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 15 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 146,345,018 4.36% 1,146,657 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,000 0.00% 35,458 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 146,347,018 4.36% 1,182,115 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 34,805 41.8646 AUD
Purchase 70,441 41.7477 AUD
Purchase 7,900 41.9213 AUD
Purchase 60 41.5900 AUD
Purchase 4,248 41.8165 AUD
Purchase 30,000 42.0025 AUD
Purchase 75,726 41.9044 AUD
Purchase 10,770 41.7999 AUD
Purchase 425 41.5900 AUD
Purchase 1,450 42.0000 AUD
Purchase 146,788 42.0000 AUD
Purchase 6,770 42.0000 AUD
Purchase 12,472 42.0000 AUD
Purchase 5,162 41.8646 AUD
Purchase 3,658 41.5900 AUD
Purchase 3,401 41.8808 AUD
Purchase 10,188 41.8808 AUD
Purchase 775 41.8646 AUD
Purchase 505 42.0600 AUD
Sale 400 41.5800 AUD
Sale 75,726 41.9044 AUD
Sale 100,441 41.8238 AUD
Sale 480 35.7500 AUD
Sale 60 41.5900 AUD
Sale 30,000 42.0025 AUD
Sale 70,441 41.7477 AUD
Sale 8,248 41.9207 AUD
Sale 87,947 42.0938 AUD
Sale 2,148 42.0000 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 400 41.58
CFD Long 8248 41.9206
CFD Short 4248 41.8164
CFD Short 7900 41.9212
(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 16 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