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EPT Disclosure

9th Jul 2008 11:55

RNS Number : 6799Y

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

09 July 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	8-July-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	2385642	0.071	9009860	0.268
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	2385642	0.071	9009860	0.268

(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	6,969		39.46
Purchase	59		39.46
Purchase	40		39.46
Purchase	2,409		39.46
Purchase	205		39.46
Purchase	2,918		39.46
Purchase	73		39.46
Purchase	440		39.46
Purchase	1,887		39.46
Purchase	13,976		39.60
Purchase	121		39.68
Purchase	1,732		39.68
Purchase	1,000		39.69
Purchase	660		39.69
Purchase	318		39.69
Purchase	2,070		39.70
Purchase	26		39.69
Purchase	2,205		39.69
Purchase	100		39.70
Purchase	2,283		39.69
Purchase	869		39.70
Purchase	879		39.70
Purchase	11		39.70
Purchase	43		39.70
Purchase	53		39.70
Purchase	110		39.70
Purchase	130		39.70
Purchase	207		39.70
Purchase	333		39.70
Purchase	191		39.70
Purchase	277		39.70
Purchase	2,037		39.70
Purchase	250		39.70
Purchase	781		39.70
Purchase	249		39.70
Purchase	841		39.69
Purchase	1,638		39.69
Purchase	1,362		39.69
Purchase	111		39.69
Purchase	38		39.69
Purchase	18		39.69
Purchase	38		39.69
Purchase	106		39.69
Purchase	135		39.69
Purchase	160		39.68
Purchase	4		39.68
Purchase	1,879		39.69
Purchase	1,003		39.68
Purchase	550		39.68
Purchase	72		39.67
Purchase	460		39.67
Purchase	775		39.68
Purchase	768		39.68
Purchase	13		39.68
Purchase	103		39.66
Purchase	1,634		39.67
Purchase	39		39.66
Purchase	294		39.66
Purchase	5,000		39.65
Purchase	907		39.65
Purchase	126		39.65
Purchase	1		39.68
Purchase	5,000		39.68
Purchase	503		39.68
Purchase	1,198		39.67
Purchase	20		39.67
Purchase	4,643		39.70
Purchase	62		39.69
Purchase	10		39.69
Purchase	26		39.69
Purchase	81		39.66
Purchase	245		39.66
Purchase	4,153		39.68
Purchase	102		39.69
Purchase	250		39.68
Purchase	108		39.70
Purchase	105		39.70
Purchase	7		39.70
Purchase	81		39.70
Purchase	48		39.69
Purchase	102		39.69
Purchase	201		39.69
Purchase	302		39.69
Purchase	107		39.68
Purchase	866		39.69
Purchase	226		39.69
Purchase	655		39.69
Purchase	201		39.69
Purchase	11		39.69
Purchase	1,200		39.69
Purchase	2,110		39.69
Purchase	213		39.68
Purchase	930		39.68
Purchase	310		39.68
Purchase	77		39.68
Purchase	10		39.68
Purchase	2,000		39.67
Purchase	154		39.68
Purchase	113		39.67
Purchase	927		39.68
Purchase	132		39.67
Purchase	1,466		39.68
Purchase	800		39.68
Purchase	738		39.68
Purchase	90		39.68
Purchase	290		39.68
Purchase	1,252		39.68
Purchase	897		39.68
Purchase	581		39.67
Purchase	4,727		39.67
Purchase	23		39.68
Purchase	1,647		39.68
Purchase	23		39.68
Purchase	222		39.67
Purchase	130		39.67
Purchase	31		39.67
Purchase	15		39.67
Purchase	1,349		39.67
Purchase	1,055		39.67
Purchase	143		39.64
Purchase	1,331		39.64
Purchase	912		39.66
Purchase	634		39.65
Purchase	1,342		39.65
Purchase	938		39.65
Purchase	253		39.65
Purchase	352		39.65
Purchase	1,566		39.65
Purchase	140		39.64
Purchase	10		39.64
Purchase	52		39.64
Purchase	42		39.64
Purchase	31		39.64
Purchase	174		39.64
Purchase	1,494		39.63
Purchase	602		39.63
Purchase	2,436		39.63
Purchase	914		39.63
Purchase	3,692		39.63
Purchase	790		39.63
Purchase	58		39.63
Purchase	86		39.63
Purchase	980		39.63
Purchase	318		39.64
Purchase	1,600		39.64
Purchase	1,954		39.64
Purchase	724		39.65
Purchase	771		39.64
Purchase	495		39.65
Purchase	666		39.63
Purchase	1,871		39.63
Purchase	2,137		39.63
Purchase	490		39.63
Purchase	302		39.63
Purchase	88		39.63
Purchase	733		39.63
Purchase	680		39.63
Purchase	1,106		39.63
Purchase	1,767		39.63
Purchase	561		39.63
Purchase	243		39.63
Purchase	290		39.63
Purchase	602		39.63
Purchase	484		39.63
Purchase	852		39.63
Purchase	663		39.63
Purchase	107		39.63
Purchase	36		39.64
Purchase	62		39.64
Purchase	179		39.65
Purchase	540		39.65
Purchase	1,039		39.65
