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Macquarie Bank Ld11 December 2007 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 Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 10 December 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than 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/sell Total (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 name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4)e.g. CFD (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 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 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 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 11 December 2007 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 Securities Price per Unit (AUD)PURCHASE 1129 145.02PURCHASE 520 145.3PURCHASE 486 145.6PURCHASE 369 145.22PURCHASE 397 145.03PURCHASE 357 144.98PURCHASE 295 144.97PURCHASE 349 145.32PURCHASE 4 145.42PURCHASE 270 145.44PURCHASE 76 145.54PURCHASE 201 145.54PURCHASE 6 145.8PURCHASE 274 145.8PURCHASE 272 145.93PURCHASE 213 145.84PURCHASE 235 145.82PURCHASE 239 146.23PURCHASE 278 146.29PURCHASE 5 146.29PURCHASE 241 146.32PURCHASE 203 146.33PURCHASE 259 146.6PURCHASE 222 147.2PURCHASE 254 147.2PURCHASE 227 147.8PURCHASE 254 147PURCHASE 198 147.04PURCHASE 200 147.29PURCHASE 21 147.29PURCHASE 197 147.25PURCHASE 189 147.1PURCHASE 127 146.97PURCHASE 170 146.92PURCHASE 39 146.92PURCHASE 21 146.76PURCHASE 130 146.76PURCHASE 49 146.84PURCHASE 28 146.84PURCHASE 61 146.84PURCHASE 147 146.83PURCHASE 116 146.81PURCHASE 91 146.8PURCHASE 99 146.83PURCHASE 90 146.94PURCHASE 68 147.1PURCHASE 17 147.1PURCHASE 107 147.09PURCHASE 36 147.01PURCHASE 66 147.02PURCHASE 16 147.02PURCHASE 55 147.01PURCHASE 86 146.9PURCHASE 65 146.87PURCHASE 12 146.87PURCHASE 11 146.87PURCHASE 47 146.86PURCHASE 24 146.86PURCHASE 3 146.86PURCHASE 11 146.86PURCHASE 1 146.86PURCHASE 9 146.86PURCHASE 40 146.95PURCHASE 50 146.95PURCHASE 30 146.95PURCHASE 13 146.97PURCHASE 102 146.97PURCHASE 10 146.97PURCHASE 156 146.91PURCHASE 81 146.6PURCHASE 73 146.6PURCHASE 145 146.83PURCHASE 138 146.85PURCHASE 100 146.91PURCHASE 75 146.95PURCHASE 218 146.88PURCHASE 192 146.83PURCHASE 209 146.83PURCHASE 294 146.85PURCHASE 133 147.03PURCHASE 136 147.03PURCHASE 253 147.1PURCHASE 241 147.1PURCHASE 227 147.01PURCHASE 115 147.08PURCHASE 164 147.08PURCHASE 321 147.05PURCHASE 101 146.92PURCHASE 132 146.92PURCHASE 278 147.01PURCHASE 65 147.09PURCHASE 305 147.09PURCHASE 300 147.01PURCHASE 14 147.01PURCHASE 322 146.8PURCHASE 418 146.85PURCHASE 423 146.86PURCHASE 674 147.09PURCHASE 28 146.96PURCHASE 505 146.96PURCHASE 657 147.03PURCHASE 11 147.05PURCHASE 500 147.05PURCHASE 4 147.05PURCHASE 173 147.05PURCHASE 1470 146.7PURCHASE 335 146.7PURCHASE 244 146.7SALE 20717 146.4908TOTAL SALES 20717TOTAL PURCHASES 20717 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto