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EPT Disclosure

24th Nov 2008 11:34

RNS Number : 7691I

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

24 November 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	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	21-11-2008

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			13028548	0.388
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			13028548	0.388

(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	8,349	21.90
Purchase	5,000	21.90
Purchase	2,000	21.90
Purchase	1,000	21.90
Purchase	5,772	21.90
Purchase	7,350	21.90
Purchase	2,000	21.90
Purchase	200	21.90
Purchase	1,129	21.90
Purchase	252	21.91
Purchase	23	21.91
Purchase	200	21.08
Purchase	275	21.22
Purchase	477	21.00
Purchase	500	21.00
Purchase	2,218	21.00
Purchase	500	21.00
Purchase	265	21.00
Purchase	1,250	21.00
Purchase	150	21.00
Purchase	1,000	21.00
Purchase	3,000	21.00
Purchase	300	21.00
Purchase	600	21.00
Purchase	2,000	21.00
Purchase	1,500	21.00
Purchase	1,000	21.00
Purchase	500	21.00
Purchase	25	21.00
Purchase	400	21.00
Purchase	1,199	21.00
Purchase	2,000	20.93
Purchase	100	20.90
Purchase	688	20.90
Purchase	1,257	20.90
Purchase	7	20.90
Purchase	2,043	20.90
Purchase	3	20.89
Purchase	72,242	20.80
Purchase	342	20.80
Purchase	50	20.80
Purchase	79	20.80
Purchase	15	20.80
Purchase	107	20.80
Purchase	252	20.80
Purchase	4,675	20.80
Purchase	2,000	20.80
Purchase	20,238	20.80
Purchase	1,275	20.77
Purchase	5,000	20.77
Purchase	18,725	20.77
Purchase	20,344	20.84
Purchase	2,500	20.84
Purchase	100	20.84
Purchase	296	20.84
Purchase	1,760	20.83
Purchase	3,928	20.87
Purchase	3,713	20.87
Purchase	653	20.87
Purchase	4,361	20.87
Purchase	1,000	20.87
Purchase	100	20.87
Purchase	1,107	20.87
Purchase	106	20.87
Purchase	100	20.87
Purchase	257	20.87
Purchase	2,500	20.86
Purchase	7,175	20.85
Purchase	10,000	20.69
Purchase	500	20.69
Purchase	46	20.69
Purchase	105	20.69
Purchase	5,226	20.69
Purchase	352	20.69
Purchase	271	20.69
Purchase	15,282	20.70
Purchase	9,718	20.70
Purchase	3,696	20.75
Purchase	10,451	20.75
Purchase	2,550	20.75
Purchase	655	20.75
Purchase	660	20.75
Purchase	55	20.75
Purchase	1,100	20.75
Purchase	150	20.75
Purchase	478	20.75
Purchase	105	20.74
Purchase	100	20.74
Purchase	3,000	20.73
Purchase	2,000	20.73
Purchase	250	20.20
Purchase	2,000	20.20
Purchase	200	20.20
Purchase	5,822	20.30
Purchase	2,000	20.30
Purchase	1,500	20.30
Purchase	10,000	20.30
Purchase	5,000	20.30
Purchase	297	20.30
Purchase	19,900	20.30
Purchase	5,296	20.30
Purchase	185	20.30
Purchase	4,135	20.30
Purchase	3,000	20.30
Purchase	19,965	20.30
Purchase	400	20.30
Purchase	20,000	20.30
