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Macquarie Group Limited20 February 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 dealings Ordinary shares ISIN:being disclosed relate (Note 1) AU000000RIO1 Date of dealing 19 February 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 0 0.00% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Notename, 5) 6) 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to American, money purchasing, which the option European varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc.e.g. price date paid/call receivedoption per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Noteoption securities 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 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 20 February 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 Number of Price per unit securities (AUD)PURCHASE 22185 137.3843SALE 420 137SALE 722 137SALE 31 137SALE 36 137SALE 595 137.43SALE 499 137.5SALE 382 137.59SALE 448 137.59SALE 351 137.62SALE 378 137.78SALE 265 137.55SALE 180 137.51SALE 127 137.5SALE 370 137.45SALE 312 137.26SALE 65 137.39SALE 12 137.39SALE 22 137.39SALE 152 137.39SALE 259 137.45SALE 1 137.3SALE 218 137.31SALE 242 137.69SALE 319 137.59SALE 266 137.65SALE 261 137.47SALE 204 137.46SALE 257 137.51SALE 101 137.54SALE 141 137.54SALE 127 137.5SALE 173 137.5SALE 223 137.19SALE 3 137.19SALE 228 137.46SALE 197 137.68SALE 1 137.84SALE 49 137.84SALE 91 137.84SALE 72 137.84SALE 10 137.83SALE 171 137.83SALE 49 137.83SALE 90 137.82SALE 56 137.82SALE 214 137.65SALE 166 137.67SALE 145 137.59SALE 119 137.56SALE 33 137.52SALE 46 137.52SALE 81 137.52SALE 87 137.58SALE 120 137.52SALE 29 137.54SALE 69 137.5SALE 11 137.55SALE 100 137.55SALE 96 137.56SALE 10 137.54SALE 17 137.54SALE 65 137.54SALE 103 137.54SALE 86 137.35SALE 91 137.34SALE 105 137.1SALE 113 137.26SALE 157 137.44SALE 137 137.46SALE 172 137.5SALE 129 137.51SALE 20 137.5SALE 186 137.49SALE 165 137.5SALE 2 137.5SALE 236 137.53SALE 23 137.57SALE 45 137.57SALE 90 137.57SALE 17 137.56SALE 14 137.56SALE 220 137.55SALE 257 137.55SALE 276 137.69SALE 1 137.66SALE 17 137.66SALE 18 137.66SALE 204 137.66SALE 259 137.58SALE 1 137.58SALE 267 137.6SALE 1 137.6SALE 207 137.73SALE 297 137.46SALE 374 137.46SALE 164 137.73SALE 41 137.73SALE 386 137.69SALE 13 137.56SALE 300 137.56SALE 16 137.47SALE 310 137.46SALE 250 137.48SALE 13 137.48SALE 18 137.48SALE 18 137.48SALE 69 137.48SALE 442 137.51SALE 238 137.54SALE 18 137.54SALE 17 137.54SALE 116 137.54SALE 10 137.54SALE 691 137.52SALE 650 137.5SALE 667 137.56SALE 711 136.81SALE 1052 136.5SALE 1101 136.5TOTAL PURCHASES 22,185TOTAL SALES 22,185 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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