Rule 38.5(b)-BHP Billiton PLC

RNS Number : 8777X

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

30 June 2008

 



DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS 

WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS

BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

(Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code)

1.    KEY INFORMATION

Name of exempt principal trader	The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc)
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	ORD USD 0.50
Date of dealing	27 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 2)

	Long	Short
	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities	445,807 (0.0202)	608,814 (0.0276)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	0 (0.0)	380,000 (0.0172)
Total	445,807 (0.0202)	988,814 (0.0448)

(b)    Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:	Long	Short
	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

• Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:	Details

3.    DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a)    Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase	3,000 517,800 195,984 1,232	18.7500 GBP 18.4298 GBP 18.7500 GBP 18.7500 GBP

(b)    Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name,  e.g. CFD	Long/short (Note 5)	Number of securities (Note 6)	Price per unit (Note 4)

(c)    Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)    Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name, e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry  date	Option money paid/received per unit (Note 4)

(ii)    Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 4)

(d)    Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3)

Nature of transaction (Note 7)	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)

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 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8)                YES/NO

Date of disclosure	30 June 2008
Contact name	Richard Hopkins
Telephone number	[phone]
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	ABN-AMRO is acting as defence adviser to Rio Tinto plc regarding the unsolicited offer from BHP Billiton plc. ABN-AMRO is a subsidiary of RFS Holdings N.V. in which the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc have a 38.3% interest.

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS 

(This form should be attached to Form 38.5 (a) or Form 38.5 (b), as appropriate)

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name, e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which the option or derivative relates	Exercise price (Note 2)	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
Dec 2010 Call Option	Written	100,000	16.3500 GBP	American	17 Dec 2010
Dec 2010 Put Option	Written	100,000	16.3500 GBP	American	17 Dec 2010
Dec 2009 Put Option	Written	180,000	18.0000 GBP	American	18 Dec 2009

 

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