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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)16 November 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 15 November 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 1,317,672 16.3100 15.8500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,925,960 16.2600 15.8700 (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 SALE 58,480 15.9800CFD SALE 47,224 16.0405CFD SALE 23,164 16.0405CFD SALE 611,637 16.1800CFD SALE 232,033 16.2398CFD LONG 301,371 15.9799CFD LONG 750,000 15.9800CFD LONG 2,426 15.9881CFD LONG 16,417 15.9881CFD LONG 9,318 15.9881CFD LONG 5,180 15.9994CFD LONG 47,045 16.0028CFD LONG 574 16.0110CFD LONG 4,012 16.0110CFD LONG 48 16.0381CFD LONG 334 16.0381CFD LONG 11,886 16.0500CFD SALE 37,572 15.9213CFD SALE 3,752 15.9473CFD SALE 1,570 15.9473CFD SALE 1,236 15.9473CFD SALE 225 15.9473CFD SALE 488 15.9473CFD SALE 225 15.9473CFD SALE 76 15.9748CFD SALE 956 15.9748CFD SALE 11,257 15.9924CFD SALE 156,386 16.0011CFD SALE 5,146 16.0104 (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) 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 16 November 2007 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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