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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)13 December 2007 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Morgan Stanley Securities Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 12 December 2007 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) GBP Lowest price paid (Note 3) GBP 1,641,602 16.8790 16.2500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,018,236 16.7482 16.1900 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFDCFD LONG 39,333 16.3141CFD LONG 10,384 16.6998CFD SHORT 67,000 16.6998CFD SHORT 81 16.7000CFD LONG 30,000 16.2332CFD LONG 178,125 16.2756CFD LONG 659 16.4616CFD LONG 55,581 16.4722CFD LONG 40,000 16.5424CFD LONG 180,656 16.6429CFD LONG 41,223 16.6429CFD LONG 6,140 16.6439CFD LONG 23 16.6439CFD LONG 777 16.6439CFD SHORT 256,500 16.2944CFD SHORT 19,027 16.3069CFD SHORT 659 16.3449CFD SHORT 40,000 16.3730CFD SHORT 154 16.4665CFD SHORT 741 16.5367CFD SHORT 23 16.5367CFD SHORT 5,863 16.5367CFD SHORT 327,250 16.6323CFD SHORT 22,750 16.6323CFD SHORT 50,000 16.7086CFD SHORT 116,875 16.8824CFD SHORT 8,125 16.8824 (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 5) price ZAR European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) N/A N/A N/A 3. 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. Date of disclosure 13 December 2007 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 6) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(a) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group