Rule 8.3 - BHP BILLITON LTD
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 BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in BHP BILLITON LIMITED
Class of relevant security NPV
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 30 April 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 146,084,101 4.35% 1,705,893 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 0 0.00% 31,134 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 146,084,101 4.35% 1,737,027 0.05%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
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
(GBP)
Purchase 164 Transfer
Purchase 3,114 42.2300 AUD
Purchase 312 42.2828 AUD
Purchase 6,236 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 729 42.2828 AUD
Purchase 11,632 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 1,899 42.2828 AUD
Purchase 1,611 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 3,410 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 4,018 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 110 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 86,907 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 129 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 88 Transfer
Purchase 143 Transfer
Purchase 3,000 42.1100 AUD
Purchase 42,515 42.3158 AUD
Purchase 161 Transfer
Purchase 161 Transfer
Purchase 4,370 Transfer
Purchase 102 Transfer
Purchase 178,884 42.2768 AUD
Purchase 4,000 42.2647 AUD
Purchase 73,757 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 3,038 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 2,619 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 1,514 42.3895 AUD
Purchase 1,514 42.2700 AUD
Purchase 6,627 42.2300 AUD
Purchase 375 42.2300 AUD
Sale 3,800 42.2210 AUD
Sale 730 42.3073 AUD
Sale 519 42.2300 AUD
Sale 3,000 42.1100 AUD
Sale 1,011 42.2300 AUD
Sale 178,884 42.2768 AUD
Sale 4,667 42.3072 AUD
Sale 1,419 42.3073 AUD
Sale 965 42.2300 AUD
Sale 242,994 42.2700 AUD
Sale 1,605 42.1100 AUD
Sale 169,180 42.2700 AUD
Sale 480 35.7500 AUD
Sale 1,611 42.2700 AUD
Sale 1,746 42.3072 AUD
Sale 1,742 42.3072 AUD
Sale 1,241 42.2300 AUD
Sale 243 42.3073 AUD
Sale 172 42.2300 AUD
Sale 42,515 42.3158 AUD
Sale 3,332 42.2300 AUD
Sale 3,410 42.2700 AUD
Sale 73,757 42.2700 AUD
Sale 2,412 42.2700 AUD
Sale 122 42.2300 AUD
Sale 173 42.3073 AUD
Sale 1,510 42.2300 AUD
Sale 2,121 42.3072 AUD
Sale 1,244 42.2300 AUD
Sale 1,355 42.3073 AUD
Sale 110 42.2700 AUD
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3800 42.2209
CFD Short 4000 42.2647
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
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) NO
Date of disclosure 01 May 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If 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 at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk