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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)02 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 Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 1-04-2008 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 271,409 0.008 7,982,237 0.237(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 271,409 0.008 7,982,237 0.237 (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 1,292 36.63Purchase 350 36.63Purchase 2,000 36.63Purchase 6 36.63Purchase 16 36.63Purchase 207 36.63Purchase 700 36.63Purchase 4,252 36.64Purchase 72 36.63Purchase 745 36.63Purchase 18 36.63Purchase 3 36.63Purchase 5 36.63Purchase 5 36.63Purchase 5 36.63Purchase 3 36.63Purchase 3 36.63Purchase 73 36.63Purchase 24 36.63Purchase 1,427 36.66Purchase 2,825 36.66Purchase 4,091 36.66Purchase 300 36.66Purchase 500 36.66Purchase 200 36.66Purchase 11 36.66Purchase 2,656 36.65Purchase 400 36.65Purchase 1,000 36.65Purchase 500 36.65Purchase 971 36.65Purchase 4,252 36.64Purchase 179 36.63Purchase 600 36.63Purchase 488 36.63Purchase 600 36.63Purchase 3,927 36.63Purchase 159 36.63Purchase 220 36.60Purchase 5,752 36.72Purchase 201 36.72Purchase 1,549 36.66Purchase 200 36.66Purchase 400 36.66Purchase 9,000 36.67Purchase 11,549 36.67Purchase 460 36.67Purchase 1,160 36.67Purchase 272 36.67Purchase 82 36.67Purchase 244 36.67Purchase 800 36.67Purchase 547 36.67Purchase 14 36.67Purchase 1,157 36.67Purchase 9 36.66Purchase 240 36.66Purchase 176 36.66Purchase 150 36.66Purchase 387 36.66Purchase 200 36.66Purchase 39 36.66Purchase 132 36.66Purchase 574 36.66Purchase 559 36.66Purchase 15 36.66Purchase 5 36.66Purchase 3 36.66Purchase 3 36.66Purchase 5 36.66Purchase 39 36.66Purchase 30 36.66Purchase 746 36.68Purchase 254 36.68Purchase 2,617 36.68Purchase 714 36.68Purchase 100 36.68Purchase 3 36.68Purchase 2 36.68Purchase 5 36.68Purchase 5 36.68Purchase 138 36.68Purchase 117 36.68Purchase 188 36.68Purchase 485 36.68Purchase 500 36.66Purchase 52 36.66Purchase 67 36.66Purchase 203 36.66Purchase 199 36.66Purchase 679 36.66Purchase 22 36.66Purchase 464 36.66Purchase 12 36.66Purchase 45 36.66Purchase 982 36.66Purchase 2,630 36.65Purchase 72 36.65Purchase 217 36.65Purchase 480 36.65Purchase 1,703 36.65Purchase 4,252 36.64Purchase 3,110 36.64Purchase 500 36.64Purchase 12 36.64Purchase 630 36.64Purchase 4,252 36.65Purchase 4,252 36.59Purchase 393 36.56Purchase 191 36.56Purchase 3,668 36.56Purchase 503 36.67Purchase 18 36.34Purchase 5 36.34Purchase 5 36.34Purchase 3 36.34Purchase 3 36.34Purchase 463 36.34Purchase 1,400 35.97Purchase 460 36.00Purchase 100 36.00Purchase 1,000 36.00Purchase 940 35.97Purchase 2,500 35.99Purchase 2,606 36.68Purchase 81 36.58Sale -30,000 36.67Sale -980 35.94Sale -2,923 36.65Sale -800 36.66Sale -80 36.66Sale -348 36.66Sale -246 36.66Sale -238 36.66Sale -365 36.66Sale -2,946 36.67Sale -2,259 36.63Sale -300 36.63Sale -101 36.63Sale -2,340 36.63Sale -220 36.67Sale -1,190 36.53Sale -810 36.53Sale -446 36.33Sale -20 35.94TOTAL BUYS:116086 TOTAL SELLS:46612 (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 varying Product 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) 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONS Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 02-04-2008 Contact name Collins, Carolyn 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 http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group