EPT Disclosure

24th Apr 2008 14:47

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited24 April 2008 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 23 April 2008 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 1,438,226 19.2700 18.7200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,839,647 19.2900 18.7330 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFDCFD LONG 18,506 19.2700CFD SHORT 947 19.0154CFD LONG 10,000 18.7331CFD LONG 2,460 18.7785CFD LONG 13,640 18.7785CFD LONG 100,000 18.7804CFD LONG 1,476 18.8763CFD LONG 63,879 18.9785CFD LONG 107,670 18.9785CFD LONG 1,150 19.0062CFD LONG 3,115 19.0062CFD LONG 735 19.0062CFD LONG 200,000 19.1043CFD LONG 80 19.1076CFD LONG 76 19.1076CFD LONG 40,000 19.1111CFD LONG 200,000 19.1303CFD LONG 50,344 19.1377CFD LONG 717 19.1465CFD LONG 8,324 19.1465CFD LONG 8,672 19.1465CFD LONG 100,696 19.1465CFD LONG 45,000 19.1839CFD LONG 34,429 19.2087CFD SHORT 15,000 18.8094CFD SHORT 10,000 18.8482CFD SHORT 717 18.9044CFD SHORT 1,189 18.9044CFD SHORT 8,672 18.9044CFD SHORT 14,384 18.9044CFD SHORT 4,620 18.9123CFD SHORT 21,216 18.9796CFD SHORT 60,000 19.0158CFD SHORT 6,363 19.0887CFD SHORT 28,748 19.0887CFD SHORT 3,093 19.0887CFD SHORT 14,047 19.0887CFD SHORT 26,041 19.0887CFD SHORT 1,708 19.0887CFD SHORT 10,000 19.0926CFD SHORT 2,279 19.1089CFD SHORT 2,353 19.1938CFD SHORT 30,000 19.2658CFD SHORT 350,000 19.2700 (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 European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) GBPN/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) GBP 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. NONE Date of disclosure 24 April 2008 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 Exchange

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