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 24 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 147,071,383 4.38% 981,262 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 52 0.00% 204,534 0.01%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 147,071,435 4.38% 1,185,796 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 50,000 39.9960 AUD
Purchase 30,000 44.9045 AUD
Purchase 116,000 43.0043 AUD
Purchase 30,000 44.9045 AUD
Purchase 5,184 44.6253 AUD
Purchase 440,585 44.3175 AUD
Purchase 34,014 44.4140 AUD
Purchase 240 44.6100 AUD
Purchase 95,870 44.7689 AUD
Purchase 50,000 38.9961 AUD
Purchase 1,272 44.6100 AUD
Purchase 50,000 40.9959 AUD
Purchase 66,000 44.0044 AUD
Purchase 21,622 44.9000 AUD
Purchase 33,630 44.6887 AUD
Sale 4,846 44.6188 AUD
Sale 95,870 44.7689 AUD
Sale 16,993 44.6100 AUD
Sale 240 44.6100 AUD
Sale 480 35.7500 AUD
Sale 450 43.4692 AUD
Sale 34,014 44.4140 AUD
Sale 50,000 39.9960 AUD
Sale 116,000 43.0043 AUD
Sale 50,000 38.9961 AUD
Sale 50,000 40.9959 AUD
Sale 66,000 44.0044 AUD
Sale 1,898 44.9000 AUD
Sale 1,338 45.1000 AUD
Sale 30,000 44.9045 AUD
Sale 136,046 44.5675 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 136046 44.5674
CFD Long 4846 44.6188
CFD Short 5184 44.6252
(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 25 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