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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited09 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 08 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 2,569,629 17.6200 16.4000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,072,324 17.6464 16.4100 (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 4,286 16.5000CFD LONG 135 17.4959CFD LONG 6,248 17.4959CFD LONG 649,438 17.6200CFD SHORT 17,558 17.4959CFD SHORT 55,578 17.6200CFD SHORT 42,111 17.6200CFD LONG 650 16.5212CFD LONG 9,000 16.5212CFD LONG 40,000 16.5217CFD LONG 2,048 16.5513CFD LONG 15,000 16.5635CFD LONG 3,675 16.6131CFD LONG 5,750 16.6131CFD LONG 15,575 16.6131CFD LONG 10,000 16.6276CFD LONG 310,000 16.6529CFD LONG 118 16.6916CFD LONG 54 16.6916CFD LONG 221,596 16.8553CFD LONG 10,704 17.1338CFD LONG 129,484 17.1338CFD LONG 24,000 17.2169CFD LONG 5,600 17.5630CFD LONG 96,700 17.5630CFD LONG 144,594 17.6178CFD LONG 969 21.1966 EURCFD SHORT 3,675 16.4433CFD SHORT 15,575 16.4433CFD SHORT 5,750 16.4433CFD SHORT 42,665 16.4788CFD SHORT 3,527 16.4788CFD SHORT 24,241 16.4813CFD SHORT 9,870 16.4813CFD SHORT 14,426 16.4813CFD SHORT 5,946 16.4813CFD SHORT 4,440 16.4900CFD SHORT 10,000 16.5423CFD SHORT 63,000 16.9353CFD SHORT 40,000 17.1531CFD SHORT 450,000 17.2758CFD SHORT 1,600 17.3431CFD SHORT 290,000 17.3760CFD SHORT 969 21.2029 EUR (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 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. NONE Date of disclosure 09 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