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Macquarie Group Limited16 January 2008 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 15 January 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 5,000 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (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 than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 16 January 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/Sale Number of securities Price per unit (AUD) SALE 2398 39.07SALE 1 39.07SALE 1176 39.07SALE 224 39.07SALE 96 39.07SALE 96 39.07SALE 743 39.07SALE 5000 38.99SALE 500 38.99SALE 135 38.99SALE 1000 38.99SALE 600 38.99SALE 650 38.99SALE 2115 38.99SALE 100 39SALE 500 39SALE 819 39SALE 1505 38.91SALE 2585 38.92SALE 2415 38.92SALE 59 39.03SALE 96 39.03SALE 191 39.03SALE 96 39.03SALE 107 39.03SALE 1500 39.03SALE 1502 39.02SALE 951 39.03SALE 1333 38.96SALE 334 38.96SALE 4450 38.95SALE 7 38.95SALE 2543 38.95SALE 111 38.95SALE 649 38.88SALE 417 38.88SALE 1138 38.88SALE 5000 38.92SALE 2759 38.92SALE 50 38.92SALE 250 38.92SALE 1941 38.92SALE 1439 38.94SALE 5300 39SALE 50 39SALE 1000 39SALE 500 39SALE 1099 38.96SALE 436 38.89SALE 94 38.89SALE 95 38.89SALE 96 38.89SALE 2000 38.89SALE 1037 38.85SALE 429 38.89SALE 6648 38.88SALE 165 38.88SALE 179 38.88SALE 4 38.88SALE 1 38.88SALE 175 38.88SALE 1250 38.88SALE 7501 38.88SALE 57 38.88SALE 200 38.88SALE 250 38.88SALE 352 38.83SALE 762 38.78SALE 22 38.85SALE 94 38.85SALE 156 38.85SALE 96 38.85SALE 96 38.85SALE 168 38.85SALE 177 38.85SALE 1527 38.84SALE 29 38.84SALE 95 38.84SALE 96 38.84SALE 90 38.84SALE 300 38.84SALE 6433 38.84SALE 877 38.86SALE 76 38.86SALE 872 38.86SALE 720 38.73SALE 500 38.63SALE 4500 38.63SALE 947 38.64SALE 389 38.74SALE 510 38.74SALE 80 38.7SALE 2000 38.7SALE 3 38.7SALE 5000 38.7SALE 2917 38.7SALE 128 38.7SALE 152 38.7SALE 1000 38.7SALE 8720 38.7SALE 5796 38.7SALE 1000 38.7SALE 3204 38.7SALE 929 38.71SALE 54 38.73SALE 200 38.73SALE 200 38.73SALE 341 38.73SALE 878 38.75SALE 638 38.83SALE 57 38.83SALE 654 38.83SALE 718 38.79SALE 683 38.79SALE 5990 38.79SALE 1 38.79SALE 1 38.79SALE 1 38.79SALE 51 38.79SALE 2555 38.79SALE 22 38.86SALE 618 38.86SALE 60 38.77SALE 51 38.77SALE 563 38.77SALE 6 38.77SALE 35 38.83SALE 48 38.83SALE 43 38.83SALE 75 38.83SALE 323 38.83SALE 502 38.84SALE 4898 38.81SALE 102 38.81SALE 29 38.81SALE 35 38.81SALE 440 38.81SALE 2061 38.8SALE 96 38.8SALE 96 38.8SALE 87 38.8SALE 1215 38.8SALE 97 38.8SALE 90 38.8SALE 40 38.8SALE 40 38.8SALE 1000 38.8SALE 178 38.8SALE 125 38.78SALE 252 38.78SALE 306 38.81SALE 476 38.9SALE 319 38.84SALE 376 38.88SALE 162 38.93SALE 83 38.93SALE 220 38.88SALE 250 38.9SALE 63 38.88SALE 278 38.88SALE 97 38.92SALE 64 38.92SALE 4364 