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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited05 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 3279P RELEASED AT 13:49 ON 04 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 03 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 1,723,319 16.4100 15.8700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,287,048 16.4100 15.8550 (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 15,085 16.1320CFD LONG 3,906 16.2500CFD LONG 6,613 16.2500CFD SHORT 391 16.0500CFD SHORT 11,305 16.2500CFD LONG 2,766 15.8518CFD LONG 520 15.9140CFD LONG 37,424 15.9330CFD LONG 24,737 15.9330CFD LONG 213,449 15.9330CFD LONG 721 15.9609CFD LONG 11,323 16.0000CFD LONG 541 16.0000CFD LONG 8,883 16.0000CFD LONG 1,300 16.0000CFD LONG 30,669 16.0935CFD LONG 33,879 16.1246CFD LONG 292,324 16.1246CFD LONG 51,254 16.1246CFD LONG 6,927 16.1718CFD LONG 966 16.1718CFD LONG 179,371 16.3038CFD LONG 20,788 16.3038CFD LONG 31,450 16.3038CFD LONG 70,000 16.3395CFD LONG 20,154 16.3510CFD SHORT 72,870 15.9429CFD SHORT 721 15.9528CFD SHORT 8,400 15.9726CFD SHORT 26,000 16.0033CFD SHORT 100,000 16.1173CFD SHORT 127 16.1448CFD SHORT 360 16.2467CFD SHORT 500,000 16.2500CFD SHORT 1,169 16.2787CFD SHORT 94,369 16.2787CFD SHORT 590,000 16.3308CFD LONG 600 16.3000CFD LONG 3,407 16.3000CFD LONG 84,216 16.3000CFD SHORT 600 16.3000CFD SHORT 87,623 16.3000 (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 05 March 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