Purchase	134		39.65
Purchase	43		39.65
Purchase	89		39.65
Purchase	400		39.65
Purchase	125		39.63
Purchase	4,565		39.65
Purchase	1,106		39.66
Purchase	184		39.66
Purchase	149		39.67
Purchase	4,191		39.67
Purchase	15		39.68
Purchase	9		39.68
Purchase	56		39.68
Purchase	15		39.68
Purchase	244		39.68
Purchase	83		39.68
Purchase	393		39.68
Purchase	464		39.66
Purchase	123		39.65
Purchase	1,983		39.65
Purchase	74		39.66
Purchase	90		39.65
Purchase	3,730		39.64
Purchase	143		39.67
Purchase	1,269		39.66
Purchase	87		39.65
Purchase	11		39.65
Purchase	224		39.65
Purchase	1,231		39.65
Purchase	3,280		39.65
Purchase	159		39.66
Purchase	109		39.67
Purchase	5,905		39.66
Purchase	14		39.67
Purchase	38		39.67
Purchase	9		39.67
Purchase	1,024		39.60
Purchase	314		39.77
Purchase	6,091		39.77
Purchase	6,424		39.77
Purchase	514		39.77
Purchase	1,000		39.77
Purchase	809		39.77
Purchase	2,954		39.77
Purchase	149		39.77
Purchase	785		39.77
Purchase	3,065		39.77
Purchase	148		39.77
Purchase	421		39.77
Purchase	81		39.77
Purchase	195		39.77
Purchase	974		39.77
Purchase	27		39.77
Purchase	349		39.77
Purchase	698		39.77
Purchase	2		39.77
Purchase	8,514		39.97
Purchase	2,737		39.97
Purchase	4,917		40.01
Purchase	170		40.01
Purchase	500		40.01
Purchase	3		40.01
Purchase	163		40.01
Purchase	1,247		40.01
Purchase	1,158		39.97
Purchase	1,688		39.97
Purchase	3		39.97
Purchase	900		39.97
Purchase	6,589		40.00
Purchase	119		40.00
Purchase	2		40.00
Purchase	2,000		40.00
Purchase	200		40.00
Purchase	25		40.00
Purchase	1,600		40.00
Purchase	5,000		40.00
Purchase	63		40.00
Purchase	4,000		40.00
Purchase	114		40.00
Purchase	1,618		40.00
Purchase	3,249		40.00
Purchase	200		39.99
Purchase	61		39.99
Purchase	66		39.99
Purchase	94		39.99
Purchase	114		39.97
Purchase	14,886		39.97
Purchase	41		40.00
Purchase	2,000		40.00
Purchase	750		40.00
Purchase	20		40.00
Purchase	4,016		40.00
Purchase	1,357		40.00
Purchase	2,847		40.00
Purchase	182		40.00
Purchase	860		40.00
Purchase	9,693		39.98
Purchase	2,836		40.00
Purchase	2,839		40.00
Purchase	977		40.00
Purchase	98		40.00
Purchase	985		40.00
Purchase	3,456		40.00
Purchase	960		39.98
Purchase	1,128		39.98
Purchase	1,817		39.98
Purchase	543		39.98
Purchase	3,788		39.98
Purchase	61		39.98
Purchase	138		39.97
Purchase	2,242		39.96
Purchase	33		39.96
Purchase	106		39.96
Purchase	62		39.96
Purchase	836		39.95
Purchase	162		39.95
Purchase	5,000		39.95
Purchase	37		39.95
Purchase	1,211		39.92
Purchase	896		39.92
Purchase	909		39.92
Purchase	2,696		39.92
Purchase	27		39.92
Purchase	17		39.92
Purchase	345		39.91
Purchase	59		39.92
Purchase	5,548		39.87
Purchase	602		39.87
Purchase	502		39.87
Purchase	1,324		39.88
Purchase	4,674		40.03
Purchase	1,222		40.03
Purchase	34		40.03
Purchase	34		40.03
Purchase	37		40.03
Purchase	330		40.03
Purchase	1,950		40.03
Purchase	2,500		40.03
Purchase	464		40.03
Purchase	62		40.03
Purchase	8,160		40.03
Purchase	11		40.02
Purchase	44		40.02
Purchase	464		40.02
Purchase	14		40.02
Purchase	7,400		40.00
Sale	-1,910		40.09
Sale	-1,000		39.43
Sale	-100		39.98
Sale	-483		40.08
Sale	-20		40.08
Sale	-4,140		40.08
Sale	-4,953		40.08
Sale	-83		40.08
Sale	-1,418		40.08
Sale	-46		40.08
Sale	-428		40.11
Sale	-151		40.11
Sale	-5,000		40.11
Sale	-421		40.11
Sale	-5,851		40.15
Sale	-125		40.15
Sale	-1,000		40.15
Sale	-23		40.15
Sale	-1		40.15
Sale	-19,006		40.10
Sale	-1,962		40.09
Sale	-4,128		40.09
Sale	-14,010		40.09
Sale	-4,240		40.09
Sale	-1,250		40.09
Sale	-500		40.09
Sale	-4,309		40.06
Sale	-2,500		40.06
Sale	-945		40.06
Sale	-94		40.06
Sale	-15		40.06
Sale	-9,782		40.06
Sale	-277		40.06
Sale	-800		40.06
Sale	-300		40.06
Sale	-900		40.06
Sale	-83		40.07
Sale	-4,500		40.07
Sale	-495		40.07

TOTAL BUY:357317

TOTAL SELL:97249

(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	9-07-2008
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

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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