Rule 8.3- (BHP Billiton Plc)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 07 February 2008 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 Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings being ORD USD 0.50 disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 4 February 2008 Amendment: Sale of 71,000 @ 16.4303 GBP on 04.02.08 amended to sale to 74,000 @ 16.4303 GBP on 06.02.08 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 22,331,547 (1.0002%) 1,165,929 (0.0522%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 27,930 (0.0012%) 147,876 (0.0066%) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 3,073,000 (0.1376%) 3,960,000 (0.1773%) Total 25,432,477 (1.1390%) 5,273,805 (0.2361%) (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 4,000 16.0100 GBP Purchase 3,000 16.1200 GBP Purchase 558 16.1700 GBP Purchase 567 16.2700 GBP Purchase 571 16.2900 GBP Purchase 4,000 16.3100 GBP Purchase 586 16.3300 GBP Purchase 12,000 16.3500 GBP Purchase 251 16.3600 GBP Purchase 573 16.4000 GBP Purchase 1,500 16.4100 GBP Purchase 13,676 16.4900 GBP Purchase 869 16.5900 GBP Purchase 1,715 16.6000 GBP Purchase 2,000 16.6171 GBP Purchase 6,476 16.6200 GBP Purchase 1,894 16.6300 GBP Purchase 12,000 16.3080 GBP Purchase 6,100 16.4900 GBP Purchase 4,276 16.4900 GBP Purchase 6,900 16.4900 GBP Sale 100,000 16.0600 GBP Sale 3,660 16.3440 GBP Sale* 74,000 16.4303 GBP Sale 400,000 16.4389 GBP Sale 51,676 16.4900 GBP Sale 100,000 16.5000 GBP Sale 1,000 16.5500 GBP Sale 3,900 16.5600 GBP Sale 420,228 16.6000 GBP Sale 12,400 16.6171 GBP Sale 25,000 16.6200 GBP Sale 1,962 16.3310 GBP * amended sale to 74,000 @ 16.4303 GBP on 06.02.08 (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 Mar 2008 Call Short 200 0.3500 EUR Warrant Jun 2008 Call Long 2,000 0.4600 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Put Warrant Long 800 0.1090 EUR Dec 2008 Call Long 10,000 0.5100 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Short 150 0.4900 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Short 107.6 0.4500 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Long 1,200 0.1980 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Long 5,000 0.1300 EUR Warrant Jun 2009 Put Warrant Long 620 0.4200 EUR (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 7 February 2008 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 Mar 2008 Purchased 250,000 18.000 GBP American 20 Mar Call 2008 Option Mar 2008 Written 250,000 19.000 GBP American 20 Mar Call 2008 Option Mar 2008 Purchase 750,000 12.0000 GBP American 20 Mar Put 2008 Option Jun 2008 Written 25,000 12.000 GBP American 20 Jun Put 2008 Option Jun 2008 Written 160,000 13.000 GBP American 20 Jun Put 2008 Option Mar 2008 Written 178,000 13.000 GBP American 20 Mar Put 2008 Option Mar Written 500,000 15.000 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Call Apr Written 110,000 9.850 GBP American 11 Apr 2008 2008 Put Mar Written 350,000 15.00 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Call Apr Purchased 110,000 9.850 GBP American 11 Apr 2008 2008 Put Mar Written 1,000,000 25.000 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Call Mar Purchased 500,000 15.000 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Call Mar Purchased 350,000 15.000 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Call Mar Written 500,000 10.000 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Put Mar Written 500,000 9.000 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Put Mar Purchased 1,000,000 15.000 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Put Mar Purchased 500,000 9.000 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 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 4 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 securities 904,063 (0.0269%) 4,453,455 (0.1326%) (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 904,063 (0.0269%) 4,453,455 (0.1326%) (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 67,220 39.25 AUD Purchase 361,108 41.23 AUD (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 Purchase 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 5 February 2008 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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