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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited14 March 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 13 March 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 167,077 54.5300 52.3700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 245,524 54.3000 52.4200 (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 21,446 52.9527CFD LONG 5,487 53.3575CFD LONG 91,700 52.8603CFD LONG 12,200 52.8603CFD LONG 1 52.8793CFD LONG 4 52.8793CFD LONG 147 52.8793CFD LONG 127 52.8793CFD LONG 287 52.8793CFD LONG 602 52.8793CFD LONG 188 52.8793CFD LONG 187 52.8793CFD LONG 4,000 53.0394CFD LONG 454 53.9194CFD LONG 327 53.9194CFD LONG 55 53.9194CFD LONG 40 53.9194CFD SHORT 760 53.4807CFD SHORT 995 53.4807CFD SHORT 3,245 53.4807CFD SHORT 53,406 54.0768CFD SHORT 43 54.0805CFD SHORT 356 54.0805 (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 price American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) GBP 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 14 March 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto