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EPT Disclosure

16th Sep 2008 11:36

RNS Number : 5341D

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

16 September 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	15-09-2008

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			11091418	0.330
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			11091418	0.330

(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	102	36.10
Purchase	6,160	36.50
Purchase	500	36.50
Purchase	120	36.50
Purchase	3,000	36.50
Purchase	150	36.50
Purchase	2,000	36.50
Purchase	26,226	36.50
Purchase	7,000	36.50
Purchase	640	36.50
Purchase	37	36.50
Purchase	171	36.50
Purchase	500	36.50
Purchase	1,000	36.50
Purchase	38	36.50
Purchase	100	36.50
Purchase	900	36.50
Purchase	334	36.50
Purchase	288	36.45
Purchase	4	36.45
Purchase	300	36.45
Purchase	414	36.45
Purchase	278	36.45
Purchase	1,000	36.45
Purchase	320	36.45
Purchase	37	36.45
Purchase	37	36.45
Purchase	86	36.45
Purchase	1,020	36.45
Purchase	286	36.45
Purchase	10	36.45
Purchase	95	36.45
Purchase	1,601	36.44
Purchase	4,425	36.44
Purchase	923	36.43
Purchase	15,000	36.44
Purchase	2,634	36.48
Purchase	7,500	36.48
Purchase	41	36.48
Purchase	1,042	36.48
Purchase	250	36.48
Purchase	4,588	36.48
Purchase	2,089	36.48
Purchase	1,500	36.48
Purchase	75	36.48
Purchase	672	36.48
Purchase	150	36.48
Purchase	275	36.48
Purchase	94	36.48
Purchase	500	36.48
Purchase	1,856	36.48
Purchase	1,715	36.48
Purchase	19	36.48
Purchase	5,200	36.48
Purchase	300	36.48
Purchase	9,500	36.48
Purchase	2,415	36.48
Purchase	6,000	36.48
Purchase	2,800	36.48
Purchase	3,785	36.48
Purchase	4,032	36.45
Purchase	6	36.45
Purchase	1,500	36.45
Purchase	37	36.45
Purchase	3,000	36.45
Purchase	500	36.45
Purchase	189	36.45
Purchase	311	36.45
Purchase	500	36.45
Purchase	1,340	36.45
Purchase	850	36.45
Purchase	848	36.45
Purchase	7,177	36.45
Purchase	100	36.45
Purchase	1,247	36.45
Purchase	4,007	36.45
Purchase	100	36.45
Purchase	2,000	36.45
Purchase	35	36.45
Purchase	8,858	36.45
Purchase	892	36.45
Purchase	15	36.45
Purchase	1,500	36.45
Purchase	2	36.45
Purchase	1	36.45
Purchase	6,000	36.45
Purchase	71	36.45
Purchase	1,099	36.45
Purchase	160	36.44
Purchase	73	36.44
Purchase	1,777	36.44
Purchase	1,392	36.44
Purchase	1,569	36.44
Purchase	449	36.43
Purchase	8,921	36.50
Purchase	20,000	36.50
Purchase	600	36.50
Purchase	4,160	36.50
Purchase	1	36.50
Purchase	97	36.50
Purchase	3,000	36.50
Purchase	2,000	36.50
Purchase	1,000	36.50
Purchase	200	36.50
Purchase	2,300	36.50
Purchase	750	36.50
Purchase	99	36.49
Purchase	114	36.49
Purchase	169	36.48
Purchase	247	36.48
Purchase	37	36.48
Purchase	1,346	36.48
Purchase	2,750	36.48
Purchase	500	36.48
Purchase	99	36.48
Purchase	1,610	36.48
Purchase	37	36.20
Purchase	1,000	36.20
Purchase	7,326	36.20
Purchase	6,099	36.18
Purchase	3,629	36.18
Purchase	1,836	36.18
Purchase	300	36.18
Purchase	191	36.18
Purchase	14,489	36.10
Purchase	671	36.10
Purchase	120	36.10
Purchase	74	36.10
Purchase	11,719	36.10
Purchase	3,000	36.10
Purchase	10,281	36.10
Purchase	9,473	36.00
Purchase	150	36.00
Purchase	15,000	36.00
Purchase	42	36.00
Purchase	20,000	36.00
Purchase	4,686	35.99
Purchase	649	35.98
Purchase	858	35.95
