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EPT Disclosure

12th May 2008 11:30

RNS Number : 1933U
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited
12 May 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 dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)

Ordinary Shares

Date of dealing

09 May 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

1,057,511

19.9700

19.4400

Total number of securities sold

Highest price received (Note 3) GBP

Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP

1,530,531

20.0000

19.4200

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, 

e.g. CFD

Long/short (Note 4)

Number of securities (Note 5)

Price per unit (Note 3) GBP

CFD

LONG

62,078

19.7020

CFD

LONG

1,216

19.7500

CFD

SHORT

3,644

19.7500

CFD

LONG

50,000

19.5214

CFD

LONG

1,097

19.5214

CFD

LONG

246

19.5532

CFD

LONG

335

19.5532

CFD

LONG

105

19.5532

CFD

LONG

145

19.5532

CFD

LONG

2,873

19.5532

CFD

LONG

2,395

19.5532

CFD

LONG

1,313

19.5532

CFD

LONG

1,815

19.5532

CFD

LONG

2,236

19.5532

CFD

LONG

10,071

19.5532

CFD

LONG

7,279

19.5532

CFD

LONG

24,653

19.5532

CFD

LONG

1,713

19.5532

CFD

LONG

2,592

19.5532

CFD

LONG

9,971

19.5532

CFD

LONG

13,689

19.5532

CFD

LONG

41,762

19.5532

CFD

LONG

36,856

19.7121

CFD

LONG

59,281

19.7274

CFD

LONG

1,640

19.7276

CFD

LONG

1,811

19.7572

CFD

LONG

14,570

19.7572

CFD

LONG

27,645

19.7572

CFD

LONG

614

19.8067

CFD

LONG

14,661

19.8085

CFD

LONG

55,900

19.8161

CFD

LONG

657

19.8261

CFD

LONG

56

19.8261

CFD

LONG

200,000

19.8402

CFD

LONG

2,500

19.8450

CFD

LONG

130,000

19.8502

CFD

LONG

1,460

19.9660

CFD

LONG

6,410

19.9660

CFD

LONG

2,130

19.9660

CFD

LONG

790

19.9965

CFD

SHORT

16,861

19.5271

CFD

SHORT

255

19.5356

CFD

SHORT

626

19.5749

CFD

SHORT

2,506

19.6783

CFD

SHORT

211

19.6783

CFD

SHORT

55,789

19.7020

CFD

SHORT

2,868

19.7383

CFD

SHORT

195,816

19.7525

CFD

SHORT

1,460

19.7640

CFD

SHORT

2,130

19.7640

CFD

SHORT

6,410

19.7640

CFD

SHORT

40,000

19.7671

CFD

SHORT

31,517

19.7716

CFD

SHORT

513

19.7788

CFD

SHORT

222

19.7788

CFD

SHORT

6

19.7788

CFD

SHORT

343

19.7788

CFD

SHORT

753

19.7788

CFD

SHORT

3,218

19.7788

CFD

SHORT

2,242

19.7788

CFD

SHORT

3,503

19.7788

CFD

SHORT

4,546

19.8085

CFD

SHORT

790

19.8644

CFD

SHORT

4,661

19.8827

CFD

SHORT

5,000

19.9899

CFD

SHORT

1,733

24.9343 EUR

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,

e.g. call option

Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 5)

Exercise

price 

GBP

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry 

date

Option money

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) 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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

NONE

Date of disclosure

12 May 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 at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
END
 
 
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