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EPT Disclosure

12th Aug 2008 11:35

RNS Number : 1478B

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

12 August 2008

4FORM 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	11-08-2008

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			9660996	0.288
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			9660996	0.288

(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	9,353		36.47
Purchase	260	36.47
Purchase	2,197	36.47
Purchase	146	36.47
Purchase	7,314	36.47
Purchase	4,345	36.47
Purchase	744	36.47
Purchase	2,500	36.47
Purchase	665	36.47
Purchase	320	36.47
Purchase	3	36.47
Purchase	5,000	36.47
Purchase	5,000	36.47
Purchase	2,000	36.47
Purchase	250	36.47
Purchase	1,100	36.47
Purchase	37,966	36.47
Purchase	616	36.23
Purchase	850	36.23
Purchase	1	36.23
Purchase	2,000	36.23
Purchase	4,161	36.27
Purchase	2,621	36.27
Purchase	1	36.27
Purchase	1,600	36.27
Purchase	51	36.27
Purchase	316	36.27
Purchase	2,901	36.27
Purchase	110	36.23
Purchase	184	36.23
Purchase	816	36.23
Purchase	254	36.19
Purchase	169	36.19
Purchase	600	36.19
Purchase	1,031	36.19
Purchase	500	36.19
Purchase	23	36.19
Purchase	1,115	36.19
Purchase	469	36.19
Purchase	1,066	36.30
Purchase	33,935	36.30
Purchase	200	36.40
Purchase	2,912	36.40
Purchase	12	36.40
Purchase	100	36.40
Purchase	105	36.40
Purchase	1	36.38
Purchase	1	36.38
Purchase	66	36.38
Purchase	198	36.40
Purchase	64	36.40
Purchase	15	36.40
Purchase	928	36.40
Purchase	20	36.40
Purchase	19	36.40
Purchase	90	36.40
Purchase	3,800	36.40
Purchase	276	36.40
Purchase	4,577	36.40
Purchase	764	36.38
Purchase	1,090	36.39
Purchase	64	36.39
Purchase	3,007	36.39
Purchase	2,900	36.38
Purchase	5,410	36.38
Purchase	800	36.37
Purchase	461	36.37
Purchase	3,510	36.33
Purchase	936	36.33
Purchase	603	36.33
Purchase	462	36.33
Purchase	2,396	36.33
Purchase	257	36.37
Purchase	3,694	36.37
Purchase	210	36.37
Purchase	4,161	36.30
Purchase	1,000	36.30
Purchase	1,687	36.40
Purchase	188	36.40
Purchase	52	36.40
Purchase	11	36.40
Purchase	351	36.40
Purchase	2,288	36.40
Purchase	4,161	36.40
Purchase	2,898	36.48
Purchase	1,263	36.48
Purchase	157	36.46
Purchase	363	36.46
Purchase	3,641	36.46
Purchase	793	36.60
Purchase	10	36.60
Purchase	339	36.60
Purchase	14	36.60
Purchase	830	36.60
Purchase	3,424	36.60
Purchase	2,136	36.63
Purchase	750	36.63
Purchase	88	36.63
Purchase	158	36.63
Purchase	478	36.58
Purchase	1,682	36.58
Purchase	950	36.58
Purchase	612	36.62
Purchase	755	36.62
Purchase	2,500	36.62
Purchase	230	36.62
Purchase	64	36.62
Purchase	491	36.54
Purchase	3,187	36.54
Purchase	3	36.54
Purchase	480	36.54
Purchase	4,323	36.57
Purchase	1,362	36.60
Purchase	375	36.60
Purchase	194	36.60
Purchase	338	36.60
Purchase	760	36.60
Purchase	718	36.60
Purchase	414	36.60
Purchase	1,924	36.62
Purchase	520	36.62
Purchase	1,045	36.62
Purchase	172	36.62
Purchase	500	36.62
Purchase	340	36.57
Purchase	34	36.57
Purchase	129	36.57
Purchase	1,000	36.57
Purchase	8	36.57
Purchase	250	36.57
Purchase	574	36.57