Purchase	500	36.04
Purchase	500	36.04
Purchase	4,371	36.30
Purchase	1,000	36.30
Purchase	4,370	36.30
Purchase	50,000	36.55
Purchase	5,625	36.42
Purchase	2,500	36.42
Purchase	3,750	36.42
Purchase	3,032	36.42
Purchase	200,000	34.40
Purchase	5	36.00
Sale	-10,376	36.05
Sale	-25,638	36.05
Sale	-30,854	36.05
Sale	-286	36.45
Sale	-275	36.48
Sale	-231	36.44
Sale	-247	36.48
Sale	-19	36.05
Sale	-3,000	36.20
Sale	-191	36.27
Sale	-152	35.87
Sale	-43	35.60
Sale	-81	35.63
Sale	-37	35.62
Sale	-76	35.75
Sale	-76	36.05
Sale	-10,000	36.20
Sale	-255	36.36
Sale	-1,000	36.40
Sale	-1,178	36.42
Sale	-240	36.49
Sale	-1,606	36.05
Sale	-10,005	36.05
Sale	-226	36.39
Sale	-100	36.39
Sale	-28	36.41
Sale	-285	36.51
Sale	-62	36.44
Sale	-212	36.47
Sale	-248	36.39
Sale	-216	36.26
Sale	-85	36.19
Sale	-116	36.19
Sale	-161	36.22
Sale	-17	36.22
Sale	-190	36.17
Sale	-176	36.20
Sale	-189	36.18
Sale	-198	36.31
Sale	-199	36.28
Sale	-196	36.17
Sale	-170	36.26
Sale	-146	36.18
Sale	-145	36.19
Sale	-54	36.05
Sale	-88	36.05
Sale	-2,000	36.10
Sale	-402	36.10
Sale	-22	36.10
Sale	-134	36.10
Sale	-97	36.10
Sale	-1,280	36.10
Sale	-15,000	36.10
Sale	-100	36.10
Sale	-100	36.10
Sale	-555	36.11
Sale	-3,686	36.12
Sale	-1,128	36.13
Sale	-1,092	36.13
Sale	-447	36.14
Sale	-961	36.14
Sale	-3,536	36.14
Sale	-367	36.14
Sale	-2	36.15
Sale	-160	36.20
Sale	-3,113	36.20
Sale	-25,000	36.20
Sale	-555	36.20
Sale	-10,000	36.20
Sale	-357	36.21
Sale	-957	36.22
Sale	-3,691	36.22
Sale	-111	36.22
Sale	-3,079	36.22
Sale	-136	36.22
Sale	-1	36.25
Sale	-66	36.24
Sale	-162	36.35
Sale	-212	36.23
Sale	-788	36.23
Sale	-147	36.20
Sale	-183	35.99
Sale	-169	36.12
Sale	-90	35.99
Sale	-186	35.94
Sale	-83	35.86
Sale	-173	35.85
Sale	-77	35.94
Sale	-76	35.94
Sale	-64	35.82
Sale	-99	35.82
Sale	-158	35.74
Sale	-139	35.67
Sale	-123	35.78
Sale	-100	35.71
Sale	-40	35.72
Sale	-108	35.69
Sale	-93	35.70
Sale	-72	35.67
Sale	-27	35.67
Sale	-108	35.59
Sale	-97	35.64
Sale	-88	35.69
Sale	-81	35.61
Sale	-7,489	35.50
Sale	-1,683	35.50
Sale	-1,000	35.50
Sale	-80	35.50
Sale	-2,500	35.50
Sale	-500	35.50
Sale	-500	35.50
Sale	-100	35.50
Sale	-100	35.50
Sale	-70	35.50
Sale	-200	35.50
Sale	-100	35.50
Sale	-250	35.50
Sale	-200	35.50
Sale	-25	35.50
Sale	-2,000	35.50
Sale	-150	35.50
Sale	-2,300	35.50
Sale	-55	35.50
Sale	-25	35.50
Sale	-140	35.50
Sale	-110	35.50
Sale	-200	35.50
Sale	-150	35.50
Sale	-60	35.50
Sale	-1,000	35.50
Sale	-560	35.50
Sale	-555	35.51
Sale	-700	35.51
Sale	-392	35.52
Sale	-380	35.52
Sale	-282	35.53
Sale	-600	35.54
Sale	-383	35.55
Sale	-1,037	35.55
Sale	-9	35.55
Sale	-476	35.55
Sale	-345	35.55
Sale	-2,300	35.55
Sale	-2,200	35.55
Sale	-8,000	35.55
Sale	-8,668	35.55
Sale	-68	35.56
Sale	-327	35.56
Sale	-130	35.57
Sale	-87	35.57
Sale	-1,491	35.57
Sale	-4	35.58
Sale	-19	35.58
Sale	-36	35.57
Sale	-137	35.57
Sale	-46,025	35.60
Sale	-140	35.60
Sale	-2,500	35.60
Sale	-300	35.60
Sale	-1,035	35.60
Sale	-58	35.65
Sale	-16	35.65
Sale	-35	35.65
Sale	-22	35.67
Sale	-57	35.67
Sale	-92	35.62
Sale	-80	35.74
Sale	-71	35.69
Sale	-71	35.72
Sale	-69	35.70
Sale	-60	35.81
Sale	-76	35.72
Sale	-62	35.68
Sale	-70	35.66
Sale	-85	35.74
Sale	-69	35.84
Sale	-6	35.86
Sale	-80	35.86
Sale	-84	35.85
Sale	-88	35.83
Sale	-92	35.75
Sale	-63	35.80
Sale	-100	35.88
