4th Jan 2008 11:40
UBS AG (EPT)04 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 INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PLCClass of relevant security to which the 10p Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 03 JANUARY 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 2,261,003 0.23% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 2,261,003 0.23% 0 0.00% (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 thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) PURCHASE 31 5190 pence PURCHASE 271 5190 PURCHASE 550 5190 PURCHASE 204 5195 SALE 400 5196 PURCHASE 30 5197 PURCHASE 300 5197 PURCHASE 423 5197 PURCHASE 579 5197 PURCHASE 1676 5198 SALE 1000 5199 SALE 800 5199 SALE 32 5199 PURCHASE 180 5199 PURCHASE 333 5200 SALE 500 5201 PURCHASE 800 5202 PURCHASE 997 5203 SALE 476 5206 PURCHASE 89 5206 PURCHASE 285 5206 SALE 200 5210 PURCHASE 385 5210 SALE 769 5212 PURCHASE 55 5213 PURCHASE 100 5213 PURCHASE 198 5213 PURCHASE 508 5213 PURCHASE 1014 5213 PURCHASE 2000 5213 PURCHASE 359 5216 PURCHASE 233 5217 PURCHASE 560 5221 SALE 768 5224 PURCHASE 25 5224 PURCHASE 339 5224 PURCHASE 432 5224 SALE 761 5225 SALE 203 5225 PURCHASE 133 5225 PURCHASE 435 5225 PURCHASE 595 5225 PURCHASE 1000 5225 PURCHASE 1000 5226 PURCHASE 53 5227 PURCHASE 258 5227 PURCHASE 333 5227 PURCHASE 417 5227 PURCHASE 372 5228 PURCHASE 509 5228 PURCHASE 57 5229 SALE 300 5230 PURCHASE 299 5230 SALE 445 5231 SALE 325 5231 SALE 300 5232 PURCHASE 239 5232 SALE 576 5233 SALE 1312 5235 PURCHASE 307 5240 PURCHASE 333 5240 SALE 790 5241 SALE 73 5241 PURCHASE 34 5242 PURCHASE 699 5242 SALE 268 5243 PURCHASE 32 5243 PURCHASE 53 5243 PURCHASE 507 5243 PURCHASE 880 5243 SALE 57 5244 SALE 28 5244 SALE 470 5246 SALE 56 5246 SALE 219 5247 SALE 149 5247 PURCHASE 18 5247 PURCHASE 48 5247 PURCHASE 69 5247 PURCHASE 189 5247 PURCHASE 504 5247 PURCHASE 171 5248 PURCHASE 249 5248 PURCHASE 271 5248 PURCHASE 338 5248 PURCHASE 800 5248 PURCHASE 198 5249 PURCHASE 279 5249 PURCHASE 446 5249 PURCHASE 88 5250 PURCHASE 338 5250 PURCHASE 502 5250 PURCHASE 696 5250 SALE 625 5251 SALE 39 5251 SALE 14 5251 PURCHASE 48 5251 PURCHASE 98 5251 PURCHASE 212 5251 SALE 302 5252 PURCHASE 116 5252 PURCHASE 330 5252 SALE 268 5253 SALE 200 5253 PURCHASE 316 5253 SALE 330 5254 SALE 300 5254 SALE 300 5254 PURCHASE 98 5254 PURCHASE 1022 5255 PURCHASE 2000 5255 PURCHASE 241 5256 SALE 1503 5257 SALE 540 5257 PURCHASE 444 5257 PURCHASE 444 5257 PURCHASE 444 5257 SALE 561 5258 SALE 200 5258 SALE 150 5258 SALE 93 5258 PURCHASE 19 5258 PURCHASE 178 5258 PURCHASE 297 5258 PURCHASE 333 5258 PURCHASE 545 5258 PURCHASE 673 5258 PURCHASE 1194 5258 SALE 495 5259 PURCHASE 28 5259 PURCHASE 120 5259 SALE 923 5260 SALE 400 5260 SALE 396 5260 SALE 5 5260 PURCHASE 25 5260 PURCHASE 182 5260 SALE 300 5261 SALE 276 5261 SALE 147 5261 