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 21 January 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 153,409,377 4.57% 12,050,584 0.36%
securities
(2) Derivatives 59,733 0.00% 3,358 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 153,469,110 4.57% 12,053,942 0.36%
(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 118,181 34.4648 AUD
Purchase 9,208 34.0059 AUD
Purchase 5,194 34.1824 AUD
Purchase 9,159 34.6076 AUD
Purchase 500 34.5658 AUD
Purchase 5,651 34.4635 AUD
Purchase 118,181 34.4648 AUD
Purchase 9,208 34.0059 AUD
Purchase 186,380 34.1274 AUD
Purchase 845 34.3238 AUD
Purchase 2,330 34.3237 AUD
Purchase 1,016 34.3238 AUD
Purchase 1,333 34.4800 AUD
Purchase 170,990 33.2933 AUD
Purchase 3,557 33.2967 AUD
Purchase 1,131 34.4800 AUD
Purchase 14,353 34.4537 AUD
Purchase 862 34.3238 AUD
Purchase 500 34.5865 AUD
Purchase 3,056 34.4800 AUD
Purchase 3,355 34.4800 AUD
Purchase 186,380 34.1274 AUD
Purchase 2,140 34.3238 AUD
Purchase 1,108 34.4800 AUD
Purchase 2,552 34.3237 AUD
Purchase 2,808 34.4800 AUD
Purchase 170,990 33.2933 AUD
Sale 400 34.4800 AUD
Sale 186,380 34.1274 AUD
Sale 118,181 34.4648 AUD
Sale 500 34.5865 AUD
Sale 186,380 34.1274 AUD
Sale 5,047 34.4800 AUD
Sale 9,159 34.6007 AUD
Sale 1,448 34.4800 AUD
Sale 14,353 34.4537 AUD
Sale 118,181 34.4648 AUD
Sale 170,990 33.2933 AUD
Sale 1,703 34.4800 AUD
Sale 5,651 34.4566 AUD
Sale 5,194 34.1756 AUD
Sale 500 34.5865 AUD
Sale 9,208 34.0059 AUD
Sale 697 34.4800 AUD
Sale 56,252 33.2900 AUD
Sale 14,353 34.4537 AUD
Sale 3,557 33.2900 AUD
Sale 375 34.4800 AUD
Sale 1,107 34.4800 AUD
Sale 2,014 34.4800 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 3557 33.2966
CFD Short 5651 34.4634
CFD Long 5194 34.1755
CFD Long 9159 34.6006
(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 January 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