Rule 8.3- BHP Billiton

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 21 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) 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 20 December 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 25,010,352 (1.1202%) 1,071,381 (0.0479%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 995 (0.0000%) 193,278 (0.0087%) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 2,523,000 (0.1130%) 2,410,000 (0.1079%) Total 27,534,347 (1.2332%) 3,674,659 (0.1645%) (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 250,651 14.8100 GBP Purchase 1,300 14.8300 GBP Purchase 91,662 14.8799 GBP Purchase 241,010 14.9000 GBP Purchase 79 14.9100 GBP Purchase 17,950 14.9200 GBP Purchase 12,132 14.9300 GBP Purchase 6,481 14.9400 GBP Purchase 8,581 14.9500 GBP Purchase 36 14.9700 GBP Purchase 813 14.9800 GBP Purchase 1,131 14.9900 GBP Purchase 1,820 15.0000 GBP Purchase 193 15.0800 GBP Purchase 289 15.0900 GBP Purchase 456,000 15.1066 GBP Purchase 10,000 14.9200 GBP Purchase 10,000 14.9100 GBP Purchase 5,000 14.9300 GBP Purchase 5,000 14.9300 GBP Purchase 10,000 14.9100 GBP Purchase 40,000 14.9300 GBP Purchase 432,408 14.8566 GBP Sale 526 14.8100 GBP Sale 4,756 14.8400 GBP Sale 6,094 14.8500 GBP Sale 15,758 14.8600 GBP Sale 10,065 14.8700 GBP Sale 21,135 14.8800 GBP Sale 13,467 14.8900 GBP Sale 10,162 14.9000 GBP Sale 2,536 14.9100 GBP Sale 7,588 14.9200 GBP Sale 25,160 14.9249 GBP Sale 11,146 14.9300 GBP Sale 8,678 14.9500 GBP Sale 229 15.0600 GBP Sale 5,000 14.8300 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 Dec 2007 Put Warrant Short 5,015 0.000001 EUR Dec2007 Call Warrant Long 1,324.50 0.128600 EUR Dec 2007 Put Warrant Short 8,000 0.000001 EUR Dec2007 Call Warrant Long 1,250 0.000001 EUR Dec2007 Call Warrant Long 33 0.000001 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 21 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 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 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 Dec 2007 Written 50,000 11.0000 GBP American 21 Dec Put 2007 Option Dec 2007 Written 50,000 12.0000 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 300,000 14.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Jan Written 500,000 16.00 GBP American 18 Jan 2008 2008 Call Dec Written 250,000 15.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Dec Written 500,000 13.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Dec Purchased 300,000 14.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Dec Purchased 300,000 14.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Dec Purchased 500,000 16.00 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 2007 Call Mar Written 500,000 10.00 GBP American 20 Mar 2008 2008 Put Apr Written 110,000 10.00 GBP American 11 Apr 2008 2008 Put Apr Purchased 110,000 10.00 GBP American 11 Apr 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 20 December 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 730,619 (0.0217%) 4,827,803 (0.1437%) (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 730,619 (0.0217%) 4,827,803 (0.1437%) (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) Sale 500,000 35.00 AUD Sale 50,000 37.00 AUD Sale 400,000 40.01 AUD Sale 565,000 44.00 AUD Sale 750,000 46.00 AUD TOTAL: 2,265,000 (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 21 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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