SALE 50 5261 SALE 50 5261 PURCHASE 14 5261 PURCHASE 37 5261 PURCHASE 234 5261 PURCHASE 281 5261 PURCHASE 336 5261 PURCHASE 372 5261 PURCHASE 399 5261 SALE 67 5262 PURCHASE 99 5262 PURCHASE 201 5262 PURCHASE 339 5262 PURCHASE 411 5262 PURCHASE 437 5262 SALE 692 5263 SALE 400 5263 SALE 300 5263 SALE 295 5263 SALE 220 5263 PURCHASE 85 5263 PURCHASE 400 5263 PURCHASE 400 5263 PURCHASE 598 5263 PURCHASE 727 5263 SALE 358 5264 SALE 204 5264 SALE 62 5264 SALE 15 5264 PURCHASE 213 5264 PURCHASE 263 5264 PURCHASE 800 5264 SALE 615 5265 SALE 449 5265 SALE 316 5265 SALE 281 5265 SALE 189 5265 SALE 100 5265 SALE 39 5265 PURCHASE 18 5265 PURCHASE 24 5265 PURCHASE 42 5265 PURCHASE 48 5265 PURCHASE 284 5265 PURCHASE 312 5265 PURCHASE 357 5265 PURCHASE 417 5265 PURCHASE 500 5265 PURCHASE 545 5265 PURCHASE 902 5265 SALE 785 5266 SALE 401 5266 SALE 230 5266 SALE 56 5266 SALE 56 5266 SALE 56 5266 SALE 56 5266 SALE 28 5266 SALE 28 5266 SALE 589 5267 SALE 579 5267 SALE 557 5267 SALE 300 5267 SALE 197 5267 SALE 62 5267 PURCHASE 1 5267 PURCHASE 51 5267 PURCHASE 200 5267 PURCHASE 318 5267 SALE 750 5268 SALE 554 5268 SALE 552 5268 SALE 408 5268 SALE 323 5268 SALE 26 5268 PURCHASE 1437 5268 SALE 186 5269 SALE 223 5270 PURCHASE 500 5270 PURCHASE 2122 5270 SALE 83 5271 PURCHASE 223 5271 PURCHASE 255 5271 SALE 420 5272 SALE 7 5272 SALE 1131 5273 SALE 369 5273 SALE 169 5273 SALE 938 5274 SALE 330 5274 SALE 266 5274 SALE 219 5274 SALE 149 5274 SALE 142 5274 PURCHASE 35 5274 SALE 291 5275 SALE 244 5275 SALE 82 5275 PURCHASE 16 5275 PURCHASE 22 5275 PURCHASE 58 5275 PURCHASE 321 5275 PURCHASE 338 5275 PURCHASE 600 5275 SALE 303 5276 SALE 214 5276 SALE 152 5276 SALE 8 5276 SALE 487 5277 SALE 300 5277 SALE 18 5277 PURCHASE 45 5277 PURCHASE 245 5277 PURCHASE 245 5277 PURCHASE 333 5277 PURCHASE 800 5277 SALE 145 5278 SALE 102 5278 SALE 8 5278 PURCHASE 155 5278 PURCHASE 275 5278 PURCHASE 505 5278 PURCHASE 600 5278 SALE 380 5279 SALE 150 5279 PURCHASE 600 5279 SALE 180 5280 SALE 800 5281 SALE 48 5281 SALE 10 5281 SALE 300 5282 SALE 449 5283 SALE 333 5284 PURCHASE 345 5284 SALE 1000 5285 SALE 800 5285 SALE 701 5285 SALE 600 5285 SALE 538 5285 SALE 143 5285 PURCHASE 65 5285 PURCHASE 255 5285 PURCHASE 264 5285 PURCHASE 332 5285 PURCHASE 429 5285 SALE 792 5286 SALE 683 5286 PURCHASE 168 5287 SALE 1580 5288 SALE 250 5288 SALE 250 5288 SALE 196 5288 SALE 195 5288 SALE 194 5288 SALE 150 5288 SALE 100 5288 SALE 40 5288 SALE 38 5288 SALE 23 5288 PURCHASE 111 5288 PURCHASE 143 5288 PURCHASE 165 5288 PURCHASE 400 5288 SALE 784 5289 PURCHASE 80 5289 PURCHASE 193 5289 PURCHASE 371 5289 SALE 300 5290 SALE 228 5290 SALE 200 5290 SALE 131 5290 SALE 44 5290 SALE 22 5290 PURCHASE 39 5290 PURCHASE 52 5290 PURCHASE 66 5290 PURCHASE 105 5290 PURCHASE 171 5290 PURCHASE 271 5290 PURCHASE 462 5290 PURCHASE 600 5290 PURCHASE 627 5290 SALE 