Rule 8.3-(BHP Billiton)-Amend

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 05 December 2007 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 (Note 1) The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings being ORD USD 0.50 disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 29 November 2007 AMENDMENT: Positions and Trading in BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd on 29 November 2007 should read as follows: 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 securities 22,676,231 (1.0047%) 1,476,383 (0.0654%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 2,853,100 (0.1264%) 4,738,877 (0.2099%) Total 25,529,331 (1.1311%) 6,215,260 (0.2753%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short 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 (Note 5) Purchase 193 15.5700 GBP Purchase 192 15.5800 GBP Purchase 325 15.5900 GBP Purchase 15,008 15.6000 GBP Purchase 96 15.6300 GBP Purchase 483 15.6400 GBP Purchase 60 15.6600 GBP Purchase 482 15.6900 GBP Purchase 38 15.7200 GBP Purchase 385 15.7500 GBP Purchase 1,927 15.7700 GBP Purchase 3,565 15.7900 GBP Purchase 193 15.8000 GBP Purchase 80 15.8100 GBP Purchase 96 15.8300 GBP Purchase 96 15.8400 GBP Purchase 100,215 15.8500 GBP Purchase 16 15.8900 GBP Purchase 258 15.9000 GBP Purchase 454 15.9100 GBP Purchase 1,711 15.9400 GBP Purchase 96 15.9500 GBP Purchase 615 15.9600 GBP Purchase 290 15.9800 GBP Purchase 785 15.9900 GBP Purchase 1,278 16.0000 GBP Purchase 354 16.0100 GBP Purchase 779 16.0200 GBP Purchase 1,213 16.0300 GBP Purchase 117 16.0500 GBP Purchase 347 16.0700 GBP Purchase 24 16.2200 GBP Purchase 103 16.2300 GBP Purchase 289 16.2500 GBP Purchase 120 16.2600 GBP Purchase 673 16.2700 GBP Purchase 90 16.2800 GBP Purchase 578 16.2900 GBP Purchase 803 16.3000 GBP Purchase 270,000 15.9000 GBP Purchase 2,500 15.7300 GBP TOTAL: 406,927 15.7000 GBP Sale 386 15.8200 GBP Sale 96 15.8580 GBP Sale 50,000 15.8900 GBP Sale 1,133 15.9000 GBP Sale 1,500 15.9100 GBP Sale 96 15.9200 GBP Sale 96 15.9400 GBP Sale 96 15.9600 GBP Sale 97 15.9900 GBP Sale 5,000 16.0300 GBP Sale 100,000 16.1600 GBP Sale 400 16.1800 GBP Sale 4,380 16.2400 GBP Sale 5,000 16.2600 GBP Sale 64 16.3070 GBP Sale 4,500 16.1330 GBP Sale 100,000 15.8800 GBP Sale 40,000 15.7600 GBP Sale 27,000 16.1000 GBP Sale 150,000 TOTAL: 489,844 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note name, 6) 7) 5) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option name, selling, securities to American, money purchasing, which the option European varying etc. relates (Note 7) etc. e.g. price date paid/ call received option per unit (Note 5) June 2008 Purchase 10,000 18.0000 American 12 0.0220 EUR Call GBP June Warrant 2008 (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Note option securities 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (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. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO Date of disclosure 30 November 2007 Contact name Richard Hopkins Telephone number (020) 7714 4459 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/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 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) Product Written Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry *name, or which the option or price (Note American, date purchased derivative relates 2) European etc. e.g. call option Dec 2007 Written 70,000 10.0000 GBP American 20 Dec Call 2007 Warrant Dec 2007 Written 50,150 11.0000 GBP American 20 Dec Put 2007 Warrant Dec 2007 Written 13,245 14.0000 GBP American 20 Dec Call 2007 Warrant Dec 2007 Written 80,000 14.0000 GBP American 20 Dec Put 2007 Warrant Dec 2007 Written 42,500 16.0000 GBP American 20 Dec Call 2007 Warrant Dec 2007 Written 32,500 17.0000 GBP American 20 Dec Call 2007 Warrant Dec 2007 Written 330 18.0000 GBP American 20 Dec Call 2007 Warrant Mar 2008 Written 7,400 17.0000 GBP American 13 Call March Warrant 2008 Mar 2008 Written 26,000 19.0000 GBP American 13 Call March Warrant 2008 Mar 2008 Written 5,000 21.0000 GBP American 13 Call March Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 22,000 10.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 10,000 12.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 68,473 14.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 3,000 15.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 20,300 16.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 33,000 18.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 32,500 20.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 5,400 22.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Jun 2008 Written 115,000 24.0000 GBP American 12 Call June Warrant 2008 Dec 2008 Written 18,900 11.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 23,000 13.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 3,450 14.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 229,500 15.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 55,225 16.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 23,800 17.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 9,950 17.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Put 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 277,300 19.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 8,975 21.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 6,700 23.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Dec 2008 Written 453,579 25.0000 GBP American 11 Dec Call 2008 Warrant Jun 2009 Written 2,000 18.0000 GBP American 18 Call June Warrant 2009 Jun 2009 Written 116,800 20.0000 GBP American 18 Call June Warrant 2009 Jun 2009 Written 13,000 24.0000 GBP American 18 Call June Warrant 2009 Dec 2007 Written 500,000 10.0000 GBP American 21 Dec Put 2007 Option Mar 2008 Purchase 250,000 18.0000 GBP American 20 Mar Call 2008 Option Mar 2008 Written 250,000 19.0000 GBP American 20 Mar Call 2008 Option Dec 2007 Written 70,000 10.0000 GBP American 21 Dec Put 2007 Option Dec 2007 Written 30,000 10.5000 GBP American 21 Dec Put 2007 Option Jun 2008 Written 25,000 12.0000 GBP American 20 Jun Put 2008 Option Jun 2008 Written 160,000 13.0000 GBP American 20 Jun Put 2008 Option Mar 2008 Written 178,000 13.0000 GBP American 20 Mar Put 2008 Option Dec Written 500,000 13.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Dec Written 250,000 15.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Dec Purchased 1,000,000 16.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Mar Written 1,000,000 25.00 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Call Mar Written 500,000 10.00 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Put Dec Purchased 1,000,000 15.00 GBP American 20 Mar 2007 2008 Put Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk 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 (Note 1) Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Company dealt in BHP Billiton Ltd Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 29 November 2007 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 securities 869,386 (0.0258%) 4,767,056 (0.1419%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) Total 869,386 (0.0258%) 4,767,056 (0.1419%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short 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 (Note 5) Purchase 5,014 42.19 AUD TOTAL: 5,014 42.18 AUD Sale 615,000 42.19 AUD Sale 210,000 42.21 AUD Sale 192,000 42.22 AUD Sale 50,000 42.29 AUD Sale 150,000 TOTAL: 1,217,000 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note name, 6) 7) 5) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option name, selling, securities to American, money purchasing, which the option European varying etc. relates (Note 7) etc. e.g. price date paid/ call received option per unit (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Note option securities 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (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. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO Date of disclosure 4 December 2007 Contact name Richard Hopkins Telephone number (020) 7714 4459 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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