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 05 February 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 153,820,263 4.58% 11,080,046 0.33%
securities
(2) Derivatives 203,623 0.01% 1,826 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 154,023,886 4.59% 11,081,872 0.33%
(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 153,381 40.0078 AUD
Purchase 1,768 39.6400 AUD
Purchase 3,704 39.7100 AUD
Purchase 7,983 39.6500 AUD
Purchase 42,748 39.6540 AUD
Purchase 1,430 39.8140 AUD
Purchase 400 39.8621 AUD
Purchase 1,513 39.6500 AUD
Purchase 400 39.8860 AUD
Purchase 100,000 39.8383 AUD
Purchase 2,832 39.7100 AUD
Purchase 24,125 39.8010 AUD
Purchase 22,798 39.8425 AUD
Purchase 146,230 39.9282 AUD
Purchase 263 39.6500 AUD
Purchase 283 39.9500 AUD
Purchase 42,748 39.6540 AUD
Sale 772 39.7523 AUD
Sale 400 39.8860 AUD
Sale 948 39.7651 AUD
Sale 108,235 39.6500 AUD
Sale 872 39.7100 AUD
Sale 40,537 39.8418 AUD
Sale 1,144 39.6400 AUD
Sale 400 39.8860 AUD
Sale 18,972 39.7933 AUD
Sale 1,430 39.8140 AUD
Sale 105,693 39.9613 AUD
Sale 518 39.7652 AUD
Sale 42,748 39.6540 AUD
Sale 7,430 39.8010 AUD
Sale 624 39.6400 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 22798 39.8425
CFD Short 153381 40.0078
CFD Long 355 39.2173
CFD Long 18972 39.7932
(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 06 February 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