Capital Group Co. - Rule 8.3- BHP Billiton

RNS Number:1065R
Capital Group Companies Inc
31 March 2008

FORM 8.3

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

(Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1) The Capital Group Companies
Company dealt in BHP Billiton plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings Ordinary Shares
being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 28 March 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 31,602,696 1.43% N/A
(2) Derivatives (other than - N/A
options)
(3) Options and agreements to - N/A
purchase/sell
Total 31,602,696*** 1.43% N/A

(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 N/A N/A
(2) Derivatives (other than options) N/A N/A
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell N/A N/A

Total N/A N/A

(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security: Details

N/A N/A

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5)

Sale 600 shares 14.7800 - GBP

Purchase 119,740,shares 14.8004 - GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, Long/short (Note Number of securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD 6) (Note 7) (Note 5)

N/A N/A N/A N/A

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
name,e.g. selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
call option purchasing, which the European per unit (Note
varying etc. option etc. 5)
relates (Note
7)
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5)
call option
N/A N/A N/A

(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if
applicable) (Note 5)
N/A N/A N/A

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.

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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)
NO

Date of disclosure 28 March 2008

Contact name Gina Martinez

Telephone number (213) 615-0469

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with N/A
which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection N/A
(Note 10)

Notes

***(43,219) shares are due to an off-market transaction.

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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