25th Apr 2008 11:14
UBS AG (EPT)25 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 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 24 APRIL 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 8,863,259 0.40% 4,147,883 0.19%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,863,259 0.40% 4,147,883 0.19% (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 3636 1824 pence SALE 35 1825 SALE 1300 1825 SALE 398 1826 SALE 266 1826 PURCHASE 403 1826 SALE 659 1827 SALE 95 1829 PURCHASE 465 1829 SALE 273 1829 PURCHASE 385 1829 SALE 1220 1830 PURCHASE 636 1830 SALE 258 1830 SALE 1201 1830 SALE 823 1831 SALE 715 1831 SALE 512 1831 SALE 101 1831 PURCHASE 1725 1831 PURCHASE 1725 1831 PURCHASE 1331 1832 PURCHASE 438 1832 PURCHASE 431 1832 PURCHASE 438 1832 PURCHASE 199 1832 PURCHASE 1248 1832 SALE 86 1832 PURCHASE 340 1833 PURCHASE 327 1833 SALE 1383 1833 SALE 627 1833 SALE 228 1834 SALE 598 1834 SALE 1162 1834 PURCHASE 1002 1835 PURCHASE 371 1835 PURCHASE 975 1835 PURCHASE 1128 1835 PURCHASE 1035 1835 PURCHASE 1696 1835 SALE 66 1836 PURCHASE 618 1836 PURCHASE 2531 1836 PURCHASE 234 1836 PURCHASE 985 1836 PURCHASE 399 1836 SALE 1307 1836 SALE 2893 1836 SALE 2553 1836 SALE 3247 1836 PURCHASE 2052 1836 SALE 912 1837 PURCHASE 539 1837 PURCHASE 564 1837 SALE 260 1838 PURCHASE 3737 1838 SALE 1325 1838 PURCHASE 180 1839 SALE 100 1840 SALE 104 1840 SALE 628 1840 PURCHASE 650 1840 PURCHASE 500 1840 SALE 232 1841 PURCHASE 500 1841 PURCHASE 2052 1841 PURCHASE 900 1841 SALE 5162 1842 SALE 99 1843 PURCHASE 314 1843 PURCHASE 334 1843 PURCHASE 984 1843 PURCHASE 984 1843 SALE 65 1844 SALE 592 1844 SALE 699 1844 SALE 456 1844 SALE 610 1844 SALE 650 1844 SALE 648 1844 SALE 554 1845 SALE 601 1846 PURCHASE 220 1846 SALE 308 1847 PURCHASE 220 1847 PURCHASE 270 1847 PURCHASE 500 1847 PURCHASE 390 1847 PURCHASE 228 1847 PURCHASE 436 1847 PURCHASE 417 1848 PURCHASE 630 1848 PURCHASE 827 1848 SALE 202 1848 PURCHASE 984 1848 SALE 2291 1848 SALE 2555 1848 PURCHASE 1751 1848 PURCHASE 600 1848 PURCHASE 172 1849 SALE 257 1849 SALE 564 1849 PURCHASE 3866 1849 SALE 70 1849 SALE 606 1849 SALE 882 1850 SALE 758 1850 PURCHASE 507 1850 PURCHASE 1318 1850 PURCHASE 400 1850 PURCHASE 2917 1850 PURCHASE 454 1850 PURCHASE 5261 1850 PURCHASE 405 1850 SALE 50 1850 SALE 1872 1850 SALE 410 1850 PURCHASE 564 1850 SALE 172 1850 PURCHASE 361 1851 SALE 400 1851 PURCHASE 940 1852 PURCHASE 44 1852 SALE 3281 1853 SALE 564 1854 SALE 414 1854 PURCHASE 500 1855 SALE 97 1855 PURCHASE 145 1855 PURCHASE 97 1855 PURCHASE 1000 1856 SALE 3689 1856 SALE 285 1857 SALE 659 1858 PURCHASE 960 1859 PURCHASE 500 1859 PURCHASE 564 1859 SALE 139 1860 SALE 596 1860 SALE 2524 1860 PURCHASE 1764 