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EPT Disclosure

09 July 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	Deutsche Securities (Pty) Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary
Date of dealing	08/07/2008

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
Ordinary	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities		1,551,830 -0.07
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total		1,551,830 -0.07

(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

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit - South African Rand ZAR
Purchase	1,500	262.50
Purchase	4,000	263.00
Purchase	47,072	256.65
Purchase	30,000	261.06
Purchase	10,682	262.35
Purchase	3,062	262.40
Purchase	500	262.27
Purchase	6,450	262.65
Purchase	80,000	263.02
TOTAL PURCHASE	183,266
Sale	-714	260.75
Sale	-500	260
Sale	-8,536	262
Sale	-726	263
Sale	-13,159	261
Sale	-43,281	256.65
Sale	-15,000	261.06
Sale	-85	261.15
Sale	-1,756	261.5
Sale	-209	262.09
Sale	-2,088	262.1
Sale	-11,231	262.29
Sale	-3,250	262.65
Sale	-242	263.75
Sale	-242	264.39
Sale	-242	264.62
Sale	-484	265.23
Sale	-80,000	263.02
TOTAL SALE	-181,745

(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)

(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 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.

N/A

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO

Date of disclosure	09/07/2008
Contact name	Artie Movsesian
Telephone number	020 7545 7804
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Connected Advisor to Offeree

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

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