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Macquarie Group Limited18 January 2008 PURCHASE DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 17 January 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 2) 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 2) Class of relevant security: Details Fully Paid Ordinary ISIN: AU000000RIO1 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 18 January 2007 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per Unit (AUD)SALE 149 120.89SALE 100 120.83SALE 32 120.69SALE 77 120.69SALE 105 120.76SALE 19 120.79SALE 6 120.78SALE 87 120.78SALE 120 120.78SALE 121 120.67SALE 108 120.65SALE 91 120.71SALE 104 120.98SALE 115 121.2SALE 122 121.23SALE 18 121.23SALE 80 121.23SALE 94 121.39SALE 100 121.24SALE 95 120.99SALE 88 121.12SALE 62 121.08SALE 94 121.03SALE 62 121.09SALE 68 121.08SALE 43 121.16SALE 28 121.16SALE 56 121.17SALE 43 121.04SALE 39 120.92SALE 37 121.04SALE 48 120.96SALE 51 121.08SALE 40 121.19SALE 40 121.39SALE 33 121.12SALE 42 121.05SALE 47 121.06SALE 53 121.06SALE 49 120.79SALE 72 120.79SALE 6 120.79SALE 72 120.79SALE 56 120.99SALE 82 120.86SALE 75 120.81SALE 96 120.39SALE 71 120.28SALE 90 120.36SALE 42 120.57SALE 77 120.54SALE 126 120.51SALE 114 120.48SALE 104 119.83SALE 101 119.89SALE 99 119.9SALE 149 119.91SALE 134 119.82SALE 97 119.8SALE 137 119.89SALE 175 119.94SALE 145 119.78SALE 100 119.8SALE 43 119.8SALE 202 119.61SALE 150 119.72SALE 66 119.72SALE 245 119.49SALE 257 119.24SALE 285 118.99SALE 274 118.7SALE 914 118.6PURCHASE 7422 120.1TOTAL SALE 7422TOTAL PURCHASE 7422 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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