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Newton Investment Management Ltd07 May 2008 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Newton Investment Management Limited & its subsidiariesCompany dealt in BHP Billiton PLC Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary GBP0.10dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)Date of dealing 06/05/08 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3) BHP Billiton PLC Long Short------------------- Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 30,761,664 1.39(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 30,761,664 1.39 BHP Billiton Ltd Long Short------------------- Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 635,656 0.02(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 635,656 0.02 BHP Billiton PLC ADR Long Short----------------------- Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 128,821 0.01(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 128,821 0.01 BHP Billiton Ltd ADR Long Short----------------------- Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 210 0.00(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 210 0.00 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) 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 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales - BHP Billiton PLC Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5)Sale of 6,582 £19.277369 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. Long/short (Note Number of securities Price per unitCFD 6) (Note 7) (Note 5) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities to price American, date moneypaid/call purchasing, which the option European received peroption varying etc. relates (Note 7) etc. unit (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Noteoption securities 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. None .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 07th May 2008 Contact name Asif S LalaniTelephone number 020 7163 5115If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connectedIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group