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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)23 January 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 INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 22-Jan-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 444,054 0.013 1,109,500 0.033(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 444,054 0.013 1,109,500 0.033 (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(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 200 31.00Purchase 1,000 31.00Purchase 1,000 31.00Purchase 2,000 31.00Purchase 4,274 31.57Purchase 2,173 31.60Purchase 1,130 31.60Purchase 971 31.60Purchase 4,180 31.61Purchase 400 31.61Purchase 1,619 31.61Purchase 213 31.61Purchase 3,144 31.62Purchase 1,130 31.62Purchase 2,365 31.56Purchase 1,258 31.56Purchase 11 31.56Purchase 407 31.56Purchase 500 31.56Purchase 2,631 31.56Purchase 950 31.56Purchase 3,299 31.67Purchase -975 31.66Purchase 975 31.66Purchase 4,274 31.67Purchase 2,334 31.69Purchase 499 31.69Purchase 545 31.69Purchase 5,151 31.64Purchase 2,000 31.64Purchase 250 31.64Purchase 378 31.64Purchase 1,500 31.64Purchase 1,000 31.64Purchase 675 31.64Purchase 300 31.64Purchase 164 31.64Purchase 550 31.56Purchase 1,342 31.55Purchase 1,259 31.59Purchase 100 31.59Purchase 3 31.59Purchase 180 31.59Purchase 2,732 31.59Purchase 40 31.60Purchase 41 31.69Purchase 3,331 31.69Purchase 75 31.69Purchase 15,000 31.69Purchase 735 31.69Purchase 376 31.69Purchase 324 31.69Purchase 325 31.69Purchase 672 31.69Purchase 4,274 31.64Purchase 109 31.63Purchase 4,165 31.63Purchase 4,676 31.62Purchase 3,757 31.62Purchase 1,800 31.62Purchase 38 31.60Purchase 3,000 31.60Purchase 3,204 31.63Purchase 1,070 31.63Purchase 1,471 31.60Purchase 41 31.62Purchase 32 31.60Purchase 1,556 31.34Purchase 2,681 31.34Purchase 39 31.36Purchase 4,702 31.40Purchase 4,274 31.40Purchase 36 31.47Purchase 4,702 31.38Purchase 465 31.34Purchase 2 31.35Purchase 51 31.35Purchase 200 31.43Purchase 300 31.43Purchase 46 31.62Purchase 2,495 31.84Purchase 612 31.84Purchase 1,167 31.84Purchase 52 31.81Purchase 4,274 31.84Purchase 4,186 31.84Purchase 76 31.84Purchase 380 31.84Purchase 76 31.84Purchase 682 31.84Purchase 91 31.84Purchase 59 31.84Purchase 6 31.84Purchase 1 31.84Purchase 1,144 31.85Purchase 4,413 31.85Purchase 53 31.86Purchase 4,571 31.84Purchase 986 31.84Purchase 2,233 31.86Purchase 2,469 31.86Purchase 47 31.82Purchase 5 31.86Purchase 5,352 31.86Purchase 627 31.86Purchase 718 31.83Purchase 4,274 31.85Purchase 934 31.83Purchase 130 31.83Purchase 1,667 31.83Purchase 983 31.83Purchase 693 31.83Purchase 4 31.83Purchase 5,129 31.88Purchase 44 31.85Purchase 578 31.88Purchase 3,696 31.87Purchase 46 31.83Purchase 418 31.74Purchase 2,423 31.74Purchase 1 31.74Purchase 17 31.74Purchase 1,800 31.74Purchase 898 31.74Purchase 43 31.75Purchase 371 31.80Purchase 743 31.83Purchase 2,459 31.83Purchase 500 31.83Purchase 1,000 31.81Purchase 13 31.81Purchase 41 31.95Purchase 2,220 32.04Purchase 3 32.04Purchase 1,224 32.04Purchase 41 32.03Purchase 1,144 31.98Purchase 200 31.98Purchase 400 31.98Purchase 50 31.98Purchase -2,185 31.98Purchase 2,185 31.98Purchase 723 31.98Purchase 159 31.98Purchase -3,997 31.98Purchase 3,997 31.98Purchase 1,401 31.98Purchase 160 31.93Purchase 1,950 31.93Purchase 35 31.93Purchase 36 32.00Purchase 4,274 31.97Purchase 2,440 31.98Purchase 2,097 31.98Purchase 110 31.98Purchase 110 31.98Purchase 110 31.98Purchase 110 31.98Purchase 9 31.98Purchase 210 31.98Purchase 120 31.98Purchase 646 31.98Purchase 22 31.98Purchase 2,144 31.96Purchase 2,985 31.96Purchase 38 31.93Purchase 4,274 31.92Purchase 32 31.85Purchase 839 31.88Purchase 3,435 31.88Purchase 27 31.85Purchase 24 31.92Purchase 3,035 31.99Purchase 200 31.99Purchase 5,102 31.99Purchase 211 31.99Purchase 117 31.92Purchase 23 31.97Purchase 200 31.92Purchase 1,000 31.92Purchase 1,000 31.91Purchase 1,258 31.91Purchase 423 31.91Purchase 1 31.91Purchase 405 31.91Purchase 1,354 31.91Purchase 1,439 31.90Purchase 443 31.90Purchase 2,000 31.90Purchase 392 31.90Purchase 188 31.87Purchase 1,300 31.87Purchase 116 31.87Purchase 220 31.87Purchase 2,622 31.88Purchase 1,652 31.88Purchase 2,500 31.88Purchase 193 31.88Purchase 1,581 31.88Purchase 22 31.87Purchase 4,702 31.78Purchase 21 31.78Purchase 5 31.73Purchase 16 31.73Purchase 21 31.77Purchase 21 31.81Purchase 24 31.82Purchase 21 31.98Purchase 22 31.88Purchase 20 31.73Purchase 534 31.73Purchase 25 31.75Purchase 22 31.82Purchase 27 31.89Purchase 2,950 32.05Purchase 27 32.05Purchase 1,324 31.93Purchase 4,711 31.91Purchase 417 31.91Purchase 1 31.91Purchase 30 31.85Purchase 5,129 31.93Purchase 220 31.92Purchase 3,026 31.92Purchase 535 31.92Purchase 355 31.92Purchase 138 31.91Purchase 5 31.90Purchase 21 31.89Purchase 2,068 31.88Purchase 1,103 31.88Purchase 1,103 31.88Purchase 31 31.80Purchase 33 31.83Purchase 36 31.78Purchase 36 31.61Purchase 38 31.41Purchase 46 31.45Purchase 766 31.46Purchase 1,596 31.46Purchase 88 31.46Purchase 133 31.46Purchase 36 31.65Purchase 43 31.74Purchase 42 31.73Purchase 3,700 31.70Purchase 164 31.78Purchase 650 31.78Purchase 877 31.78Purchase 45 31.77Purchase 333 31.65Purchase 180 31.65Purchase 1,000 31.65Purchase 1,041 31.65Purchase 443 31.71Purchase 49 31.73Purchase 5,902 31.75Purchase 1,720 31.75Purchase 500 31.75Purchase 47 31.80Purchase 51 31.89Purchase 28 31.88Purchase 31 31.87Purchase 31 31.81Purchase 2,576 31.90Purchase 1,324 31.90Purchase 1,206 31.90Purchase 22 31.90Purchase 1 31.90Purchase 265 31.90Purchase 4,407 31.74Purchase 1,005 31.74Purchase 474 31.74Purchase 326 31.74Purchase 627 31.74Purchase 636 32.03Purchase 1,528 32.03Purchase 3,908 32.03Purchase 500 32.03Purchase 3,212 32.04Purchase 669 32.05Purchase 499 32.05Purchase 2,721 32.03Purchase 73 32.00Purchase 2,500 32.00Purchase 1,000 32.00Purchase 701 32.00Purchase 124 32.00Purchase 1,000 32.00Purchase 3,000 32.00Purchase 3,000 32.00Purchase 288 32.00Purchase 5,557 31.95Purchase 3,774 31.95Purchase 