Newton Inv Mgmt Ld - Rule 8.3- (add security name)

RNS Number:1457R
Newton Investment Management Ltd
31 March 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) Newton Investment Management
Limited & its subsidiaries
Company dealt in BHP Billiton PLC

Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary GBP0.10
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 28/03/08

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 27,290,443 1.24
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total 27,290,443 1.24

(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 of 1,650 £14.990606
Purchase of 50,660 £14.80
Purchase of 3,756 £14.84
Purchase of 1,199 £14.81
Purchase of 4,907 £14.859321
Purchase of 973 £14.78
Purchase of 7,522 £14.75
Sale of 2,875 £14.961377
Sale of 100 £15

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

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

(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,e.g. selling, securities to price American, date moneypaid/
call purchasing, which the option European received per
option varying etc. relates (Note 7) etc. 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.

None

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

Date of disclosure 31st March 2008

Contact name Asif S Lalani
Telephone number 020 7163 5115
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror 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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