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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited19 March 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 18 March 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 180,425 52.9500 51.1432 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 555,967 53.0100 51.0700 (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 55,322 52.0941CFD LONG 211,845 52.0941CFD SHORT 2,615 52.1931CFD SHORT 3,412 52.1931CFD SHORT 13,326 52.7300CFD SHORT 40,263 52.7300CFD LONG 8,222 51.8548CFD LONG 2,624 51.8548CFD LONG 4,390 51.8548CFD LONG 723 51.8548CFD LONG 1,238 51.8548CFD LONG 3,094 51.8548CFD LONG 50 51.8548CFD LONG 281 51.8548CFD LONG 681 51.8548CFD LONG 116 51.8548CFD LONG 24 51.8548CFD LONG 902 51.8548CFD LONG 5,638 51.8548CFD LONG 44 51.8844CFD LONG 106 52.0442CFD LONG 13 52.0442CFD LONG 653 52.0901CFD LONG 56 52.1244CFD LONG 5,000 52.1517CFD LONG 61,166 52.2397CFD LONG 303 52.2509CFD LONG 8,894 52.7234CFD LONG 55,279 52.7234CFD SHORT 5,000 51.5983CFD SHORT 3,800 51.8798CFD SHORT 1 51.8798CFD SHORT 4,974 51.8798CFD SHORT 16,225 51.8798CFD SHORT 15,971 51.9957CFD SHORT 5,000 52.1127CFD SHORT 347 52.1659CFD SHORT 58 52.2675CFD SHORT 3,186 52.3104CFD SHORT 388 52.3104CFD SHORT 3,000 52.5396CFD SHORT 6,286 52.7352 (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 GBP European etc. date 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)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 19 March 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:
Rio Tinto