500 31.95Purchase 3,290 31.99Purchase 1,000 31.99Purchase 1,267 31.99Purchase 1,136 31.90Purchase 4,274 31.90Purchase 3,485 31.90Purchase 789 31.90Purchase 3,019 31.74Purchase 1,794 31.72Purchase 650 31.72Purchase 67 31.72Purchase 2,191 31.72Purchase 4,274 31.73Purchase 4,803 31.72Purchase 754 31.71Purchase 3,105 31.73Purchase 1,169 31.73Purchase 35 31.73Purchase 172 31.73Purchase 4,067 31.73Purchase 4,274 31.75Purchase 4,274 31.74Purchase 2,362 31.70Purchase 1,500 31.70Purchase 17 31.70Purchase 500 31.69Purchase 600 31.69Purchase 150 31.69Purchase 1,276 31.70Purchase 4,708 31.70Purchase 5,319 31.71Purchase 238 31.71Purchase 1,496 31.71Purchase 500 31.71Purchase 2,278 31.71Purchase 5,557 31.71Purchase 5,129 31.72Purchase 2,053 31.74Purchase 3,524 31.76Purchase 1 31.76Purchase 341 31.76Purchase 341 31.76Purchase 67 31.76Purchase 250 31.74Purchase 1,661 31.70Purchase 2,854 31.69Purchase 300 31.69Purchase 800 31.68Purchase 320 31.68Purchase 3,474 31.68Purchase 800 31.68Purchase 2,613 31.69Purchase 1,971 31.74Purchase 2,110 31.74Purchase 2,096 31.88Purchase 2,606 31.88Purchase 813 32.05Purchase 29 31.78Purchase 5,387 31.99Purchase 3,997 31.98Purchase 2,185 31.98Purchase 7 31.69Purchase 2,172 31.69Purchase 975 31.66Purchase 359 34.57Sale -3,361 31.20Sale -1,259 31.59Sale -3,686 31.81Sale -656 31.72Sale -502 31.91Sale -20,000 31.30Sale -2 31.20Sale -5,244 31.20Sale -7,500 31.20Sale -1 31.20Sale -1,974 31.20Sale -1,918 31.23Sale -1,638 31.59Sale -100 31.59Sale -320 31.59Sale -1,000 31.59Sale -276 31.59Sale -750 31.59Sale -1,308 31.59Sale -2 31.59Sale -87 31.59Sale -100 31.59Sale -3,000 31.59Sale -6 31.60Sale -2 31.60Sale -152 31.60Sale -3,412 31.54Sale -100 31.54Sale -37 31.54Sale -809 31.54Sale -8 31.54Sale -632 31.54Sale -5,002 31.55Sale -148 31.85Sale -711 31.86Sale -89 31.70Sale -465 31.87Sale -50 31.87Sale -2,000 31.87Sale -127 31.87Sale -4,044 31.84Sale -206 31.84Sale -10,000 31.45Sale -350 31.84Sale -100 31.84Sale -300 31.84Sale -514 31.80Sale -500 31.81Sale -300 31.83Sale -458 31.82Sale -251 31.83Sale -100 31.83Sale -1,254 31.84Sale -720 31.85Sale -500 31.85Sale -901 31.85Sale -119 31.86Sale -350 31.86Sale -147 31.86Sale -200 31.88Sale -113 31.70Sale -2,500 31.70Sale -700 31.71Sale -661 31.71Sale -5,000 31.72Sale -524 31.72Sale -46 31.72Sale -3 31.91Sale -1,003 31.91Sale -465 31.91Sale -1,037 31.91Sale -567 31.91Sale -900 31.91Sale -523 31.91Sale -617 31.53Sale -276 31.56Sale -284 31.57Sale -8,549 31.57Sale -274 31.58Sale -800 31.45Sale -900 31.46Sale -300 31.46TOTAL BUYS:477588 TOTAL SELLS:115790 (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) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) ExercisingProduct 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONSAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesNONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 23-Jan-2008Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISORNotesThe Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group