348 5291 SALE 221 5291 SALE 148 5291 SALE 72 5291 PURCHASE 158 5291 PURCHASE 800 5291 PURCHASE 1077 5291 SALE 1363 5292 SALE 780 5292 SALE 581 5292 SALE 255 5292 SALE 248 5292 SALE 195 5292 SALE 63 5292 PURCHASE 110 5292 PURCHASE 128 5292 PURCHASE 172 5292 SALE 605 5293 SALE 250 5293 SALE 133 5293 SALE 29 5293 SALE 28 5293 SALE 2 5293 PURCHASE 16 5293 PURCHASE 16 5293 PURCHASE 99 5293 PURCHASE 100 5293 PURCHASE 100 5293 PURCHASE 239 5293 PURCHASE 300 5293 SALE 713 5294 SALE 526 5294 SALE 400 5294 SALE 209 5294 SALE 41 5294 PURCHASE 134 5294 PURCHASE 228 5294 PURCHASE 303 5294 PURCHASE 746 5294 PURCHASE 1100 5294 SALE 600 5295 SALE 439 5295 SALE 366 5295 SALE 266 5295 SALE 36 5295 SALE 23 5295 SALE 6 5295 PURCHASE 4 5295 PURCHASE 21 5295 PURCHASE 113 5295 PURCHASE 256 5295 PURCHASE 258 5295 PURCHASE 272 5295 PURCHASE 336 5295 PURCHASE 392 5295 PURCHASE 392 5295 PURCHASE 392 5295 PURCHASE 789 5295 PURCHASE 800 5295 PURCHASE 1867 5295 SALE 800 5296 SALE 400 5296 SALE 285 5296 SALE 281 5296 SALE 100 5296 SALE 91 5296 PURCHASE 13 5296 PURCHASE 85 5296 PURCHASE 85 5296 PURCHASE 88 5296 PURCHASE 177 5296 PURCHASE 406 5296 PURCHASE 451 5296 PURCHASE 500 5296 PURCHASE 522 5296 PURCHASE 1009 5296 SALE 344 5297 SALE 141 5297 SALE 42 5297 SALE 1978 5299 SALE 434 5299 SALE 492 5300 SALE 300 5300 SALE 172 5300 SALE 138 5300 PURCHASE 79 5300 PURCHASE 114 5300 PURCHASE 300 5300 PURCHASE 339 5300 SALE 316 5301 SALE 120 5301 PURCHASE 296 5301 SALE 84 5302 SALE 46 5302 SALE 39 5302 SALE 32 5302 SALE 25 5302 SALE 22 5302 SALE 6 5302 SALE 879 5303 PURCHASE 376 5303 PURCHASE 5 5304 PURCHASE 573 5304 SALE 262 5305 PURCHASE 51 5305 PURCHASE 386 5305 PURCHASE 611 5305 PURCHASE 800 5305 SALE 600 5306 SALE 12 5306 PURCHASE 145 5306 PURCHASE 283 5306 SALE 1000 5310 SALE 276 5310 SALE 226 5310 PURCHASE 6 5310 PURCHASE 1000 5310 SALE 480 5312 SALE 480 5312 PURCHASE 500 5312 SALE 390 5314 PURCHASE 100 5314 PURCHASE 214 5314 SALE 1000 5316 SALE 228 5316 SALE 168 5316 SALE 112 5316 SALE 98 5316 SALE 1 5316 SALE 328 5317 SALE 140 5317 PURCHASE 164 5317 SALE 112 5318 SALE 423 5319 SALE 130 5319 SALE 112 5319 PURCHASE 7 5320 PURCHASE 284 5320 PURCHASE 1000 5320 SALE 571 5321 SALE 323 5321 SALE 300 5321 SALE 188 5321 PURCHASE 95 5322 PURCHASE 603 5322 PURCHASE 53 5323 PURCHASE 167 5323 PURCHASE 390 5323 SALE 82 5326 PURCHASE 440 5327 SALE 1000 5328 SALE 658 5330 SALE 332 5330 SALE 1 5331 PURCHASE 1412 5333 SALE 622 5336 SALE 549 5336 SALE 294 5336 SALE 150 5336 SALE 112 5336 PURCHASE 196 5336 PURCHASE 869 5336 SALE 499 5338 SALE 112 5338 PURCHASE 62 5338 PURCHASE 139 5338 SALE 766 5339 SALE 62 5339 SALE 229 5340 PURCHASE 247 5340 SALE 1209 5341 SALE 950 5341 SALE 419 5341 SALE 384 5341 SALE 384 5341 SALE 150 5341 SALE 98 5341 SALE 65 5341 PURCHASE 16 5341 PURCHASE 164 5341 PURCHASE 241 5341 PURCHASE 366 5341 