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EPT Disclosure

9th Sep 2008 11:21

RNS Number : 0323D

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

09 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	08-09-2008

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			20524417	0.611
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			20524417	0.611

(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	100	37.60
Purchase	21,914	37.60
Purchase	3,000	37.60
Purchase	27	37.60
Purchase	13,479	37.60
Purchase	1,000	37.60
Purchase	1,000	37.60
Purchase	18,362	37.60
Purchase	50,000	37.60
Purchase	3,000	37.60
Purchase	2,395	37.60
Purchase	680	37.60
Purchase	1,721	37.60
Purchase	16,392	37.60
Purchase	21,000	37.60
Purchase	1,658	37.60
Purchase	503	37.60
Purchase	957	37.60
Purchase	58	37.60
Purchase	2,319	37.60
Purchase	11,974	37.60
Purchase	1,950	37.60
Purchase	3,000	37.60
Purchase	30	37.60
Purchase	1,384	37.60
Purchase	1,000	37.60
Purchase	405	37.60
Purchase	500	37.60
Purchase	2,450	37.60
Purchase	977	37.60
Purchase	1,206	37.60
Purchase	34	37.60
Purchase	8,767	37.60
Purchase	26	37.60
Purchase	6,680	37.60
Purchase	2,262	37.44
Purchase	875	37.44
Purchase	877	37.44
Purchase	19	37.44
Purchase	967	37.44
Purchase	4,252	37.44
Purchase	248	37.43
Purchase	500	37.43
Purchase	150	37.48
Purchase	1,706	37.49
Purchase	273	37.49
Purchase	300	37.49
Purchase	300	37.49
Purchase	500	37.49
Purchase	501	37.49
Purchase	982	37.49
Purchase	6,639	37.60
Purchase	3,248	37.59
Purchase	550	37.59
Purchase	16	37.59
Purchase	294	37.59
Purchase	125	37.57
Purchase	445	37.57
Purchase	5,914	37.65
Purchase	15,000	37.65
Purchase	10,000	37.65
Purchase	40	37.65
Purchase	232	37.65
Purchase	240	37.65
Purchase	1,919	37.65
Purchase	721	37.73
Purchase	4,197	37.73
Purchase	500	37.73
Purchase	1,300	37.73
Purchase	205	37.73
Purchase	1,077	37.73
Purchase	1,233	37.76
Purchase	6,735	37.76
Purchase	32	37.75
Purchase	3,356	37.70
Purchase	10,667	37.70
Purchase	3,000	37.70
Purchase	15,000	37.70
Purchase	10,000	37.70
Purchase	4,000	37.70
Purchase	532	37.70
Purchase	20	37.70
Purchase	3	37.70
Purchase	1,900	37.70
Purchase	56	37.70
Purchase	100	37.70
Purchase	1,366	37.70
Purchase	9,290	37.65
Purchase	161	37.65
Purchase	150	37.65
Purchase	231	37.65
Purchase	6,823	37.65
Purchase	39,511	37.70
Purchase	160	37.70
Purchase	500	37.70
Purchase	9,829	37.70
Purchase	2,784	37.70
Purchase	2,554	37.70
Purchase	5,000	37.70
Purchase	1,000	37.70
Purchase	33,797	37.70
Purchase	2,612	37.70
Purchase	2,250	37.70
Purchase	3	37.70
Purchase	3,648	37.93
Purchase	69	37.92
Purchase	283	37.92
Purchase	3,849	37.86
Purchase	202	37.86
Purchase	100	37.86
Purchase	3,867	37.85
Purchase	15	37.85
Purchase	220	37.82
Purchase	6	37.78
Purchase	3,888	37.77
Purchase	54	37.77
Purchase	500	37.77
Purchase	1,370	37.77
Purchase	500	37.67
Purchase	1,609	37.67
Purchase	230	37.67
Purchase	220	37.77
Purchase	1,032	37.55
Purchase	542	37.55
Purchase	367	37.63
Purchase	2,583	37.63
Purchase	3,959	37.63
Purchase	16,074	37.63
Purchase	2,000	37.74
Purchase	1,028	37.63
Purchase	3,085	37.63
Purchase	162	37.69
Purchase	38	37.68
Purchase	150	37.52
Purchase	280	37.11
Purchase	525	37.00
Purchase	100,000	36.03
Purchase	100,000	36.03
Purchase	200,000	36.54
Purchase	600,000	36.03
Sale	-100	37.60
Sale	-1,000	37.60
Sale	-4,358	37.60
Sale	-150	37.48
Sale	-5,010	37.40
Sale	-4,341	37.40
Sale	-10,000	37.40
Sale	-10,000	37.40
Sale	-6	37.40
Sale	-637	37.60
Sale	-18	37.60
Sale	-800	37.60
Sale	-13,589	37.60
Sale	-135	37.60
Sale	-14,376	37.60
Sale	-150	37.60
Sale	-10,500	37.60
Sale	-5,000	37.60
Sale	-200	37.60
Sale	-10,000	37.60
Sale	-26,314	37.60
Sale	-29,425	37.60
Sale	-3,259	37.60
Sale	-49	37.46
Sale	-194	37.46
Sale	-141	37.46
Sale	-300	37.46
Sale	-122	37.46
Sale	-135	37.46
Sale	-20,000	37.46
Sale	-800	37.46
Sale	-37	37.48
Sale	-1,095	37.48
Sale	-5	37.48
Sale	-7	37.48
Sale	-232	37.48
Sale	-1,500	37.48
Sale	-1,009	37.48
Sale	-1,285	37.40
Sale	-1,000	37.40
Sale	-4,242	37.40
Sale	-1,085	37.40
Sale	-95	37.40
Sale	-275	37.40
Sale	-2,008	37.40
Sale	-35,000	37.40
Sale	-5,000	37.40
Sale	-100	37.40
Sale	-5	37.40
Sale	-250	37.40
Sale	-500	37.40
Sale	-1,712	37.40
Sale	-112	37.40
Sale	-758	37.40
Sale	-116	37.40
Sale	-1,500	37.40
Sale	-15,000	37.40
Sale	-606	37.40
Sale	-906	37.40
Sale	-324	37.40
Sale	-875	37.40
Sale	-250	37.40
Sale	-1,000	37.40
Sale	-900	37.40
Sale	-150	37.40
Sale	-19,056	37.40
Sale	-1,533	37.40
Sale	-9,180	37.40
Sale	-5,000	37.40
Sale	-150	37.40
Sale	-647	37.41
Sale	-4,295	37.41
Sale	-95	37.41
Sale	-2,000	37.41
Sale	-1,698	37.41
Sale	-935	37.41
Sale	-20,000	37.62
Sale	-3,043	37.62
Sale	-132	37.60
Sale	-1,103	37.60
Sale	-5,404	37.60
Sale	-243	37.60
Sale	-3,798	37.60
Sale	-27	37.90
Sale	-3,493	37.90
Sale	-102	37.90
Sale	-730	37.90
Sale	-7,675	37.90
Sale	-341	37.65
Sale	-2,835	37.65
Sale	-40	37.65
Sale	-100	37.65
Sale	-14	37.65
Sale	-3,800	37.65
Sale	-696	37.65
Sale	-770	37.66
Sale	-3,684	37.66
Sale	-49	37.66
Sale	-1,671	37.66
Sale	-8,176	37.60
Sale	-100	37.60
Sale	-770	37.60
Sale	-770	37.60
Sale	-14	37.60
Sale	-1,000	37.60
Sale	-1,000	37.60
Sale	-1,000	37.60
Sale	-1,000	37.60
Sale	-146	37.60
Sale	-673	37.60
Sale	-1,351	37.60
Sale	-1,445	37.60
Sale	-500	37.60
Sale	-2,500	37.60
Sale	-500	37.60
Sale	-60	37.60
Sale	-265	37.60
Sale	-160	37.60
Sale	-800	37.60
Sale	-800	37.60
Sale	-770	37.60
Sale	-770	37.60
Sale	-770	37.60
Sale	-770	37.60
Sale	-1,851	37.60
Sale	-1,000	37.60
Sale	-223	37.60
Sale	-770	37.60
Sale	-100	37.60
Sale	-200	37.60
Sale	-820	37.61
Sale	-7	37.61
Sale	-9,483	37.64
Sale	-770	37.65
Sale	-730	37.66
Sale	-1,032	37.66
Sale	-500,000	36.50
Sale	-100,000	36.73

TOTAL BUYS:1494432

TOTAL SELLS: 997483

(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	09-09-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley / Carolyn Collins
Telephone number	44 20 7888 0241
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

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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