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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)05 February 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 04 February 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 3,022,885 16.6900 16.0300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,887,944 16.6500 16.0200 (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 55,404 16.3317CFD SHORT 4,249 16.3317CFD SHORT 34,693 16.3325CFD LONG 15,000 16.1174CFD LONG 54 16.2118CFD LONG 32,700 16.2712CFD LONG 9,350 16.2712CFD LONG 7,950 16.2712CFD LONG 7,414 16.3200CFD LONG 2,586 16.3200CFD LONG 10,000 16.3200CFD LONG 15,000 16.3454CFD LONG 5,950 16.3992CFD LONG 9,650 16.3992CFD LONG 24,904 16.5003CFD LONG 24,128 16.5182CFD LONG 250,000 16.5182CFD LONG 5,801 16.5239CFD LONG 71,201 16.5239CFD LONG 40,000 16.5514CFD SHORT 232,670 16.1824CFD SHORT 40,000 16.1853CFD SHORT 18,502 16.2330CFD SHORT 293,000 16.2524CFD SHORT 38,000 16.2524CFD SHORT 25,300 16.3144CFD SHORT 194,700 16.3144CFD SHORT 248,000 16.3244CFD SHORT 32,000 16.3244CFD SHORT 145,000 16.3279CFD SHORT 18,112 16.3567CFD SHORT 10,740 16.3567CFD SHORT 2,311 16.3744CFD SHORT 28,366 16.3744CFD SHORT 167,400 16.4140CFD SHORT 300,000 16.4900CFD SHORT 44,269 16.6698 (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) CALL OPTION PURCHASING 600,000 18.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.5500CALL OPTION SELLING 300,000 16.5000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 1.1850 (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. NONE Date of disclosure 05 February 2008 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