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Macquarie Group Limited30 April 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 29 April 2008 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 0 0 0 0 (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 Ordinary shares 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 30 April 2008 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: BHP Purchase 50000 44.06BHP Purchase 380 43.68BHP Purchase 71 43.68BHP Purchase 173 43.68BHP Purchase 1000 43.68BHP Purchase 72 43.68BHP Purchase 10000 43.69BHP Purchase 8304 43.68BHP Purchase 81 43.68BHP Purchase 1099 43.68BHP Purchase 8820 43.68BHP Purchase 2750 43.69BHP Purchase 319 43.69BHP Purchase 159 43.69BHP Purchase 1000 43.69BHP Purchase 772 43.69BHP Purchase 6537 43.7BHP Purchase 1655 43.7BHP Purchase 115 43.7BHP Purchase 27 43.7BHP Purchase 6666 43.7BHP Purchase 100027 43.65BHP Purchase 4619 43.4BHP Purchase 450 43.4BHP Purchase 2370 43.4BHP Purchase 2561 43.4BHP Purchase 29190 43.89 Total 239217 PurchasesBHP Sale 7306 44.06BHP Sale 69 44.06BHP Sale 2039 44.06BHP Sale 579 44.06BHP Sale 506 43.98BHP Sale 4279 43.98BHP Sale 215 43.98BHP Sale 15 43.98BHP Sale 124 43.98BHP Sale 4861 43.98BHP Sale 7 44.06BHP Sale 4939 44.06BHP Sale 81 44.06BHP Sale 1 44.06BHP Sale 1000 44.06BHP Sale 214 44.06BHP Sale 15000 44.04BHP Sale 4996 43.93BHP Sale 2222 43.93BHP Sale 400 43.93BHP Sale 846 43.93BHP Sale 301 43.93BHP Sale 50000 43.69BHP Sale 3271 43.65BHP Sale 200 43.65BHP Sale 617 43.65BHP Sale 7 43.65BHP Sale 52 43.65BHP Sale 940 43.65BHP Sale 16 43.62BHP Sale 360 43.62BHP Sale 8 43.62BHP Sale 95 43.62BHP Sale 9948 43.61BHP Sale 52 43.61BHP Sale 1150 43.62BHP Sale 9913 43.61BHP Sale 87 43.61BHP Sale 3371 43.62BHP Sale 510 43.62BHP Sale 1128 43.55BHP Sale 4000 43.55BHP Sale 1000 43.55BHP Sale 240 43.55BHP Sale 7 43.55BHP Sale 100 43.3BHP Sale 923 43.3BHP Sale 450 43.3BHP Sale 200 43.3BHP Sale 2000 43.3BHP Sale 50000 43.3BHP Sale 781 43.45BHP Sale 1 43.45BHP Sale 1585 43.45BHP Sale 5000 43.45BHP Sale 2633 43.45BHP Sale 4585 43.43BHP Sale 10 43.43BHP Sale 578 43.43BHP Sale 6 43.43BHP Sale 36 43.43BHP Sale 4167 43.4BHP Sale 1635 43.89BHP Sale 7964 43.89BHP Sale 2500 43.89BHP Sale 17091 43.89 Total Sales 239217 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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