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EPT Disclosure

17th Nov 2008 15:51

RNS Number : 3174I

Citigroup GM Australia Pty Ltd

17 November 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	Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited
Company dealt in	Rio Tinto Ltd
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ord/Equity
Date of dealing	14 November 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	814,822 (0.18%)	355,749 (0.08%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	563,389 (0.12%)	3,583,097 (0.78%)
Total	1,378,211 (0.30%)	3,938,846 (0.86%)

(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
Convertible	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
Total	(0.00%)	(0.00%)

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4) AUD (unless stated)
	20564	69
	18695	69
	8472	72
	6668	72
	6117	72
	3672	72
	2930	72
	749	72
	506	74.269997
	500	74.339996
	389	74.199997
	301	74.199997
	248	74.279999
	128	73.68
	105	72.529999
	100	74.379997
	100	72.940002
	84	72.529999
	72	73.68
	71	74.209999
	70	74.010002
	70	74.010002
	70	73.910004
	64	72
	54	72.529999
	54	72.550003
	50	74.199997
	50	73.68
	50	72.540001
	50	74.199997
	50	73.68
	50	72.540001
	36	72.940002
	36	72.940002
	33	72.529999
	27	72.529999
	27	72.529999
	23	74.279999
	23	74.199997
	21	74.269997
	15	72.529999
	15	72.550003
	8	74.199997
	4	72.940002
	1	74.269997
Total	71,422

Sales	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4) AUD (unless stated)
	-7	73.550003
	-7	72.269997
	-9	72.400002
	-15	73.480003
	-25	73
	-27	73.809998
	-36	72.940002
	-50	74.199997
	-50	73.68
	-50	72.540001
	-51	73.550003
	-52	73.040001
	-54	74.580002
	-54	72
	-55	72.269997
	-60	73.199997
	-75	72.290001
	-80	73.209999
	-86	73.699997
	-100	73.809998
	-100	73.32
	-100	73
	-126	74.620003
	-129	72.400002
	-130	73.019997
	-130	73.010002
	-135	73.559998
	-138	72.43
	-138	72.309998
	-138	72.339996
	-173	73.220001
	-196	75
	-200	73.559998
	-224	72
	-250	73
	-304	75
	-400	73.800003
	-500	74.5
	-500	73.849999
	-500	73
	-500	72
	-601	74.629997
	-673	73.279999
	-713	73.480003
	-820	73
	-874	72
	-895	72
	-1000	73.800003
	-1100	74.599999
	-1231	73.309998
	-1247	73.550003
	-1255	72
	-1291	73.809998
	-1410	73.559998
	-1500	72
	-1546	73.550003
	-1856	72
	-1967	72
	-2000	73.550003
	-2074	72
	-2119	74.5
	-2500	74.5
	-3000	74.5
	-3105	72
	-7000	72
	-9347	69
	-10000	72
	-20564	69
Total	87,642

(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 (C = call option; P = put option)	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)	Exercise Price (AUD)	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/received per unit (AUD) (Note 4)
C	purchasing	40000	60	E	20090326	6.6863
C	purchasing	2000	66	E	20091215	2.1
C	purchasing	1000	66	E	20091215	24.785
C	purchasing	800	66	E	20091215	4.03
C	purchasing	200	66	E	20091215	25.75
C	purchasing	200	66	E	20091215	25.72
C	purchasing	200	66	E	20091215	25.6
C	purchasing	200	85	A	20090226	25.6
P	selling	110	77	A	20111222	25.6
P	selling	90	65	A	20081127	25.6
C	selling	-59	69	A	20081127	27.2
C	selling	-100	100	A	20081218	26.99
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	25.87
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	25.87
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	25.87
C	selling	-100	66	E	20091215	26.2
C	selling	-141	66	E	20091215	27.17
C	selling	-200	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-200	66	E	20091215	27.2
C	selling	-200	66	E	20091215	25.86
C	selling	-200	66	E	20091215	25.87
C	selling	-200	66	E	20091215	26.15
C	selling	-5000	66	E	20091215	7.105
C	selling	-12000	66	E	20091215	1.2

(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.

