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Rule 8.3- BHP Billiton

17th Sep 2008 15:31

RNS Number : 6775D
Investec Bank (UK) Limited
17 September 2008
 



  FORM 8.3

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE 

(Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing  (Note 1)

INVESTEC PLC/INVESTEC LTD

Company dealt in

BHP BILLITON PLC

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)

0.5USD ORDINARY

Date of dealing

16 SEPTEMBER 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 3)

Long

Short

Number (%)

Number (%)

(1) Relevant securities 

22,942,618    1.0395

201,874  0.0091

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

2,762,500  0.1252

4,795,150      0.2173

Total

25,705,118 1.1647

4,997,024   0.2264

 

(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

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit (Note 5)

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Purchase

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

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Sale

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Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

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Sale

Sale

Sale

Sale

15000

18500

5000

20000

30000

5000

5000

40000

20000

28000

40000

45000

40310

14690

9000

10000

5000

5000

10000

4800

6000

25000

10400

400

4000

5000

989

989

721000

5100

500

4500

502

1000

5000

15000

18500

5000

20000

30000

5000

40000

30000

53000

34095

25000

45000

35000

25000

15000

10000

10000

7416

1384

1200

11600

400

3639

3361

17910

7263

632

10509

7299

6000

4000

4000

33768

1849

300

2000

5173

4000

5000

2000

384

913

4000

2000

8000

15349

12124

5000

4000

9182

5000

527

818

2000

4000

5000

700

14630

370

5000

200

19921

390

3000

2249

5500

500

2450

5000

4209

2000

27350

6000

151

7249

3000

14349

500

323

5000

2000

4361

1904

423

100

30830

281

3719

2973

4275

10697

4000

819

8000

3906

3000

35587

2774

785

2508

1000

11142

3500

3358

393

607

4563

2000

11789

4000

7252

5000

9000

9803

489

4000

4000

3900

100

9945

4734

4000

100

4000

2815

8279

9606

13049

31414

1850

100

5000

5000

1340p

1359p

1360p

1365p

1370p

1372p

1374p

1375p

1379.5p

1380p

1381p

1382p

1383p

1384p

1385p

1390p

1395p

1397p

1400p

ZAR 197.80

ZAR 197.86

ZAR 197.90

ZAR 198.00

ZAR 198.20

ZAR 199.00

ZAR 199.57

ZAR 201.45

ZAR 201.48

ZAR 201.58

ZAR 202.50

ZAR 203.50

ZAR 203.99

ZAR 204.00

ZAR 205.00

ZAR 206.00

1340p

1359p

1360p

1365p

1370p

1372p

1375p

1380p

1381p

1382p

1383p

1384p

1385p

1389p

1390p

1396p

1400p

ZAR 197.00

ZAR 197.49

ZAR 197.51

ZAR 197.60

ZAR 197.61

ZAR 197.80

ZAR 197.81

ZAR 198.00

ZAR 198.06

ZAR 198.07

ZAR 198.10

ZAR 198.11

ZAR 198.15

ZAR 198.16

ZAR 198.30

ZAR 198.50

ZAR 198.51

ZAR 198.52

ZAR 198.53

ZAR 198.55

ZAR 198.65

ZAR 198.66

ZAR 198.68

ZAR 198.70

ZAR 198.71

ZAR 198.76

ZAR 198.93

ZAR 198.96

ZAR 199.00

ZAR 199.01

ZAR 199.02

ZAR 199.07

ZAR 199.20

ZAR 199.25

ZAR 199.28

ZAR 199.49

ZAR 199.57

ZAR 200.00

ZAR 200.07

ZAR 200.17

ZAR 200.50

ZAR 200.58

ZAR 200.59

ZAR 200.75

ZAR 201.00

ZAR 201.01

ZAR 201.05

ZAR 201.06

ZAR 201.11

ZAR 201.12

ZAR 201.16

ZAR 201.26

ZAR 201.31

ZAR 201.40

ZAR 201.50

ZAR 201.51

ZAR 201.54

ZAR 201.55

ZAR 201.60

ZAR 201.61

ZAR 201.65

ZAR 201.67

ZAR 201.70

ZAR 201.73

ZAR 201.80

ZAR 201.81

ZAR 201.82

ZAR 201.98

ZAR 202.00

ZAR 202.03

ZAR 202.04

ZAR 202.07

ZAR 202.10

ZAR 202.11

ZAR 202.12

ZAR 202.18

ZAR 202.20

ZAR 202.26

ZAR 202.30

ZAR 202.50

