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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)14 January 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 INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 11-Jan-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 1,435,476 0.043(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 1,435,476 0.043 (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(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 3,485 38.52Purchase 787 38.52Purchase 3,102 38.54Purchase 600 38.54Purchase 500 38.54Purchase 70 38.54Purchase 4,627 38.55Purchase 914 38.55Purchase 13 38.55Purchase 1,365 38.56Purchase 2,500 38.56Purchase 407 38.56Purchase 1,459 38.52Purchase 6,231 38.52Purchase 6,740 38.54Purchase 96 38.54Purchase 72 38.56Purchase 200 38.56Purchase 1,000 38.56Purchase 2,000 38.56Purchase 1,000 38.56Purchase 898 38.56Purchase 3,374 38.56Purchase 812 38.55Purchase 3,460 38.55Purchase 539 38.55Purchase 96 38.55Purchase 6,201 38.55Purchase 6,095 38.54Purchase 314 38.52Purchase 4,123 38.52Purchase 500 38.52Purchase 29,000 38.50Purchase 293 38.52Purchase 293 38.52Purchase 5,192 38.52Purchase 35 38.52Purchase 171 38.50Purchase 2,227 38.54Purchase 100 38.54Purchase 945 38.54Purchase 1,000 38.54Purchase 803 38.46Purchase 100 38.46Purchase 4,272 38.44Purchase 3,388 38.44Purchase 1,311 38.44Purchase 4,272 38.44Purchase 127 38.42Purchase 1,822 38.43Purchase 5,000 38.42Purchase 4,667 38.41Purchase 32 38.41Purchase 1,679 38.48Purchase 257 38.48Purchase 256 38.48Purchase 4,644 38.48Purchase 3,866 38.48Purchase 209 38.48Purchase 43 38.48Purchase 154 38.48Purchase 551 38.50Purchase 611 38.64Purchase 230 38.72Purchase 570 38.72Purchase 29,000 38.54Purchase 462 38.66Purchase 357 38.67Purchase 29,000 38.68Purchase 500 38.66Purchase 58,000 38.70Purchase 58,000 38.67Purchase 1,083 38.67Purchase 2,122 38.95Purchase 5,084 39.00Purchase 59 39.00Purchase 129 39.00Purchase 10,000 39.00Purchase 472 39.00Purchase 24 39.00Purchase 456 39.00Purchase 1,000 39.20Purchase 2,450 38.43Purchase 168 38.52Purchase 1,431 38.52Purchase 3,796 38.46Sale -95 38.68Sale -819 38.50Sale -181 38.53Sale -5,220 38.50Sale -10,000 38.50Sale -300 38.50Sale -10,000 38.50Sale -500 38.50Sale -423 38.50Sale -1,557 38.50Sale -273 38.73Sale -105 38.72Sale -21 38.68Sale -1,812 38.55Sale -500 38.55Sale -1,000 38.55Sale -6,688 38.55Sale -1,526 38.55Sale -4,402 38.55Sale -3,562 38.55Sale -5,438 38.55Sale -336 38.75Sale -2,438 38.68Sale -2,541 38.68Sale -3,809 38.68Sale -50 38.68Sale -25 38.68Sale -137 38.68Sale -1,134 38.68Sale -8,144 38.68Sale -5,170 38.68Sale -100 38.68Sale -16 38.69Sale -605 38.69Sale -13,484 38.53Sale -500 38.53Sale -4,000 38.53Sale -15,400 38.70Sale -4,600 38.70Sale -5,192 38.71Sale -1,500 38.71Sale -100 38.71Sale -4 38.71Sale -12,500 38.71Sale -4 38.72Sale -700 38.72Sale -7,668 38.67Sale -283 38.68Sale -1,041 38.68Sale -10,000 38.68Sale -34 38.68Sale -974 38.69Sale -2,511 38.67Sale -11,176 38.67Sale -4,313 38.67Sale -1,800 38.67Sale -8,000 38.67Sale -10,000 38.67Sale -200 38.68Sale -16 38.53Sale -4,014 38.68Sale -722 38.68Sale -4,072 38.55 TOTAL BUYS:345293TOTAL SELLS:203735 (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) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) ExercisingProduct 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONSAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesNONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 14-Jan-2008Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISORNotesThe Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group