchase 11000 38.16Purchase 1667015\* T \* TSales Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)Sale 4416 37.55Sale 2062 37.81Sale 2938 37.82Sale 2000 37.86Sale 2000 37.88Sale 801 37.93Sale 2500 37.94Sale 2861 37.96Sale 1100 37.97Sale 12140 37.98Sale 19822 37.99Sale 111719 38Sale 64 38.01Sale 2021 38.02Sale 5500 38.03Sale 24980 38.05Sale 1300 38.06Sale 2500 38.07Sale 25000 38.1Sale 604 38.13Sale 2500 38.16 228828\* T (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) \* TProduct name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) AUDe.g. CFD--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZL Long (buy) 2000 3.90--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZL Short (sell) 30000 3.60--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZL Short (sell) 500 4.00--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZL Short (sell) 2500 4.05--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZL Short (sell) 2500 4.10--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZL Short (sell) 2500 4.17--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZH Short (sell) 1500 11.95--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPJZN Short (sell) 500 8.17--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying \* TProduct name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option moneye.g. call option selling, securities to price American, date paid/received purchasing, which the option European per unit varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc. (Note 4)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Call Jun 12 Selling 18000 42.00 American 28/6/12 10.14--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Call Jun 12 Purchasing 18000 48.00 American 28/6/12 8.26--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Call Dec 08 Selling 1300000 0.01 European 21/12/08 38.934--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (ii) Exercising \* TProduct name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) \* TNature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives \* TFull 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.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO \* TDate of disclosure 18 July 2008---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact name Oliver Bainbridge - Kirit Devshi---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Telephone number (020) 7678 1904---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Ltd---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Notes: The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's websiteat www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) \* TProduct name, Written or Number of Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry datee.g. call option purchased securities to (Note 2) American, which the option European or derivative etc. relates-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 40,000 12.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 100,000 12.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 139,000 12.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 250,000 12.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 219,000 26.50 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Written 219,000 27.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Put Purchased 10,000 10.50 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Put Written 15,000 0.94 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Put Purchased 80,000 37.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug 08 Put Purchased 100,000 35.00 American 28/8/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sep 08 Call Purchased 943,000 0.01 European 25/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec 08 Call Written 1,300,000 0.01 European 21/12/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 4,000 48.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 16,000 48.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 5,000 48.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 08 Call Purchased 5,000 48.00 American 24/7/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug 08 Put Purchased 3,000 38.00 American 28/8/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug 08 Put Purchased 1,000 38.00 American 28/8/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug 08 Put Purchased 4,000 38.00 American 28/8/08------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 08 Put Written 11,563 35.06 European 30/06/2008-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 09 Put Written 12,824 38.99 European 1/07/2009-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 09 Call Purchased 12,824 50.69 European 1/07/2009-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Put Written 21,514 46.48 European 26/06/2009-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 10 Put Written 75,000 17.00 American 30/06/2010------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 13,990 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 10,520 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 310 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 2,970 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 2,340 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 630 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 4,190 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Long 327,792 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Long 1,022,208 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreementsto purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Copyright Business Wire 2008Related Shares:
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