NONE

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES

Date of disclosure	17 November 2008
Contact name	Pavla Trskova
Telephone number	02890 409544
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Corporate Broker/Financial Advisor

Notes

The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 38.5(b)

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 38.5(b))

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name, e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which the option or derivative relates	Exercise price (Note 2)	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
P	purchased	90000	72	A	20081218
P	purchased	80000	37.6132	E	20091001
P	purchased	50979	77.94	E	20100219
P	purchased	40000	38.5842	E	20091201
P	purchased	29000	78.5	E	20110630
P	purchased	24000	43.3704	E	20100628
P	purchased	20000	43.3704	E	20100628
P	purchased	20000	89	E	20100809
P	purchased	19000	77.8	E	20090630
P	purchased	10000	95.75	E	20100629
P	purchased	10000	138.11	E	20120416
P	purchased	6789	77.2	E	20110627
P	purchased	6646	75.22	E	20100524
P	purchased	6646	82.55	E	20100517
P	purchased	6415	95.75	E	20100628
P	purchased	6415	95.7	E	20120905
P	purchased	6268	98.22	E	20120912
P	purchased	5808	78.5	E	20110630
P	purchased	5428	78.5	E	20110630
P	purchased	5270	78.46	A	20090924
P	purchased	5000	75	A	20111222
P	purchased	5000	110	A	20081218
P	purchased	5000	68.66	A	20090924
C	purchased	5000	85	A	20090226
P	purchased	5000	80	A	20111222
P	purchased	5000	122	A	20081218
P	purchased	4886	72	A	20081218
C	purchased	4850	74	A	20090326
P	purchased	4420	64	A	20090625
P	purchased	4320	84	A	20081218
C	purchased	3801	75	A	20090326
P	purchased	3016	121	A	20081127
C	purchased	2994	76	A	20090326
C	purchased	2988	75	A	20081218
C	purchased	2722	86	A	20081127
C	purchased	2591	90	A	20081218
P	purchased	2591	68	A	20101223
P	purchased	2248	110	A	20090625
P	purchased	2000	60	A	20090326
C	purchased	2000	78.46	A	20090924
C	purchased	2000	88	A	20081218
C	purchased	1976	94	A	20081127
C	purchased	1936	77	A	20090326
C	purchased	1917	104	A	20090226
P	purchased	1370	77	A	20111222
P	written	1352	74	A	20081218
P	written	1273	65	A	20081127
P	written	1273	82	A	20090326
P	written	1188	50	A	20090326
C	written	1152	85	A	20090326
C	written	1152	86	A	20090326
C	written	1152	69	A	20081127
P	written	1152	50	A	20081218
C	written	1132	82	A	20081127
C	written	1000	100	A	20081218
P	written	1000	70	A	20101223
P	written	1000	130	A	20081218
C	written	1000	85	A	20111222
C	written	873	122	A	20081218
C	written	869	95	A	20090326
P	written	725	141.69	A	20130627
C	written	561	56.89	A	20090924
P	written	561	129.41	A	20121220
P	written	514	128.75	A	20130228
P	written	514	127.31	A	20130228
P	written	464	124.35	A	20130228
P	written	464	143.31	A	20130627
P	written	422	141.79	A	20110630
P	written	422	141.69	A	20110630
P	written	405	139.04	A	20130627
P	written	400	141.75	A	20130627
P	written	392	139.59	A	20130627
P	written	388	130.34	A	20121220
P	written	388	128.71	A	20110224
P	written	365	92.66	A	20110728
P	written	332	93.6	A	20110728
P	written	332	94.02	A	20110728
P	written	330	131.2	A	20130328
P	written	302	140.36	A	20130627
P	written	302	78.5	E	20110630
P	written	296	78.5	E	20110630
