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 March 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 154,063,836 4.59% 8,841,992 0.26%
securities
(2) Derivatives 65,907 0.00% 27,362 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 154,129,743 4.59% 8,869,354 0.26%
(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 1,351 36.7416 AUD
Purchase 11,106 36.7415 AUD
Purchase 24,724 36.9500 AUD
Purchase 176,952 36.9309 AUD
Purchase 383,347 35.7000 AUD
Purchase 10,075 36.9500 AUD
Purchase 22,400 36.9674 AUD
Purchase 266,952 36.9386 AUD
Purchase 76,283 36.9500 AUD
Purchase 123,452 36.7885 AUD
Purchase 227,685 36.9091 AUD
Purchase 336,635 35.7000 AUD
Purchase 3,116 36.9500 AUD
Purchase 2,431 36.9500 AUD
Purchase 90,000 36.9537 AUD
Sale 2,100 36.5905 AUD
Sale 383,347 35.7000 AUD
Sale 300 36.6099 AUD
Sale 6,236 36.9500 AUD
Sale 65,524 36.7395 AUD
Sale 52,160 36.9500 AUD
Sale 49,931 36.7395 AUD
Sale 176,952 36.9309 AUD
Sale 21,387 36.9500 AUD
Sale 227,685 36.9091 AUD
Sale 383,306 35.7000 AUD
Sale 39,745 36.9500 AUD
Sale 227,685 36.9091 AUD
Sale 11,316 36.9500 AUD
Sale 20,034 36.9500 AUD
Sale 90,000 36.9537 AUD
Sale 464 36.9228 AUD
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 22400 36.9674
CFD Long 2100 36.5904
CFD Long 464 36.9228
(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
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.
None
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 20 March 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