ZAR 202.51

ZAR 202.55

ZAR 202.70

ZAR 202.76

ZAR 203.00

ZAR 203.01

ZAR 203.05

ZAR 203.08

ZAR 203.09

ZAR 203.15

ZAR 203.29

ZAR 203.50

ZAR 203.51

ZAR 203.53

ZAR 203.58

ZAR 203.60

ZAR 203.65

ZAR 203.66

ZAR 203.75

ZAR 203.80

ZAR 203.90

ZAR 203.91

ZAR 204.00

ZAR 204.01

ZAR 204.02

ZAR 204.07

ZAR 204.10

ZAR 204.19

ZAR 204.20

ZAR 204.25

ZAR 204.40

ZAR 204.50

ZAR 204.51

ZAR 205.00

ZAR 205.50

ZAR 206.00

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, 

e.g. CFD

Long/short (Note 6)

Number of securities (Note 7)

Price per unit (Note 5)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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 7)

Exercise

price 

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry 

Date

Option money

paid/received per unit (Note 5) 

Call Option

Writing

2000

ZAR 152.99

European

07/10/2008

Equity Futures

Writing

16,200

European

18/12/2008

Equity Futures

Purchasing

14,600

European

18/09/2008

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option

Number of securities 

Exercise price per unit (Note 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 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 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO

Date of disclosure

17 SEPTEMBER 2008

Contact name

DAVID BURFOOT

Telephone number

020 7597 4394

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected

n/a

If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)

n/a

Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS 

(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

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

Equity Future

Written

248,600

n/a

n/a

19/03/2009 

Put Option

Purchased

6,100

ZAR 302.06

American

18/06/2009 

Call Option

Purchased

6,100

ZAR 416.84

American

18/06/2009 

Put Option

Written

128,000

ZAR 176.00

American

18/06/2009

Put Option

Purchased

128,000

ZAR 220.00

American

18/06/2009

Put Option

Purchased

128,000

ZAR 246.43

American

18/06/2009

Put Option

Written

6,100

ZAR 256.75

American

18/06/2009 

Call Option

Written

69,000

ZAR 260.84

American

18/09/2008

Call Option

Purchased

82,300

ZAR 265.20

American

18/12/2008

Call Option

Purchased

69,000

ZAR 217.37

American

18/09/2008

Put Option

Purchased

82,300

ZAR 214.37

American

18/12/2008

Put Option

Written

82,300

ZAR 187.85

American

18/12/2008

Put Option

Purchased

69,000

ZAE 173.89

American

18/09/2008

Call Option

Written

14,010

ZAR 152.99

European

07/10/2008 

Call Option

Written

240

ZAR 106.98

European

01/09/2009

Equity Future

Written

35,100

n/a

European

18/09/2008 

Equity Future

Written

1,490,400

n/a

European

18/12/2008 

Equity Future

Written

115,000

n/a

European

19/03/2009

Put Option

Purchased

813,000

ZAR 246.0000

American

18/12/2008

Call Option

Purchased

813,000

ZAR 317.3400

American

18/12/2008 

Put Option

Written

813,000

ZAR 221.4000

American

18/12/2008 

Equity Future

Written

327,000

n/a

European

18/12/2008 

Call Option

Written

316,100

ZAR 389.97

American

19/03/2009

Call Option

Written

318,600

ZAR 389.05

American

19/03/2009

Put Option

Written

128,000

ZAR 308.04

American

18/06/2009

Put Option

Written

316,100

ZAR 309.01

American

19/03/2009

Put Option

Written

318,600

ZAR 306.10

American

19/03/2009

Put Option

Purchased

316,100

ZAR 231.76

American

19/03/2009

Put Option

Purchased

318,600

ZAR 229.58

American

19/03/2009

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 Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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