Purchase	1,698	36.44
Purchase	2,606	36.44
Purchase	10,000	36.44
Purchase	1,207	36.50
Purchase	3,458	36.50
Purchase	559	36.50
Purchase	15,000	36.50
Purchase	600	36.50
Purchase	393	36.50
Purchase	250	36.50
Purchase	28	36.50
Purchase	6	36.50
Purchase	136	36.50
Purchase	244	36.50
Purchase	200	36.50
Purchase	2,000	36.50
Purchase	283	36.50
Purchase	320	36.50
Purchase	316	36.50
Purchase	3,317	36.44
Purchase	2	36.44
Purchase	28	36.44
Purchase	255	36.44
Purchase	196	36.44
Purchase	6,608	36.44
Purchase	100	36.44
Purchase	190	36.44
Purchase	1,976	36.53
Purchase	618	36.53
Purchase	17	36.53
Purchase	11	36.53
Purchase	127	36.53
Purchase	1,412	36.53
Purchase	186	36.41
Purchase	112	36.41
Purchase	234	36.41
Purchase	4,039	36.45
Purchase	100	36.45
Purchase	1	36.45
Purchase	18	36.45
Purchase	19	36.45
Purchase	100	36.45
Purchase	300	36.45
Purchase	200	36.41
Purchase	200	36.41
Purchase	400	36.41
Purchase	32	36.41
Purchase	220	36.59
Purchase	769	36.83
Purchase	650	36.85
Purchase	609	36.87
Purchase	82	36.87
Purchase	939	36.87
Purchase	2,808	36.85
Purchase	53	36.85
Purchase	1,066	36.85
Purchase	1,029	36.83
Purchase	82	36.83
Purchase	3	36.83
Purchase	2,278	36.83
Purchase	656	36.82
Purchase	2,000	36.82
Purchase	1	36.82
Purchase	133	36.82
Purchase	429	36.82
Purchase	358	36.82
Purchase	1,000	36.82
Purchase	3,377	36.84
Purchase	80	36.84
Purchase	298	36.84
Purchase	822	36.84
Purchase	4,161	36.90
Purchase	4,577	36.90
Purchase	844	36.90
Purchase	90	36.89
Purchase	3,156	36.88
Purchase	1,424	36.88
Purchase	3,153	36.88
Purchase	374	36.88
Purchase	3,545	36.88
Purchase	242	36.88
Purchase	2,362	36.86
Purchase	1,000	36.86
Purchase	271	36.86
Purchase	12	36.86
Purchase	17	36.86
Purchase	41	36.86
Purchase	874	36.86
Purchase	746	36.86
Purchase	1,299	36.86
Purchase	16	36.86
Purchase	1,500	36.86
Purchase	500	36.86
Purchase	100	36.86
Purchase	2,611	36.84
Purchase	10	36.84
Purchase	2	36.84
Purchase	1,193	36.84
Purchase	345	36.84
Purchase	5,410	36.80
Purchase	4,577	36.65
Purchase	4,350	36.74
Purchase	2,800	36.76
Purchase	60	36.76
Purchase	1,717	36.76
Purchase	227	36.74
Purchase	3,963	36.69
Purchase	3,613	36.70
Purchase	14	36.70
Purchase	232	36.70
Purchase	302	36.70
Purchase	1,030	36.69
Purchase	1,331	36.69
Purchase	19	36.69
Purchase	2,811	36.69
Purchase	874	36.68
Purchase	97	36.68
Purchase	3,606	36.68
Purchase	382	36.68
Purchase	271	36.68
Purchase	93	36.68
Purchase	80	36.68
Purchase	3,335	36.68
Purchase	4,161	36.67
Purchase	1,625	36.68
Purchase	63	36.68
Purchase	208	36.68
Purchase	1,000	36.60
Purchase	2,681	36.68
Purchase	71	36.89
Purchase	2,531	36.87
Purchase	2,797	36.41
Purchase	4,784	36.47
Purchase	82,088	36.74
Purchase	4,971	36.74
Sale	-56	36.74
Sale	-224	36.74
Sale	-270	36.76
Sale	-10	36.66
Sale	-220	37.05
Sale	-310,591	37.39
Sale	-18,809	37.39
Sale	-1	36.96

TOTAL BUYS:494159

TOTAL SELLS:330181

(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	12-08-2008
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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