Purchase	2,500	20.30
Purchase	7,403	20.30
Purchase	1,000	20.30
Purchase	3,000	20.30
Purchase	2,000	20.30
Purchase	500	20.30
Purchase	3,000	20.30
Purchase	2,248	20.30
Purchase	5,000	20.30
Purchase	2,000	20.30
Purchase	8,000	20.30
Purchase	15,000	20.30
Purchase	3,409	20.30
Purchase	5,000	20.30
Purchase	200	20.30
Purchase	341	20.30
Purchase	1,055	20.30
Purchase	4,820	20.30
Purchase	221	20.30
Purchase	1,000	20.30
Purchase	1,000	20.30
Purchase	370	20.30
Purchase	229	20.30
Purchase	22,473	20.30
Purchase	410	20.30
Purchase	1,256	20.30
Purchase	37,462	20.30
Purchase	500	20.30
Purchase	485	20.30
Purchase	10,000	20.30
Purchase	59,400	20.30
Purchase	108	20.29
Purchase	1,000	20.29
Purchase	110	20.29
Purchase	76	20.30
Purchase	43	20.30
Purchase	146	20.30
Purchase	20,000	20.30
Purchase	1,262	20.30
Purchase	1,452	20.30
Purchase	128	20.30
Purchase	127	20.30
Purchase	17	20.30
Purchase	10,000	20.30
Purchase	112	20.30
Purchase	80	20.30
Purchase	17	20.30
Purchase	2,500	20.30
Purchase	1,000	20.30
Purchase	3,400	20.30
Purchase	2,500	20.30
Purchase	1,000	20.30
Purchase	400	20.30
Purchase	3,000	20.30
Purchase	2,740	20.30
Purchase	31	20.19
Purchase	14	20.19
Purchase	17	20.19
Purchase	116	20.19
Purchase	155	20.19
Purchase	3,091	20.03
Purchase	266	20.03
Purchase	2,643	20.03
Purchase	17,422	20.07
Purchase	1,574	20.07
Purchase	278	20.12
Purchase	122	20.12
Purchase	288	20.07
Purchase	638	20.07
Purchase	500	20.07
Purchase	1,981	20.07
Purchase	1	20.07
Purchase	1	20.07
Purchase	1	20.07
Purchase	2,500	20.07
Purchase	500	20.07
Purchase	200	20.11
Purchase	36	20.11
Purchase	6,447	20.11
Purchase	200	20.11
Purchase	1,393	20.07
Purchase	1,000	20.07
Purchase	500	20.07
Purchase	350	20.07
Purchase	100	20.07
Purchase	8,500	20.07
Purchase	10,000	20.07
Purchase	2,000	20.07
Purchase	751	20.07
Purchase	1,720	20.12
Purchase	750	20.12
Purchase	200	20.12
Purchase	200	20.12
Purchase	49	20.12
Purchase	10,000	20.12
Purchase	1	20.12
Purchase	1	20.12
Purchase	4,077	20.19
Purchase	1,200	20.19
Purchase	6,868	20.19
Purchase	796	20.19
Purchase	500	20.19
Purchase	1,000	20.12
Purchase	2,000	20.12
Purchase	2,894	20.12
Purchase	10,500	20.24
Purchase	1,000	20.24
Purchase	400	20.24
Purchase	2,500	20.24
Purchase	5,600	20.24
Purchase	1,515	20.24
Purchase	3,500	20.24
Purchase	500	20.24
Purchase	500	20.24
Purchase	1,200	20.24
Purchase	2,500	20.24
Purchase	2,500	20.24
Purchase	785	20.24
Purchase	2,000	20.23
Purchase	1,559	20.25
Purchase	500	20.12
Purchase	1,000	20.12
Purchase	400	20.12
Purchase	1,000	20.12
Purchase	250	20.12
Purchase	500	20.12
Purchase	500	20.12
Purchase	500	20.12
Purchase	385	20.12
Purchase	500	20.12
Purchase	650	20.12
Purchase	100,000	21.03
