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Macquarie Bank Ld14 December 2007 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) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 13 December 2007 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 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1300 (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 Fully Paid Ordinary 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 14 December 2007 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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 1300 43.54SALE 1336 43.3SALE 1454 43.31SALE 955 43.22SALE 1176 43.16SALE 1260 43.21SALE 824 43.22SALE 1061 43.2SALE 909 43.2SALE 680 43.23SALE 872 43.25SALE 201 43.29SALE 249 43.29SALE 232 43.25SALE 669 43.3SALE 894 43.3SALE 7 43.35SALE 136 43.35SALE 178 43.28SALE 300 43.28SALE 314 43.28SALE 1 43.28SALE 506 43.28SALE 318 43.28SALE 733 43.25SALE 648 43.27SALE 599 43.35SALE 50 43.36SALE 529 43.36SALE 400 43.34SALE 185 43.34SALE 116 43.34SALE 575 43.36SALE 500 43.37SALE 30 43.37SALE 558 43.39SALE 406 43.4SALE 364 43.4SALE 320 43.41SALE 290 43.34SALE 274 43.34SALE 298 43.32SALE 224 43.34SALE 262 43.35SALE 228 43.35SALE 69 43.35SALE 164 43.32SALE 308 43.32SALE 234 43.35SALE 42 43.36SALE 268 43.36SALE 266 43.36SALE 316 43.35SALE 94 43.35SALE 409 43.39SALE 94 43.39SALE 265 43.39SALE 400 43.45SALE 407 43.38SALE 470 43.36SALE 64 43.4SALE 230 43.4SALE 218 43.4SALE 772 43.39SALE 594 43.38SALE 552 43.34SALE 648 43.36SALE 672 43.32SALE 237 43.31SALE 376 43.31SALE 243 43.29SALE 472 43.29SALE 781 43.28SALE 638 43.27SALE 861 43.28SALE 1 43.28SALE 118 43.34SALE 550 43.34SALE 686 43.32SALE 577 43.3SALE 225 43.3SALE 255 43.32SALE 771 43.32SALE 777 43.3SALE 500 43.27SALE 427 43.27SALE 875 43.31SALE 218 43.3SALE 1 43.3SALE 24 43.3SALE 500 43.3SALE 294 43.3SALE 500 43.3SALE 500 43.3SALE 119 43.3SALE 953 43.25SALE 916 43.22SALE 992 43.2SALE 55 43.28SALE 201 43.28SALE 12 43.28SALE 165 43.28SALE 934 43.28SALE 650 43.27SALE 3355 43.26PURCHASE 49436 43.2939TOTAL SALES 50736TOTAL PURCHASES 49436 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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