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Macquarie Group Limited26 March 2008 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) Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 25 March 2008 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 0 0 (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 26 March 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature 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 Quantity Price in AUDSale 1273 118Sale 538 118Sale 631 119.48Sale 50 119.48Sale 25 119.39Sale 717 119.39Sale 3482 119.21Sale 31 119.21Sale 388 119.21Sale 34 119.21Sale 66 119.2Sale 513 118.88Sale 365 118.76Sale 364 118.76Sale 22 118.75Sale 376 118.75Sale 1000 118.75Sale 365 118.75Sale 198 118.74Sale 364 118.59Sale 2557 118.35Sale 171 118.35Sale 2500 118.34Sale 280 118.34Sale 2008 118.55Sale 285 118.55Sale 1666 118.99Sale 17 118.99Sale 1378 118.68Sale 51 118.68Sale 364 118.62Sale 100 118.62Sale 365 118.62Sale 364 118.62Sale 258 118.62Sale 172 118.62Sale 1881 118.1Sale 1500 118.4Sale 365 118.4Sale 809 118.4Sale 200 118.35Sale 500 118.04Sale 500 118.04Sale 500 118.03Sale 1569 118.02Sale 2000 117.71Sale 2000 117.71Sale 318 117.71Sale 80 117.71Sale 50 117.71Sale 387 117.79Sale 112 117.79Sale 2000 117.79Sale 158 117.79Sale 55 117.68Sale 17 117.68Sale 1706 117.65Sale 879 117.65Purchase 40924 118.1286Total Sales 40924Total Purchases 40924 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto