2nd May 2008 11:39
UBS AG (EPT)02 May 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 BHP Billiton PlcClass of relevant security to which the 0.5 USD Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 01 MAY 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 8,881,032 0.40% 4,339,541 0.20%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,881,032 0.40% 4,339,541 0.20% (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 500 1785 pence PURCHASE 1100 1786 PURCHASE 3021 1787 PURCHASE 2189 1787 PURCHASE 2355 1788 SALE 1100 1788 SALE 500 1788 SALE 300 1788 SALE 1500 1788 SALE 800 1788 PURCHASE 1829 1788 PURCHASE 123 1788 PURCHASE 405 1788 PURCHASE 1609 1788 PURCHASE 500 1788 PURCHASE 3400 1788 PURCHASE 3400 1788 PURCHASE 6935 1788 PURCHASE 240 1788 PURCHASE 360 1788 PURCHASE 1380 1788 PURCHASE 1579 1788 PURCHASE 2041 1788 PURCHASE 214 1788 PURCHASE 1537 1788 PURCHASE 2114 1788 PURCHASE 65 1788 PURCHASE 2059 1788 PURCHASE 810 1789 SALE 1200 1789 SALE 500 1790 SALE 1498 1790 SALE 4699 1790 SALE 553 1790 SALE 552 1790 SALE 81 1790 SALE 2200 1790 PURCHASE 300 1794 SALE 200 1795 PURCHASE 2208 1795 PURCHASE 800 1795 PURCHASE 750 1795 PURCHASE 8887 1795 PURCHASE 2355 1795 SALE 600 1798 SALE 1300 1798 PURCHASE 225 1799 PURCHASE 675 1799 SALE 148 1799 SALE 352 1799 SALE 1207 1799 SALE 460 1799 SALE 200 1800 SALE 800 1800 PURCHASE 2948 1805 PURCHASE 3177 1808 PURCHASE 400 1809 PURCHASE 500 1809 SALE 224 1809 SALE 500 1810 SALE 25000 1810.28 PURCHASE 167 1811 PURCHASE 472 1813 PURCHASE 10 1813 PURCHASE 548 1814 PURCHASE 352 1814 PURCHASE 539 1814 PURCHASE 161 1814 SALE 3774 1814 PURCHASE 650 1814 PURCHASE 500 1814 PURCHASE 145 1815 PURCHASE 243 1815 PURCHASE 112 1815 PURCHASE 500 1815 PURCHASE 500 1815 PURCHASE 400 1815 PURCHASE 500 1815 PURCHASE 500 1815 PURCHASE 617 1815 PURCHASE 379 1815 PURCHASE 1931 1815 SALE 140 1815 SALE 1650 1815 SALE 1140 1815 PURCHASE 300 1815 PURCHASE 640 1815 PURCHASE 72 1815 PURCHASE 817 1815 SALE 1140 1816 SALE 72 1816 SALE 2441 1816 PURCHASE 800 1816 PURCHASE 285 1816 SALE 486 1816 PURCHASE 183 1816 PURCHASE 180 1816 PURCHASE 1391 1816 PURCHASE 85 1816 PURCHASE 157 1816 SALE 177 1816 PURCHASE 600 1816 SALE 449 1816 SALE 600 1816 SALE 1846 1816 PURCHASE 95 1817 PURCHASE 505 1817 PURCHASE 1200 1817 SALE 400 1817 PURCHASE 1790 1817 PURCHASE 500 1817 SALE 1290 1818 SALE 370 1818 SALE 500 1818 PURCHASE 133 1818 PURCHASE 167 1818 PURCHASE 1140 1819 SALE 600 1820 PURCHASE 757 1821 PURCHASE 1100 1822 SALE 300 1825 SALE 473 1828 PURCHASE 122 1828 PURCHASE 100 1828 PURCHASE 1672 1828 PURCHASE 2068 1828 PURCHASE 421 1828 PURCHASE 300 1828 PURCHASE 787 1828 PURCHASE 320 1829 PURCHASE 680 1829 SALE 1312 1829 PURCHASE 600 1830 PURCHASE 1859 1830 PURCHASE 1664 1830 PURCHASE 1031 1830 PURCHASE 391 1830 PURCHASE 195 1830 PURCHASE 900 1831 SALE 1100 1832 SALE 500 1834 SALE 3731 1835 SALE 234 1835 SALE 800 1835 SALE 700 1835 SALE 439 1835 SALE 700 1835 SALE 1000 1835 PURCHASE 1208 1836 PURCHASE 364 1836 PURCHASE 1156 1836 PURCHASE 2211 1836 PURCHASE 2035 1836 PURCHASE 268 1836 PURCHASE 1249 1836 SALE 93 1837 SALE 1819 1837 SALE 135 1837 PURCHASE 520 1837 PURCHASE 2500 1837 PURCHASE 255 1837 SALE 1010 1838 PURCHASE 555 1839 PURCHASE 145 1839 SALE 1100 1839 PURCHASE 1185 1839 PURCHASE 1660 1839 SALE 300 1840 SALE 2845 1840 SALE 2285 1840 SALE 7500 1840 SALE 5215 1840 SALE 57 1840 SALE 699 1840 SALE 582 1840 SALE 900 1841 PURCHASE 900 1841 PURCHASE 81 1841 PURCHASE 373 1842 SALE 1200 1842 PURCHASE 1541 1842 PURCHASE 590 1842 SALE 400 1843 PURCHASE 300 1843 PURCHASE 200 1843 SALE 1100 1843 SALE 801 1843 SALE 952 1843 SALE 652 1843 SALE 115 1843 PURCHASE 1325 1843 PURCHASE 648 1843 PURCHASE 600 1843 PURCHASE 900 1844 SALE 1200 1844 SALE 1973 1844 PURCHASE 587 1844 PURCHASE 2308 1844 SALE 600 1844 SALE 8457 1845 SALE 43 1845 SALE 81 1845 SALE 800 1845 SALE 800 1845 SALE 100 1845 SALE 648 1845 SALE 1660 1845 SALE 185 1846 SALE 3000 1846 SALE 640 1846 SALE 2735 1846 SALE 827 1846 SALE 2419 1846 PURCHASE 800 1846 SALE 7000 1847 SALE 2337 1847 SALE 890 1847 SALE 827 1847 SALE 99 1847 SALE 1500 1847 SALE 1000 1847 SALE 500 1847 SALE 341 1847 SALE 1459 1847 SALE 500 1847 SALE 880 1847 SALE 200 1847 SALE 211 1848 SALE 129 1848 PURCHASE 300 1848 PURCHASE 1481 1848 SALE 1904 1848 SALE 2055 1848 PURCHASE 1100 1849 PURCHASE 827 1849 PURCHASE 640 1849 PURCHASE 648 1849 PURCHASE 1482 1849 SALE 6336 1850 SALE 3597 1850 PURCHASE 140 1850 PURCHASE 1084 1850 PURCHASE 296 1850 SALE 1679 1851 PURCHASE 2717 1851 SALE 880 1851 SALE 203 1852 SALE 97 1852 PURCHASE 800 1852 SALE 535 1854 SALE 265 1854 PURCHASE 900 1854 PURCHASE 300 1854 PURCHASE 672 1854 PURCHASE 128 1854 PURCHASE 1360 1854 PURCHASE 424 1854 SALE 400 1855 SALE 2604 1855 SALE 576 1855 PURCHASE 1100 1857 SALE 1000 1858 SALE 701 1858 PURCHASE 400 1859 PURCHASE 400 1859 SALE 1963 1860 SALE 556 1860 SALE 362 1860 SALE 126 1860 SALE 37 1860 SALE 411 1860 SALE 2 1860 SALE 643 1860 SALE 446 1860 SALE 254 1860 SALE 986 1860 SALE 420 1860 SALE 700 1860 SALE 1660 1860 SALE 1325 1860 SALE 500 1860 SALE 648 1860 SALE 12355 1860 SALE 648 1860 SALE 640 1860 SALE 500 1860 SALE 896 1860 SALE 500 1860 SALE 480 1860 PURCHASE 1100 1861 SALE 3882 1861 SALE 1095 1861 SALE 5 1861 SALE 438 1861 SALE 3670 1861 PURCHASE 1692 1861 PURCHASE 900 1861 PURCHASE 200 1861 PURCHASE 2355 1862 PURCHASE 45 1862 SALE 225 1862 SALE 508 1862 SALE 698 1862 SALE 900 1862 PURCHASE 600 1862 PURCHASE 1498 1862 PURCHASE 1041 1862 PURCHASE 761 1862 SALE 332 1863 SALE 368 1863 SALE 250 1863 SALE 438 1863 PURCHASE 300 1864 PURCHASE 500 1864 PURCHASE 436 1865 PURCHASE 832 1865 PURCHASE 810 1865 PURCHASE 428 1865 SALE 650 1866 SALE 50 1866 SALE 7237 1866 SALE 1104 1866 SALE 270 1866 SALE 564 1866 SALE 500 1866 SALE 10000 1866 SALE 648 1866 SALE 564 1866 SALE 64 1867 SALE 4092 1867 SALE 2927 1867 SALE 740 1867 PURCHASE 300 1868 SALE 1000 1868 SALE 650 1869 SALE 350 1869 PURCHASE 500 1870 PURCHASE 926 1870 PURCHASE 820 1870 PURCHASE 400 1871 PURCHASE 200 1871 SALE 317 1871 SALE 317 1871 SALE 300 1873 SALE 700 1874 SALE 414 1875 SALE 1200 1876 PURCHASE 500 1876 SALE 108 1878 SALE 592 1878 PURCHASE 400 1879 PURCHASE 700 1880 TOTAL PURCHASES 160,130 TOTAL SALES 246,696 (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 02 MAY 2008Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone 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:
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