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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)31 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 28 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 137,268 54.6100 53.1800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 96,735 54.4618 53.2200 (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 1,322 53.7300CFD SHORT 3,852 53.4903CFD LONG 5,800 53.2960CFD LONG 4,200 53.2960CFD LONG 1,000 53.3720CFD LONG 26 53.7756CFD LONG 199 53.7756CFD LONG 20,000 53.8037CFD LONG 25,000 53.8319CFD LONG 10,000 54.1537CFD LONG 4,349 54.1866CFD LONG 405 54.3791CFD SHORT 1,896 53.4025CFD SHORT 143 53.4911CFD SHORT 19 53.4911CFD SHORT 7,542 53.4940CFD SHORT 2,751 53.7175CFD SHORT 29,658 53.7230CFD SHORT 37,917 53.7880CFD SHORT 1,068 53.7880CFD SHORT 29,015 53.7880CFD SHORT 493 53.8743 (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 31 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:
Rio Tinto