Purchase	275,000	21.11
Purchase	100,000	20.57
Sale	-10,000	21.90
Sale	-20,000	21.72
Sale	-398	21.72
Sale	-1,000	21.60
Sale	-872	21.50
Sale	-3,927	20.60
Sale	-125	20.20
Sale	-2,776	20.28
Sale	-4,124	20.28
Sale	-50,000	20.25
Sale	-50,000	21.19
Sale	-40,369	21.90
Sale	-1,496	21.98
Sale	-2,015	21.98
Sale	-120	21.98
Sale	-1,000	21.98
Sale	-5,000	21.98
Sale	-100,000	21.77
Sale	-136,524	21.70
Sale	-20,000	21.70
Sale	-280	21.70
Sale	-100	21.70
Sale	-20,000	21.70
Sale	-2	21.70
Sale	-32	21.70
Sale	-1,951	21.72
Sale	-288	21.72
Sale	-2	21.72
Sale	-16	21.72
Sale	-407	21.72
Sale	-7,923	21.60
Sale	-11,574	21.60
Sale	-343	21.60
Sale	-500	21.60
Sale	-100	21.60
Sale	-1,000	21.60
Sale	-600	21.60
Sale	-46	21.60
Sale	-250	21.60
Sale	-230	21.60
Sale	-500	21.60
Sale	-180	21.60
Sale	-50	21.60
Sale	-2,000	21.60
Sale	-9,456	21.60
Sale	-16	21.61
Sale	-128	21.61
Sale	-500	21.61
Sale	-7,189	21.61
Sale	-32	21.62
Sale	-2	21.62
Sale	-3,000	21.62
Sale	-728	21.63
Sale	-25	21.63
Sale	-108	21.63
Sale	-1,898	21.63
Sale	-100	21.70
Sale	-32	21.70
Sale	-12	21.70
Sale	-478	21.70
Sale	-41,858	21.60
Sale	-8,142	21.60
Sale	-814	21.50
Sale	-18,000	21.50
Sale	-25,000	21.50
Sale	-9,832	21.40
Sale	-1,000	21.40
Sale	-3,000	21.40
Sale	-3,770	21.40
Sale	-154	21.40
Sale	-3,683	21.40
Sale	-200	21.40
Sale	-250	21.40
Sale	-1,000	21.40
Sale	-400	21.40
Sale	-568	21.40
Sale	-1,000	21.40
Sale	-1,300	21.40
Sale	-100	21.40
Sale	-200	21.40
Sale	-3,000	21.40
Sale	-2	21.41
Sale	-64	21.41
Sale	-2	21.41
Sale	-114	21.41
Sale	-5,000	21.41
Sale	-1,000	21.41
Sale	-2	21.42
Sale	-4,989	21.42
Sale	-32	21.42
Sale	-4	21.42
Sale	-9,334	21.42
Sale	-3,720	21.50
Sale	-700	21.50
Sale	-32	21.50
Sale	-2	21.50
Sale	-400	21.50
Sale	-460	21.50
Sale	-9	21.15
Sale	-237	21.15
Sale	-6,000	21.15
Sale	-6,000	21.15
Sale	-236	21.15
Sale	-2,272	21.16
Sale	-600	21.16
Sale	-568	21.17
Sale	-32	21.18
Sale	-1,000	21.18
Sale	-1,000	21.18
Sale	-1,000	21.18
Sale	-1,000	21.18
Sale	-1,000	21.18
Sale	-1,000	21.18
Sale	-5,000	21.20
Sale	-592	21.20
Sale	-1,100	21.30
Sale	-500	21.30
Sale	-1,000	21.30
Sale	-5,059	21.30
Sale	-17,099	21.30
Sale	-3,000	21.33
Sale	-64	21.34
Sale	-400	21.35
Sale	-6,714	21.35
Sale	-171,418	21.30
Sale	-1,000	21.30
Sale	-4,598	21.30
Sale	-410	21.30
Sale	-4,789	21.30
Sale	-6,145	21.30
Sale	-1,000	21.30
Sale	-1,000	21.30
Sale	-4,000	21.30
Sale	-1,000	21.30
Sale	-500	21.31
Sale	-50	21.32
Sale	-568	21.33
Sale	-1,561	21.33
Sale	-1,000	21.33
Sale	-880	21.34
Sale	-81	21.35
Sale	-4,389	21.05
Sale	-10,000	21.05
Sale	-3,000	21.05
Sale	-9,424	21.05
Sale	-6,317	21.05
Sale	-9,362	21.05
Sale	-1,808	21.05
Sale	-500	21.05
Sale	-100	21.05
Sale	-1,929	21.05
Sale	-152	21.05
Sale	-136	21.05