P	written	290	78.5	E	20110630
P	written	290	78.5	E	20110630
P	written	268	98.22	E	20120912
P	written	266	98.22	E	20120912
P	written	208	95.7	E	20120905
P	written	208	95.7	E	20120905
P	written	203	94.08	A	20110728
P	written	203	135.22	A	20110412
C	written	191	65	A	20081127
P	written	191	95.75	E	20100628
P	written	191	95.75	E	20100628
P	written	191	135.38	A	20130725
P	written	177	82.55	E	20100517
P	written	160	82.55	E	20100517
C	written	159	60	E	20090326
P	written	141	136.18	A	20130627
P	written	138	75.22	E	20100524
P	written	117	75.22	E	20100524
P	written	115	137	A	20130328
P	written	107	77.2	E	20110627
P	written	99	77.2	E	20110627
C	written	90	75	E	20090924
P	written	88	131.14	A	20121011
P	written	88	131.96	A	20130205
P	written	87	98.1	A	20100625
P	written	81	138.11	E	20120416
P	written	79	138.11	E	20120416
P	written	78	95.75	E	20100629
P	written	77	95.75	E	20100629
P	written	71	77.8	E	20090630
P	written	-70	77.8	E	20090630
P	written	-191	89	E	20100809
P	written	-191	89	E	20100809
P	written	-203	138	A	20130228
P	written	-208	89.4361	A	20110207
P	written	-270	137.5	A	20130725
C	written	-290	88	E	20091215
P	written	-302	83.22	A	20111007
P	written	-332	43.3704	E	20100628
P	written	-388	43.3704	E	20100628
P	written	-391	43.3704	E	20100628
P	written	-422	43.3704	E	20100628
C	written	-464	95	A	20081218
P	written	-514	105.3	A	20110523
C	written	-561	59.227	A	20130627
P	written	-945	78.5	E	20110630
P	written	-1000	78.5	E	20110630
P	written	-1152	153.6	A	20130107
P	written	-1152	85.0735	A	20110228
C	written	-1174	105	E	20090326
P	written	-1232	99.8	A	20110428
P	written	-1273	174.48	A	20130521
P	written	-1280	160.932	A	20121128
P	written	-2491	73.8533	A	20101229
C	written	-2591	85	A	20100623
P	written	-2755	38.5842	E	20091201
P	written	-3140	38.5842	E	20091201
P	written	-3348	119	A	20120711
C	written	-5000	80	E	20090423
P	written	-5000	164.66	A	20121227
P	written	-5000	85.04	A	20110328
P	written	-5000	115.61	A	20120613
C	written	-5000	110	A	20081218
C	written	-5000	66	E	20091215
P	written	-6415	96.12	A	20110623
P	written	-6646	110	E	20090326
C	written	-8000	95	E	20090326
P	written	-10000	99.12	A	20120425
P	written	-10800	88.07	A	20110623
P	written	-12000	109.19	A	20120530
P	written	-12000	97.272	A	20120828
P	written	-14000	119.75	A	20120628
P	written	-14037	92.64	A	20110624
P	written	-20000	116.82	A	20120711
P	written	-24000	88.6	A	20120327
P	written	-26309	77.94	E	20100219
P	written	-33000	77.94	E	20100219
P	written	-44000	37.6132	E	20091001
P	written	-50000	37.6132	E	20091001
P	written	-50000	94.91	A	20110623
C	written	-61000	64	A	20090619
P	written	-75000	100	E	20081218
P	written	-87000	72	A	20081218
C	written	-90000	58.592	A	20120628
P	written	-90000	74.25	E	20110727
P	written	-178000	56.1501	A	20101011
C	written	-449640	145	E	20081218
C	written	-468000	135	E	20081218
C	written	-685200	115	E	20090326
C	written	-999720	115	E	20081218

Notes

1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.

2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38.5 and their Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

This information is provided by RNS

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