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 30 June 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 145,833,775 4.35% 1,385,534 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 20,890 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 145,854,665 4.35% 1,385,534 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 21,652 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 1,402 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 4,268 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 5,861 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 1,328 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 1,823 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 443 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 16,920 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 1,182 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 1,621 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 2,102 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 1,531 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 1,924 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 1,272 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 324 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 15,768 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 9,895 43.7000 AUD
Purchase 24,557 43.7000 AUD
Purchase 1,854 43.7000 AUD
Purchase 922 43.7000 AUD
Purchase 317 43.7988 AUD
Purchase 3,800 43.7819 AUD
Purchase 9,182 43.6642 AUD
Purchase 233,716 43.8387 AUD
Purchase 752,587 43.6956 AUD
Purchase 2,178 43.7000 AUD
Purchase 928 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 1,863 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 6,711 43.1900 AUD
Purchase 1,112 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 1,526 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 487 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 355 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 23,264 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 2,538 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 5,181 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 2,556 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 2,268 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 1,653 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 670 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 4,092 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 8,664 43.7319 AUD
Purchase 3,483 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 918 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 11,896 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 5,617 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 3,774 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 4,754 43.8000 AUD
Purchase 3,462 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 2,219 43.7318 AUD
Purchase 3,045 43.8000 AUD
Sale 4,571 43.7000 AUD
Sale 9,895 43.7000 AUD
Sale 25,186 42.8900 AUD
Sale 233,716 43.8387 AUD
Sale 2,178 43.7000 AUD
Sale 5,662 43.8000 AUD
Sale 9,182 43.6642 AUD
Sale 4,782 43.6913 AUD
Sale 752,587 43.6956 AUD
Sale 922 43.7000 AUD
Sale 346,624 43.7000 AUD
Sale 22,394 43.7000 AUD
Sale 36,264 43.7000 AUD
Sale 96,031 43.8000 AUD
Sale 752,587 43.6956 AUD
Sale 1,854 43.7000 AUD
Sale 15,343 43.7000 AUD
Sale 7,632 43.7000 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 4782 43.6912
CFD Short 3800 43.7819
CFD Short 317 43.7987
(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 01 July 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