Sale	-568	21.05
Sale	-3,000	21.05
Sale	-665	21.05
Sale	-100	21.05
Sale	-1,000	21.05
Sale	-97,890	20.78
Sale	-1,100	20.78
Sale	-60	20.78
Sale	-100	20.78
Sale	-600	20.78
Sale	-250	20.78
Sale	-83,240	20.77
Sale	-50	20.77
Sale	-1,400	20.77
Sale	-3,154	20.77
Sale	-3,032	20.77
Sale	-480	20.77
Sale	-500	20.77
Sale	-500	20.70
Sale	-2,000	20.70
Sale	-1,000	20.77
Sale	-300	20.77
Sale	-300	20.77
Sale	-900	20.77
Sale	-840	20.77
Sale	-32	20.77
Sale	-3,000	20.77
Sale	-200	20.77
Sale	-1,000	20.77
Sale	-32	20.77
Sale	-258	20.77
Sale	-282	20.78
Sale	-3,207	20.66
Sale	-5,000	20.66
Sale	-2,000	20.66
Sale	-500	20.66
Sale	-2,825	20.66
Sale	-600	20.66
Sale	-10,000	20.66
Sale	-2,000	20.66
Sale	-500	20.66
Sale	-1,000	20.66
Sale	-100	20.66
Sale	-200	20.66
Sale	-300	20.66
Sale	-100	20.66
Sale	-100	20.66
Sale	-2,000	20.66
Sale	-2,500	20.66
Sale	-424	20.66
Sale	-100	20.66
Sale	-100	20.66
Sale	-32	20.66
Sale	-64	20.66
Sale	-5,000	20.66
Sale	-5,000	20.66
Sale	-1,046	20.66
Sale	-339	20.66
Sale	-200	20.66
Sale	-1,200	20.67
Sale	-500	20.67
Sale	-2,063	20.67
Sale	-200	20.67
Sale	-800	20.67
Sale	-2,825	20.62
Sale	-5,000	20.62
Sale	-2,000	20.62
Sale	-100	20.62
Sale	-8,528	20.62
Sale	-700	20.62
Sale	-3,647	20.62
Sale	-2,200	20.64
Sale	-74	20.62
Sale	-100	20.62
Sale	-5,447	20.62
Sale	-410	20.62
Sale	-4,106	20.62
Sale	-6,145	20.62
Sale	-5,000	20.62
Sale	-2,000	20.62
Sale	-120	20.62
Sale	-32	20.62
Sale	-150	20.62
Sale	-514	20.62
Sale	-902	20.62
Sale	-8,926	20.60
Sale	-390	20.60
Sale	-5,000	20.60
Sale	-4,107	20.60
Sale	-250	20.60
Sale	-66	20.60
Sale	-500	20.60
Sale	-1,841	20.60
Sale	-100	20.60
Sale	-5,000	20.60
Sale	-27	20.60
Sale	-7,000	20.60
Sale	-64	20.60
Sale	-12,031	20.60
Sale	-271	20.60
Sale	-500	20.60
Sale	-300	20.25
Sale	-1,476	20.28
Sale	-400	20.28
Sale	-3,157	20.28
Sale	-2,848	20.20
Sale	-1,036	20.20
Sale	-201	20.20
Sale	-790	20.20
Sale	-3,205	20.30
Sale	-500	20.30
Sale	-131	20.30
Sale	-850	20.30
Sale	-81	20.30
Sale	-233	20.30
Sale	-100	20.28
Sale	-8,000	20.19
Sale	-4,400	20.15
Sale	-4,973	20.14
Sale	-2,620	20.14
Sale	-100	20.14
Sale	-207	20.14
Sale	-3,096	20.13
Sale	-6,250	20.12
Sale	-1,000	20.12
Sale	-1,750	20.12
Sale	-151	20.14
Sale	-1,000	20.14
Sale	-59	20.14
Sale	-800	20.14
Sale	-123	20.16
Sale	-78	20.16
Sale	-870	20.16
Sale	-5,929	20.16
Sale	-1,419	20.15
Sale	-220	20.15
Sale	-3,052	20.15
Sale	-3,309	20.15
Sale	-9,594	20.12
Sale	-2,549	20.12
Sale	-620	20.12
Sale	-3,714	20.12

TOTAL BUYS:1264098

TOTAL SELLS:1415648

(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	24-11-2008
Contact name	Carolyn Collins; 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

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