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Macquarie Group Limited09 May 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) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 08 May 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 09 May 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature 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: BHP Purchase 25000 44.33BHP Purchase 25000 44.91BHP Purchase 30000 44.98BHP Purchase 25000 45.02BHP Purchase 81000 45 Total 186000 PurchasesBHP Sale 156 44.34BHP Sale 4844 44.34BHP Sale 1000 44.34BHP Sale 9000 44.34BHP Sale 34 44.33BHP Sale 10 44.33BHP Sale 34 44.33BHP Sale 6451 44.33BHP Sale 3471 44.33BHP Sale 100 44.76BHP Sale 500 44.76BHP Sale 900 44.76BHP Sale 500 44.76BHP Sale 143 44.76BHP Sale 6 44.76BHP Sale 6 44.76BHP Sale 2845 44.76BHP Sale 34 44.77BHP Sale 1116 44.77BHP Sale 250 44.77BHP Sale 4 44.77BHP Sale 800 44.77BHP Sale 100 44.77BHP Sale 100 44.77BHP Sale 2596 44.77BHP Sale 2718 44.8BHP Sale 2282 44.8BHP Sale 106 44.8BHP Sale 427 44.8BHP Sale 4271 44.8BHP Sale 196 44.8BHP Sale 4880 44.87BHP Sale 1 44.87BHP Sale 119 44.87BHP Sale 34 44.98BHP Sale 9966 44.98BHP Sale 5060 45.02BHP Sale 44 45.02BHP Sale 4896 45.02BHP Sale 1 45.01BHP Sale 9999 45BHP Sale 1425 45BHP Sale 112 45BHP Sale 854 45BHP Sale 500 45BHP Sale 242 45BHP Sale 1708 45BHP Sale 129 45BHP Sale 30 45BHP Sale 1638 45BHP Sale 8 45BHP Sale 240 45BHP Sale 1088 45BHP Sale 460 45BHP Sale 44 45BHP Sale 26 45BHP Sale 1580 44.97BHP Sale 102 44.96BHP Sale 1000 44.96BHP Sale 2300 44.95BHP Sale 3000 44.95BHP Sale 13 44.95BHP Sale 1989 44.95BHP Sale 16 44.95BHP Sale 1496 45BHP Sale 5000 44.9BHP Sale 4299 44.88BHP Sale 711 44.88BHP Sale 1 44.88BHP Sale 500 44.88BHP Sale 489 44.88BHP Sale 500 44.85BHP Sale 4 44.85BHP Sale 4496 44.85BHP Sale 4743 44.85BHP Sale 5257 44.85BHP Sale 5000 44.85BHP Sale 2100 44.85BHP Sale 330 44.85BHP Sale 2570 44.85BHP Sale 1066 44.84BHP Sale 587 44.84BHP Sale 25 44.84BHP Sale 74 44.84BHP Sale 9916 44.76BHP Sale 4 44.76BHP Sale 80 44.76BHP Sale 16 44.74BHP Sale 35 44.74BHP Sale 4199 44.71BHP Sale 650 44.71BHP Sale 210 44.71BHP Sale 2 44.71BHP Sale 197 44.71BHP Sale 1088 44.71BHP Sale 748 44.71BHP Sale 61 44.71BHP Sale 1173 44.71BHP Sale 1672 44.71BHP Sale 9949 44.74BHP Sale 972 44.8BHP Sale 500 44.8BHP Sale 67 44.8BHP Sale 1 44.8BHP Sale 72 44.8BHP Sale 11 44.8BHP Sale 40 44.8BHP Sale 9329 44.8BHP Sale 2 44.8BHP Sale 1000 44.8BHP Sale 484 44.8BHP Sale 5770 44.76 Total Sales 186000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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