1863 PURCHASE 5261 1864 PURCHASE 1300 1864 PURCHASE 1756 1865 PURCHASE 978 1865 PURCHASE 74 1865 PURCHASE 170 1867 PURCHASE 170 1869 SALE 600 1870 SALE 617 1871 PURCHASE 1221 1871 PURCHASE 479 1871 PURCHASE 184 1871 PURCHASE 44 1871 PURCHASE 339 1871 PURCHASE 43 1871 PURCHASE 90 1871 SALE 2400 1871 SALE 690 1871 SALE 10 1871 PURCHASE 340 1871 PURCHASE 337 1871 PURCHASE 3 1871 PURCHASE 1700 1872 PURCHASE 2082 1872 SALE 445 1872 PURCHASE 1300 1872 PURCHASE 96 1874 SALE 75 1875 SALE 916 1875 SALE 1409 1875 SALE 1700 1875 SALE 700 1875 PURCHASE 500 1875 PURCHASE 600 1875 PURCHASE 2400 1877 PURCHASE 1900 1878 PURCHASE 2228 1878 PURCHASE 700 1879 SALE 916 1879 SALE 916 1879 SALE 500 1879 SALE 800 1880 SALE 589 1881 SALE 211 1881 PURCHASE 1900 1881 PURCHASE 916 1881 PURCHASE 284 1881 PURCHASE 800 1881 SALE 127 1881 SALE 2400 1882 PURCHASE 104 1882 SALE 500 1883 PURCHASE 261 1884 PURCHASE 1900 1885 SALE 2400 1886 PURCHASE 340 1887 PURCHASE 340 1887 PURCHASE 1320 1887 PURCHASE 325 1888 SALE 640 1889 PURCHASE 1550 1889 PURCHASE 534 1889 PURCHASE 500 1889 SALE 1000 1890 SALE 110 1890 SALE 2400 1890 SALE 43 1890 SALE 4000 1890 SALE 1000 1891 PURCHASE 1129 1892 SALE 670 1892 SALE 30 1892 PURCHASE 487 1892 SALE 433 1893 PURCHASE 2133 1893 PURCHASE 1900 1893 SALE 800 1893 PURCHASE 1398 1893 SALE 600 1893 SALE 2796 1894 PURCHASE 1400 1894 PURCHASE 425 1894 PURCHASE 75 1894 PURCHASE 500 1894 PURCHASE 367 1894 PURCHASE 233 1894 PURCHASE 602 1894 PURCHASE 698 1894 PURCHASE 650 1894 SALE 1173 1894 SALE 650 1895 SALE 685 1895 SALE 500 1895 SALE 700 1895 SALE 1600 1896 SALE 1000 1896 PURCHASE 960 1896 PURCHASE 266 1896 PURCHASE 190 1896 SALE 500 1897 SALE 894 1897 PURCHASE 1900 1897 SALE 16 1897 PURCHASE 187 1898 PURCHASE 845 1898 PURCHASE 262 1898 PURCHASE 111 1898 PURCHASE 3335 1898 PURCHASE 640 1898 PURCHASE 500 1898 SALE 3605 1899 SALE 1140 1899 SALE 500 1899 SALE 1555 1899 SALE 345 1899 SALE 1877 1899 PURCHASE 500 1899 PURCHASE 984 1899 PURCHASE 500 1899 SALE 3335 1900 SALE 3198 1900 SALE 1304 1900 SALE 2500 1900 SALE 1102 1900 SALE 2444 1900 PURCHASE 1515 1900 PURCHASE 85 1900 PURCHASE 2000 1900 PURCHASE 200 1900 SALE 405 1900 SALE 881 1901 SALE 19 1901 SALE 1100 1901 SALE 1940 1901 PURCHASE 168 1902 PURCHASE 1700 1902 PURCHASE 32 1902 SALE 2100 1906 SALE 1267 1906 PURCHASE 1035 1909 PURCHASE 3520 1913 PURCHASE 61 1913 SALE 1920 1915 SALE 2200 1915 PURCHASE 2516 1917 SALE 596 1918 PURCHASE 17000 1847 PURCHASE 20000 1850.885 PURCHASE 105000 1834.416 PURCHASE 100000 1834.615 TOTAL PURCHASES 384,581 TOTAL SALES 135,842 (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 25 APRIL 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:
BHP Group