Rule 8.3-BHP Billiton PLC

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 25 January 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 24 January 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 24,466,122 (1.0958%) 1,186,665 (0.0531%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 20,715 (0.0009%) 195,642 (0.0088%) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 3,073,000 (0.1376%) 3,210,000 (0.1437%) Total 27,559,837 (1.2343%) 4,592,307 (0.2056%) (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 200,000 12.7657 GBP Purchase 558 13.1600 GBP Purchase 1,758 13.2600 GBP Purchase 1,602 13.2700 GBP Purchase 234 13.2900 GBP Purchase 100,000 13.3000 GBP Purchase 89 13.3200 GBP Purchase 373 13.3600 GBP Purchase 558 13.3800 GBP Purchase 1,546 13.4500 GBP Purchase 60 13.5100 GBP Purchase 774 13.5200 GBP Purchase 846 13.5300 GBP Purchase 217,000 13.5931 GBP Purchase 7,832 13.8600 GBP Purchase 5,000 13.2500 GBP Purchase 10,000 13.8340 GBP Purchase 5,000 13.1800 GBP Purchase 7,500 13.8600 GBP Purchase 10,000 13.3310 GBP Purchase 5,000 13.3300 GBP Purchase 1,806 13.3260 GBP Purchase 10,000 13.6390 GBP Sale 3,000 13.2300 GBP Sale 7,000 13.3000 GBP Sale 8,398 13.3571 GBP Sale 100,000 13.5300 GBP Sale 6,000 13.5900 GBP Sale 49,386 13.6000 GBP Sale 3,381 13.6100 GBP Sale 48,000 13.6300 GBP Sale 5,000 13.7100 GBP Sale 4,272 13.7500 GBP Sale 2,728 13.7600 GBP Sale 4,000 13.7700 GBP Sale 200 13.8900 GBP Sale 5,000 13.8630 GBP Sale 10,000 13.3000 GBP Sale 76,000 13.6040 GBP Sale 1,492 13.7600 GBP Sale 5,000 13.5620 GBP Sale 160 13.6100 GBP Sale 186 13.6100 GBP Sale 182 13.7000 GBP (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 Jun 2008 Call Short 5000 0.2300 EUR Warrant Jun 2008 Call Long 1300 0.0350 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Short 230 0.4900 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Short 30 0.4800 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Short 2500 0.3600 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Long 100 0.3700 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Short 560 0.3300 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Long 10000 0.2100 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Short 2776 0.2300 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Long 1500 0.1200 EUR Warrant Dec 2008 Call Short 1000 0.0880 EUR Warrant Jun 2009 Put Warrant Long 620 0.5300 EUR Jun 2009 Call Short 200 0.2300 EUR Warrant (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) Mar 2008 Purchased 350,000 15.000 American 20 Mar 0.3800 GBP Call GBP 2008 Option (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 25 January 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 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 24 January 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 717,650 (0.0213%) 4,942,470 (0.1471%) (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 717,650 (0.0213%) 4,942,470 (0.1471%) (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 15,000 34.05 AUD Sale 100,000 34.64 AUD Sale 400,000 43.00 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 25 January 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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