Sale	-40	35.86
Sale	-97	35.93
Sale	-117	35.99
Sale	-77	35.99
Sale	-34	35.99
Sale	-42	36.04
Sale	-136	35.96
Sale	-130	35.95
Sale	-138	35.92
Sale	-1	36.00
Sale	-142	36.00
Sale	-12	36.05
Sale	-40	36.05
Sale	-126	35.90
Sale	-137	35.70
Sale	-118	35.96
Sale	-157	36.07
Sale	-97	35.87
Sale	-40	35.87
Sale	-6,055	36.03
Sale	-6,366	36.03
Sale	-1	36.03
Sale	-239	36.03
Sale	-284	36.03
Sale	-1	36.03
Sale	-569	36.03
Sale	-92	36.03
Sale	-1,287	36.17
Sale	-46	36.17
Sale	-4,150	36.18
Sale	-144	36.22
Sale	-253	36.31
Sale	-166	36.31
Sale	-140	36.35
Sale	-178	36.35
Sale	-173	36.30
Sale	-46	36.33
Sale	-110	36.33
Sale	-4,528	36.25
Sale	-6,996	36.25
Sale	-452	36.25
Sale	-967	36.25
Sale	-1,288	36.25
Sale	-5,000	36.25
Sale	-996	36.26
Sale	-1,037	36.28
Sale	-222	36.28
Sale	-443	36.28
Sale	-144	36.31
Sale	-170	36.36
Sale	-7	36.33
Sale	-141	36.33
Sale	-149	36.41
Sale	-135	36.41
Sale	-194	36.42
Sale	-136	36.39
Sale	-164	36.41
Sale	-178	36.44
Sale	-35,486	36.40
Sale	-1,000	36.40
Sale	-278	36.39
Sale	-71	36.38
Sale	-139	36.40
Sale	-1	36.40
Sale	-24	36.40
Sale	-1,434	36.40
Sale	-350	36.40
Sale	-3,803	36.41
Sale	-1,284	36.42
Sale	-2,000	36.42
Sale	-200	36.43
Sale	-3,200	36.43
Sale	-402	36.44
Sale	-8	36.44
Sale	-669	36.44
Sale	-69	36.53
Sale	-189	36.54
Sale	-15,000	36.45
Sale	-885	36.45
Sale	-2	36.45
Sale	-255	36.44
Sale	-12	36.55
Sale	-7,963	36.55
Sale	-271	36.56
Sale	-4,795	36.59
Sale	-1	36.59
Sale	-224	36.58
Sale	-210	36.35
Sale	-223	36.26
Sale	-7,473	36.20
Sale	-52	36.20
Sale	-39	36.20
Sale	-500	36.20
Sale	-5,000	36.20
Sale	-300	36.20
Sale	-1	36.20
Sale	-2,500	36.20
Sale	-2,500	36.20
Sale	-600	36.20
Sale	-100	36.20
Sale	-900	36.20
Sale	-4,843	36.20
Sale	-1,000	36.20
Sale	-300	36.20
Sale	-97	36.20
Sale	-1,000	36.20
Sale	-2,700	36.20
Sale	-1,800	36.20
Sale	-262	36.20
Sale	-900	36.20
Sale	-100	36.20
Sale	-1,000	36.20
Sale	-28	36.20
Sale	-5,000	36.21
Sale	-500	36.22
Sale	-150	36.23
Sale	-690	36.23
Sale	-690	36.23
Sale	-281	36.24
Sale	-2,500	36.24
Sale	-9	36.25
Sale	-500	36.25
Sale	-300	36.25
Sale	-1,000	36.26
Sale	-374	36.27
Sale	-1,500	36.27
Sale	-7,623	36.27
Sale	-7,050	36.28
Sale	-1,643	36.28
Sale	-3,000	36.28
Sale	-23,195	36.28
Sale	-247	36.31
Sale	-222	36.42
Sale	-2,000	36.40
Sale	-503	36.40
Sale	-4,110	36.40
Sale	-500	36.40
Sale	-130	36.40
Sale	-320	36.41
Sale	-204	36.49
Sale	-253	36.53
Sale	-10,399	36.58
Sale	-801	36.58
Sale	-278	36.56
Sale	-7,500	36.55
Sale	-2,500	36.55
Sale	-4,442	36.55
Sale	-5,000	36.55
Sale	-3,000	36.55
Sale	-1,275	36.55
Sale	-33	36.55
Sale	-1,250	36.55
Sale	-3,935	36.55
Sale	-8,065	36.55
Sale	-305	36.47
Sale	-300	36.52
Sale	-1,500	36.52
Sale	-319	36.54
Sale	-4,486	36.50
Sale	-274	36.49
Sale	-300	36.50
Sale	-251	36.50
Sale	-1	36.50
Sale	-900	36.50
Sale	-300	36.50
Sale	-975	36.50
Sale	-763	36.50
Sale	-1,990	36.50
Sale	-2,000	36.50
Sale	-97	36.50
Sale	-2,844	36.50
Sale	-193	36.56
Sale	-60,400	36.04
Sale	-100,000	36.03
Sale	-5	36.00

TOTAL BUYS: 619022

TOTAL SELLS: 733876

(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	16-09-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley
Telephone number	44 20 7888 5416
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

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