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 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 146,701,141 4.37% 1,204,979 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 390 0.00% 340,580 0.01%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 146,701,531 4.37% 1,545,559 0.05%
(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 390 44.5000 AUD
Purchase 5,800 45.1000 AUD
Purchase 1,045 44.5303 AUD
Purchase 293 44.5000 AUD
Purchase 120 43.6000 AUD
Purchase 129,009 43.8128 AUD
Purchase 721 44.5302 AUD
Purchase 25,000 45.0880 AUD
Purchase 4,230 44.2194 AUD
Purchase 2,741 44.5303 AUD
Purchase 768 44.5000 AUD
Purchase 202 44.5000 AUD
Purchase 1,390 44.5303 AUD
Purchase 202 44.5000 AUD
Purchase 276 44.5303 AUD
Purchase 118 45.1000 AUD
Purchase 841 43.6000 AUD
Purchase 174,783 43.8967 AUD
Purchase 2,503 44.8052 AUD
Purchase 721 44.5302 AUD
Purchase 77 44.5000 AUD
Purchase 2,297 44.5302 AUD
Purchase 188 44.5000 AUD
Purchase 670 44.5302 AUD
Purchase 3,284 44.5303 AUD
Purchase 925 44.5000 AUD
Purchase 644 44.5000 AUD
Sale 174,783 43.8967 AUD
Sale 129,009 43.8128 AUD
Sale 120 43.6000 AUD
Sale 480 35.7500 AUD
Sale 2,503 44.8052 AUD
Sale 22,900 45.0972 AUD
Sale 2,218 20.5000
Sale 25,000 45.0880 AUD
Sale 3,874 44.3055 AUD
Sale 116 44.5000 AUD
Sale 2,512 44.5000 AUD
Sale 362 44.5000 AUD
Sale 129,009 43.8128 AUD
Sale 352 44.5000 AUD
Sale 260 43.4077 AUD
Sale 6,011 45.1000 AUD
Sale 19,892 45.1000 AUD
Sale 347 44.5000 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 3874 44.3054
CFD Long 22900 45.0972
CFD Short 4230 44.2193
CFD Short 440585 44.3175
(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 24 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