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 23 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 154,818,779 4.61% 10,632,428 0.32%
securities
(2) Derivatives 53,774 0.00% 152,753 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 154,872,553 4.61% 10,785,181 0.32%
(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 1,607 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 521 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 1,022 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 6,513 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 1,848 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 3,136 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 93,505 34.0154 AUD
Purchase 20,689 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 988,995 31.0000 AUD
Purchase 3,705 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 2,404 33.4000 AUD
Purchase 26 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 4,538 33.7507 AUD
Purchase 248,915 33.8274 AUD
Purchase 2,642 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 12,836 33.7388 AUD
Purchase 3,112 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 2,304 33.4660 AUD
Purchase 2,598 34.0900 AUD
Purchase 26 33.8900 AUD
Purchase 82,694 34.0443 AUD
Purchase 372 34.0900 AUD
Purchase 310,077 33.7487 AUD
Purchase 929 34.0900 AUD
Purchase 248,915 33.8274 AUD
Purchase 47,188 33.4000 AUD
Purchase 838 33.8900 AUD
Sale 150,421 33.8900 AUD
Sale 20,317 33.7769 AUD
Sale 22,806 33.8900 AUD
Sale 1,607 33.8900 AUD
Sale 93,505 34.0154 AUD
Sale 73,262 33.8900 AUD
Sale 93,505 34.0154 AUD
Sale 26 33.8900 AUD
Sale 24,104 33.8900 AUD
Sale 20,689 33.8900 AUD
Sale 82,339 33.8900 AUD
Sale 248,915 33.8274 AUD
Sale 1,607 33.8900 AUD
Sale 1,345 33.8900 AUD
Sale 10,638 33.7763 AUD
Sale 531 33.8900 AUD
Sale 474 33.7769 AUD
Sale 310,077 33.7487 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 12836 33.7388
CFD Short 4538 33.7506
CFD Long 10638 33.7763
(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 24 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