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 06 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 154,176,671 4.59% 10,800,744 0.32%
securities
(2) Derivatives 34,974 0.00% 134,631 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 154,211,645 4.59% 10,935,375 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 325 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 1,759 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 73 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 177 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 18,058 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 244 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 83,844 36.6637 AUD
Purchase 54,238 37.3010 AUD
Purchase 475 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 83,844 36.6637 AUD
Purchase 2,902 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 1,106 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 430,454 37.6762 AUD
Purchase 1,524 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 357 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 232 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 1,448 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 20,345 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 64,324 37.4000 AUD
Purchase 455 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 2,026 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 3,277 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 2,958 37.3710 AUD
Purchase 282 37.4600 AUD
Purchase 57 37.4600 AUD
Sale 42,391 37.3126 AUD
Sale 26,531 37.3126 AUD
Sale 18,609 36.6600 AUD
Sale 54,238 37.3010 AUD
Sale 83,844 36.6637 AUD
Sale 24,993 37.3126 AUD
Sale 129,000 36.7469 AUD
Sale 30,726 37.3126 AUD
Sale 8,044 37.4600 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 430454 37.6761
CFD Long 129000 36.7468
(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 07 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