PURCHASE 530 5341 SALE 277 5342 SALE 101 5342 SALE 93 5342 SALE 21 5342 PURCHASE 21 5342 PURCHASE 21 5342 PURCHASE 329 5342 PURCHASE 480 5342 PURCHASE 880 5342 PURCHASE 978 5342 PURCHASE 147 5343 PURCHASE 1200 5343 SALE 400 5344 SALE 112 5344 SALE 84 5344 SALE 1 5344 PURCHASE 46 5344 PURCHASE 172 5344 SALE 530 5345 SALE 421 5345 SALE 400 5345 SALE 150 5345 SALE 112 5345 PURCHASE 157 5345 PURCHASE 171 5345 PURCHASE 220 5345 SALE 112 5346 SALE 64 5346 PURCHASE 300 5346 PURCHASE 406 5346 SALE 720 5347 SALE 686 5347 SALE 240 5347 SALE 180 5347 SALE 120 5347 SALE 112 5347 SALE 75 5347 PURCHASE 315 5347 PURCHASE 100 5348 PURCHASE 246 5348 PURCHASE 543 5348 PURCHASE 691 5348 SALE 1000 5349 SALE 517 5349 SALE 479 5349 SALE 400 5349 SALE 201 5349 SALE 450 5350 PURCHASE 31 5350 PURCHASE 77 5350 PURCHASE 156 5350 PURCHASE 296 5350 PURCHASE 434 5350 PURCHASE 498 5350 PURCHASE 592 5350 SALE 1644 5351 SALE 120 5351 SALE 109 5351 PURCHASE 184 5351 SALE 825 5352 SALE 368 5352 SALE 98 5352 PURCHASE 13 5352 PURCHASE 30 5352 PURCHASE 46 5352 PURCHASE 53 5352 PURCHASE 155 5352 PURCHASE 163 5352 PURCHASE 240 5352 PURCHASE 264 5352 PURCHASE 400 5352 PURCHASE 552 5352 PURCHASE 568 5352 PURCHASE 584 5352 PURCHASE 596 5352 SALE 1868 5353 SALE 282 5353 SALE 112 5353 PURCHASE 46 5353 PURCHASE 884 5353 SALE 2801 5354 SALE 919 5354 SALE 400 5354 SALE 364 5354 SALE 300 5354 SALE 260 5354 SALE 259 5354 PURCHASE 4 5354 PURCHASE 36 5354 PURCHASE 77 5354 PURCHASE 82 5354 PURCHASE 86 5354 PURCHASE 148 5354 PURCHASE 150 5354 PURCHASE 158 5354 PURCHASE 360 5354 PURCHASE 379 5354 PURCHASE 380 5354 PURCHASE 393 5354 PURCHASE 400 5354 PURCHASE 400 5354 PURCHASE 400 5354 PURCHASE 558 5354 SALE 1356 5355 SALE 400 5355 SALE 140 5355 PURCHASE 50 5355 PURCHASE 94 5355 PURCHASE 154 5355 PURCHASE 309 5355 PURCHASE 400 5355 PURCHASE 405 5355 PURCHASE 424 5355 SALE 800 5356 SALE 459 5356 SALE 410 5356 SALE 13 5356 PURCHASE 2 5356 PURCHASE 28 5356 PURCHASE 33 5356 PURCHASE 100 5356 PURCHASE 153 5356 PURCHASE 208 5356 PURCHASE 313 5356 PURCHASE 400 5356 PURCHASE 491 5356 PURCHASE 774 5356 PURCHASE 1388 5356 SALE 2813 5357 SALE 251 5357 SALE 112 5357 PURCHASE 75 5357 PURCHASE 128 5357 PURCHASE 251 5357 PURCHASE 332 5357 PURCHASE 386 5357 PURCHASE 550 5357 PURCHASE 600 5357 PURCHASE 1254 5357 SALE 498 5358 SALE 400 5358 SALE 400 5358 SALE 153 5358 SALE 90 5358 PURCHASE 284 5358 SALE 183 5359 PURCHASE 246 5359 PURCHASE 544 5359 SALE 1222 5360 PURCHASE 14 5360 PURCHASE 186 5360 PURCHASE 265 5360 SALE 112 5363 PURCHASE 184 5363 PURCHASE 288 5364 SALE 943 5370 SALE 576 5370 SALE 460 5370 SALE 253 5370 SALE 28 5370 TOTAL PURCHASES 120,507 TOTAL SALES 115,016 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 04 JANUARY 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISER Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto