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 19 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 144,167,624 4.30% 1,673,787 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 534,179 0.02% 26,863 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 26,200 0.00% 26,200 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 144,728,003 4.31% 1,726,850 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 2,607 35.4000 AUD
Purchase 299,993 35.4946 AUD
Purchase 123 35.5633 AUD
Purchase 2,762 35.4071 AUD
Purchase 1,576 35.6895 AUD
Purchase 188,750 35.5623 AUD
Purchase 717 35.3965 AUD
Purchase 490 35.4000 AUD
Purchase 7,531 35.6500 AUD
Purchase 188,750 35.5623 AUD
Purchase 13,600 35.9175 AUD
Purchase 3,018 35.4000 AUD
Purchase 2,123 35.8791 AUD
Purchase 536 35.4000 AUD
Sale 299,993 35.4946 AUD
Sale 191,907 35.4000 AUD
Sale 188,750 35.5623 AUD
Sale 38,900 35.5849 AUD
Sale 19,921 35.7524 AUD
Sale 300,710 35.4944 AUD
Sale 575 35.8837 AUD
Sale 717 35.3965 AUD
Sale 371 35.4000 AUD
Sale 82,511 34.9996 AUD
Sale 243,989 35.4000 AUD
Sale 6,351 35.4000 AUD
Sale 7,750 35.4000 AUD
Sale 20,900 35.4000 AUD
Sale 343,491 35.6500 AUD
Sale 7,531 35.6500 AUD
Sale 1,652 35.4000 AUD
Sale 5,721 35.4000 AUD
Sale 23 35.6930 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 38900 35.5849
CFD Long 23 35.693
CFD Long 19921 35.7523
CFD Long 575 35.8837
CFD Short 2762 35.407
CFD Short 123 35.5633
CFD Short 2123 35.8791
CFD Short 13600 35.9175
(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) YES
Date of disclosure 22 September 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)
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, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased 26,200 34.2000 EURO 27/10/2008
Option Purchased -26,200 39.4820 EURO 27/10/2008
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFD's), 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