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RMB Morgan Stanley Limited04 February 2008 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 RMB Morgan Stanley Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 01 February 2008 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 429,558 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell N/A N/A Total 429,558 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) (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 N/A N/A (2) Derivatives (other than options) N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell N/A N/A Total N/A N/A (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details N/A N/A 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) ZAR PURCHASE 600 215.5977PURCHASE 4,300 215.5977PURCHASE 31,700 216.1828PURCHASE 3,200 215.5977PURCHASE 7,200 216.1828PURCHASE 1,500 216.1828PURCHASE 200 215.5977PURCHASE 4,000 215.5977PURCHASE 3,800 215.5977PURCHASE 1,900 215.5977PURCHASE 14,200 215.5977PURCHASE 5,700 216.1828PURCHASE 2,400 215.5977PURCHASE 1,600 215.5977PURCHASE 500 215.5977PURCHASE 1,000 215.5977PURCHASE 400 216.1828PURCHASE 3,900 215.5977PURCHASE 600 215.5977PURCHASE 3,400 215.5977PURCHASE 800 216.1828PURCHASE 800 216.1828PURCHASE 200 215.5977PURCHASE 19,800 215.5977PURCHASE 100 216.1828PURCHASE 685 200.5000PURCHASE 300 216.1828PURCHASE 4,300 215.5977PURCHASE 10,500 216.1828PURCHASE 600 216.1828PURCHASE 500 216.1828PURCHASE 100 215.5977PURCHASE 100 215.5977PURCHASE 100 216.1828PURCHASE 6,000 216.1828PURCHASE 200 216.1828PURCHASE 1,800 216.1828PURCHASE 7,200 215.5977PURCHASE 14,500 215.5977PURCHASE 3,900 215.5977PURCHASE 253 224.3000PURCHASE 147 224.3000PURCHASE 4,747 224.3000PURCHASE 4,853 224.3000PURCHASE 1,231 224.5000PURCHASE 179 224.5000PURCHASE 1,000 224.7500PURCHASE 7,000 224.8000PURCHASE 250 224.9500PURCHASE 1,412 224.9500PURCHASE 2,995 225.0000PURCHASE 1,181 225.0000PURCHASE 5,000 225.0000PURCHASE 3,000 225.0000PURCHASE 2,000 225.0000PURCHASE 10,000 225.0000PURCHASE 367 225.0000PURCHASE 740 225.0000PURCHASE 200 225.0000PURCHASE 295 225.0000PURCHASE 2,666 225.0000PURCHASE 4,821 225.0000PURCHASE 1,860 225.0000PURCHASE 4,621 225.0000PURCHASE 358 227.0000PURCHASE 500 215.5977PURCHASE 8,900 215.5977PURCHASE 2,100 215.5977PURCHASE 90,672 200.5000PURCHASE 7,900 200.5000PURCHASE 2,000 216.1828PURCHASE 1,300 216.1828PURCHASE 200 216.1828PURCHASE 100 216.1828PURCHASE 400 215.5977PURCHASE 33,900 215.5977PURCHASE 20,400 215.5977PURCHASE 700 216.1828PURCHASE 3,800 215.5977PURCHASE 1,600 215.5977PURCHASE 600 216.1828PURCHASE 900 215.5977PURCHASE 1,900 215.5977PURCHASE 500 215.5977PURCHASE 500 215.5977PURCHASE 500 216.1828PURCHASE 300 216.1828PURCHASE 600 216.1828PURCHASE 5,250 234.3100PURCHASE 86 234.3100PURCHASE 5,200 216.1828PURCHASE 12,250 200.5000PURCHASE 300 216.1828PURCHASE 2,700 215.5977PURCHASE 5,336 235.3100PURCHASE 4,645 240.8072PURCHASE 100 215.5977PURCHASE 100 215.5977PURCHASE 100 216.1828PURCHASE 200 216.1828PURCHASE 600 216.1828PURCHASE 7,468 200.5000PURCHASE 3,400 215.5977PURCHASE 5,700 216.1828PURCHASE 1,000 215.5977PURCHASE 1,000 215.5977PURCHASE 1,000 216.1828PURCHASE 400 216.1828PURCHASE 1,000 216.1828SALE 100 224.5100SALE 100 200.7300SALE 1,600 238.9150SALE 2,558 234.5000SALE 2,778 234.5000SALE 5,336 235.5000SALE 4,645 241.0000 TOTAL NUMBER OF BUYS HIGH PRICE LOW PRICE463,868 240.8072 200.5000TOTAL NUMBER OF SELLS HIGH PRICE LOW PRICE17,117 241.0000 200.7300 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) ZAR e.g. CFDCFD LONG 2,000 240.6200CFD SHORT 12,308 242.0200CFD SHORT 5,336 235.3100CFD SHORT 4,410 226.4500CFD SHORT 20,804 241.3700CFD SHORT 2,000 242.0000CFD SHORT 4,645 240.8100CFD SHORT 4,290 232.7300FUTURES SALE 2,300 239.9800FUTURES SALE 2,800 241.0000FUTURES PURCHASE 1,000 244.1100FUTURES SALE 2,000 224.5000FUTURES PURCHASE 100 224.0000FUTURES SALE 4,500 227.2500 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 Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 04 February 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) 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:
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