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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited30 April 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 29 April 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 1,512,398 18.4800 18.0700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,952,213 18.4700 18.1100 (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 SHORT 42,341 18.2149CFD SHORT 5,468 18.2149CFD LONG 500 18.1400CFD LONG 43,195 18.1633CFD LONG 500,000 18.1633CFD LONG 446 18.1691CFD LONG 37 18.1691CFD LONG 32,661 18.2221CFD LONG 25,845 18.2474CFD LONG 14,155 18.2474CFD LONG 4,343 18.2674CFD LONG 40,000 18.2809CFD LONG 849 18.4103CFD LONG 5,000 18.4279CFD LONG 4,527 18.4408CFD LONG 300,000 35.7626CFD SHORT 10,000 18.1713CFD SHORT 30 18.2300CFD SHORT 703 18.2436CFD SHORT 8,501 18.2436CFD SHORT 40,000 18.2491CFD SHORT 267,971 18.2546CFD SHORT 18,629 18.2546CFD SHORT 2,550 18.2746CFD SHORT 14,450 18.2746CFD SHORT 250,000 18.2965CFD SHORT 89 18.3150CFD SHORT 15,786 18.3992CFD SHORT 8,639 18.4279CFD SHORT 100,000 18.4279CFD SHORT 849 18.4532 (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 30 April 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