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 02 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 146,105,596 4.35% 1,466,764 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 7 0.00% 17,536 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 146,105,603 4.35% 1,484,300 0.04%
(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 961 36.7084 AUD
Purchase 2,982 36.6875 AUD
Purchase 1 37.1000 AUD
Purchase 265,201 36.6953 AUD
Purchase 1 36.9500 AUD
Purchase 21,470 36.7500 AUD
Purchase 13,233 36.9586 AUD
Purchase 11,689 36.9316 AUD
Purchase 906 36.7084 AUD
Purchase 67 36.7200 AUD
Purchase 3,880 36.7405 AUD
Purchase 1,343 36.7405 AUD
Purchase 3,260 36.7405 AUD
Purchase 54 36.7200 AUD
Purchase 1,715 36.7406 AUD
Purchase 28 36.7200 AUD
Purchase 216 36.7500 AUD
Purchase 21,364 36.9316 AUD
Purchase 22 36.7200 AUD
Sale 81,300 36.6902 AUD
Sale 1 37.1000 AUD
Sale 265,201 36.6953 AUD
Sale 9,964 36.7500 AUD
Sale 480 35.7500 AUD
Sale 171 36.7200 AUD
Sale 8,628 36.7655 AUD
Sale 6,760 36.7214 AUD
Sale 1 36.9500 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 81300 36.6901
CFD Long 8628 36.7655
CFD Short 2982 36.6874
(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 03 April 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