38.92SALE 316 38.91SALE 272 38.92SALE 335 38.83SALE 179 38.86SALE 27 38.86SALE 133 38.86SALE 331 38.83SALE 516 38.8SALE 489 38.8SALE 432 38.8SALE 463 38.8SALE 41 38.83SALE 349 38.83SALE 4999 38.92SALE 76 38.92SALE 355 38.92SALE 463 38.93SALE 3751 38.93SALE 256 38.93SALE 732 38.93SALE 4465 38.93SALE 708 38.93SALE 70 38.93SALE 18 38.93SALE 1 38.88SALE 50 38.88SALE 100 38.88SALE 153 38.88SALE 304 38.88SALE 250 38.87SALE 14 38.87SALE 300 38.87SALE 220 38.93SALE 300 38.92SALE 190 38.92SALE 263 38.92SALE 510 38.93SALE 300 38.92SALE 624 38.87SALE 625 38.87SALE 1450 38.84SALE 877 38.84SALE 480 38.84SALE 459 38.84SALE 1434 38.84SALE 4270 38.8SALE 292 38.82SALE 501 38.82SALE 4226 38.78SALE 774 38.78SALE 217 38.78SALE 403 38.78SALE 35 38.77SALE 238 38.75SALE 5000 38.75SALE 346 38.75SALE 890 38.75SALE 177 38.75SALE 61 38.75SALE 8253 38.75SALE 1052 38.74SALE 500 38.74SALE 162 38.74SALE 13000 38.74SALE 286 38.74SALE 296 38.74SALE 785 38.72SALE 510 38.72SALE 28 38.72SALE 67 38.72SALE 96 38.72SALE 96 38.72SALE 421 38.71SALE 6500 38.67SALE 1918 38.67SALE 857 38.69SALE 582 38.64SALE 10000 38.61SALE 173 38.58SALE 245 38.57SALE 583 38.57SALE 8500 38.45SALE 1500 38.45SALE 823 38.47SALE 229 38.48SALE 566 38.48SALE 1871 38.48SALE 1785 38.48SALE 2500 38.48SALE 200 38.48SALE 364 38.48SALE 96 38.48SALE 3410 38.46SALE 35 38.46SALE 2327 38.46SALE 2412 38.46SALE 712 38.45SALE 6075 38.4SALE 642 38.4SALE 4386 38.4SALE 3185 38.4SALE 695 38.47SALE 500 38.54SALE 536 38.54SALE 10035 38.54SALE 2157 38.54SALE 27 38.54SALE 2 38.54SALE 96 38.54SALE 95 38.54SALE 35 38.54SALE 2553 38.54SALE 155 38.58SALE 600 38.58SALE 266 38.58SALE 257 38.57SALE 658 38.57SALE 938 38.65SALE 44 38.65SALE 1000 38.65SALE 4897 38.65SALE 1107 38.62SALE 292 38.69SALE 768 38.69SALE 1333 38.62SALE 249 38.62SALE 1000 38.62SALE 80 38.62SALE 100 38.62SALE 481 38.62SALE 13 38.62SALE 2136 38.62SALE 78 38.64SALE 71 38.64SALE 63 38.64SALE 100 38.64SALE 1229 38.64SALE 160 38.65SALE 1051 38.65SALE 490 38.65SALE 58 38.65SALE 547 38.65SALE 681 38.68SALE 1000 38.68SALE 389 38.68SALE 96 38.68SALE 2834 38.68SALE 2410 38.69SALE 29 38.69SALE 135 38.69SALE 191 38.69SALE 192 38.69SALE 1838 38.69SALE 205 38.69SALE 5000 38.66SALE 573 38.64SALE 5000 38.63SALE 5000 38.63SALE 18 38.64SALE 33 38.62SALE 150 38.57SALE 827 38.57SALE 4409 38.56SALE 1328 38.71SALE 257 38.71SALE 51705 38.71SALE 4087 38.71SALE 2623 38.71SALE 31 38.71SALE 400 38.71SALE 2577 38.71SALE 359734 38.7361SALE 369734 38.72972PURCHASE 10000 38.5PURCHASE 359734 38.7361PURCHASE 57641 38.7628PURCHASE 359734 38.776PURCHASE 369734 38.72972TOTAL SALE 1156843 TOTAL PURCHASE 1156843 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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