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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)04 December 2007 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 03 December 2007 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 952,339 16.2900 15.6400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,527,934 16.2600 15.7000 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFD CFD LONG 12,400 15.8467CFD SHORT 800 15.7700CFD SHORT 34,047 15.8674CFD SHORT 72,714 16.0913CFD LONG 642 15.7843CFD LONG 83 15.7843CFD LONG 3,927 15.8275CFD LONG 12,000 15.8293CFD LONG 26,649 15.8354CFD LONG 3,516 15.8389CFD LONG 20,000 15.8422CFD LONG 300,000 15.8543CFD LONG 5,177 15.8580CFD LONG 3,146 15.8580CFD LONG 1,240 15.8580CFD LONG 47,013 15.8713CFD LONG 129,974 15.8839CFD LONG 202 15.9500CFD LONG 1,430 16.0700CFD LONG 187,000 16.1457CFD LONG 13,000 16.1457CFD LONG 530 16.2351CFD SHORT 26,885 15.7720CFD SHORT 530 15.7747CFD SHORT 14,280 15.8006CFD SHORT 2,032 15.8147CFD SHORT 388 15.8199CFD SHORT 2,940 15.8199CFD SHORT 506 15.8400CFD SHORT 66,152 15.8953CFD SHORT 550 16.0700CFD SHORT 880 16.0700CFD SHORT 530 16.1921CFD SHORT 299 16.1921CFD SHORT 236 16.1921CFD SHORT 428 16.1921 (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) 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. Date of disclosure 04 December 2007 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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group