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 LTD
Class of relevant security NVP
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 21/11/2007
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 145,649,258 4.34% 18,130,337 0.54%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,039,162 0.03% 466,011 0.01%
3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 146,688,420 4.37% 18,596,348 0.55%
(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 38,976 41.0036 AUD
Purchase 1,180 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 880 41.0107 AUD
Purchase 191 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 61 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 42,754 41.0081 AUD
Purchase 304 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 555 41.0106 AUD
Purchase 218 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 631 41.0107 AUD
Purchase 79,925 40.9442 AUD
Purchase 31,110 41.0500 AUD
Purchase 5,786 41.0106 AUD
Purchase 533 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 589 41.0106 AUD
Purchase 211,092 41.0910 AUD
Purchase 3,778 41.0541 AUD
Purchase 353 41.0106 AUD
Purchase 40,000 40.3906 AUD
Purchase 203 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 121 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 2,014 41.1200 AUD
Purchase 1,542 41.0107 AUD
Purchase 3,409 41.0107 AUD
Purchase 40,000 40.3906 AUD
Purchase 14,000 40.7636 AUD
Purchase 558 40.7500 AUD
Purchase 178 41.0107 AUD
Purchase 140 41.0106 AUD
Purchase 92,972 41.0693 AUD
Purchase 14,451 41.0500 AUD
Purchase 14,535 41.0500 AUD
Purchase 73,000 41.1985 AUD
Purchase 48 41.1200 AUD
Sale 14,451 41.0500 AUD
Sale 3,211 41.1200 AUD
Sale 40,000 40.3906 AUD
Sale 1,000 41.0418 AUD
Sale 3,778 41.0541 AUD
Sale 1,662 41.1200 AUD
Sale 211,092 41.0910 AUD
Sale 92,972 41.0693 AUD
Sale 79,925 40.9442 AUD
Sale 38,976 41.0036 AUD
Sale 16,455 40.7500 AUD
Sale 151,800 40.7651 AUD
Sale 391,514 41.0500 AUD
Sale 3,725 41.0500 AUD
Sale 79,925 40.9442 AUD
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit
CFD Short 40000 40.3905
CFD Short 14000 40.7635
CFD Short 73000 41.1984
CFD Long 151800 40.7651
CFD Long 1000 41.0417
(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 22/11/07
Contact name Barclays Compliance
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