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FORM 38.5(b) 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 \* TName of exempt principal trader ABN AMRO Equities Australia Limited---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Company dealt in RIO TINTO LIMITED---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Shares dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of dealing 12 August 2008---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) \* T Long Short------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------(1) Relevant securities 448,453 0.098169297 1672563 0.366135------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 1,665,268 0.364538065 169316 0.0370644------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 120,000 0.026268785 140000 0.0306469------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------Total 2,233,721 0.488976148 1981879 0.4338463------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------\* T (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 2) \* T Class of relevant security: Long Short-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Relevant securities 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) \* TClass of relevant security: Details---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales \* TPurchases Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)Purchase 21 110.63Purchase 716 110.64Purchase 114 110.65Purchase 107 110.71Purchase 371 110.77Purchase 359 110.78Purchase 1592 110.79Purchase 453 110.8Purchase 162 110.85Purchase 106 110.91Purchase 28 110.94Purchase 26 110.96Purchase 22 110.98Purchase 19 111Purchase 22 111.11Purchase 22 111.23Purchase 18 111.31Purchase 15 111.34Purchase 126 111.37Purchase 149 111.39Purchase 541 111.4Purchase 65 111.42Purchase 112 111.43Purchase 52 111.44Purchase 233 111.45Purchase 479 111.46Purchase 794 111.48Purchase 233 111.49Purchase 3918 111.5Purchase 81 111.51Purchase 403 111.52Purchase 421 111.53Purchase 13 111.54Purchase 198 111.55Purchase 256 111.57Purchase 88 111.58Purchase 257 111.59Purchase 479 111.6Purchase 201 111.61Purchase 19 111.62Purchase 10 111.63Purchase 41891 111.66Purchase 18 111.67Purchase 157 111.68Purchase 1138 111.7Purchase 411 111.71Purchase 51 111.75Purchase 28 111.78Purchase 20 111.89Purchase 220 112Purchase 36 112.06Purchase 6 112.16Purchase 317 112.19Purchase 34 112.3Purchase 443 112.49Purchase 179 112.5Purchase 33 112.59Purchase 69 112.61Purchase 146 112.64Purchase 92 112.68Purchase 141 112.7Purchase 17 112.72Purchase 30 112.8Purchase 48 112.84Purchase 20 112.85Purchase 230 112.87Purchase 143 112.88Purchase 300 112.89Purchase 300 112.9Purchase 2 113.46Purchase 4970 113.48Purchase 62 113.53Purchase 14 113.58Purchase 35 113.6Purchase 30 113.61Purchase 107 113.65Purchase 472 113.66Purchase 71 113.67Purchase 20 113.69Purchase 182 113.72Purchase 110 113.75Purchase 40 113.78Purchase 238 113.79Purchase 197 113.8Purchase 535 113.81Purchase 35 113.83Purchase 19 113.85Purchase 12 113.86Purchase 23 113.87Purchase 500 113.9Purchase 58 113.91Purchase 17 113.92Purchase 250 113.93Purchase 106 113.94Purchase 11 113.96Purchase 4735 114Purchase 154 114.05Purchase 61 114.21Purchase 112 114.22Purchase 179 114.24Purchase 95 114.25 73271\* T \* TSales Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)Sale 100 110.71Sale 8 111.52Sale 16 111.63Sale 5 111.64Sale 51 111.65Sale 41891 111.66Sale 11 112.7Sale 4 112.87Sale 4 113.67Sale 200 113.69Sale 4 113.7Sale 1 113.74Sale 60 113.75Sale 4 113.77Sale 35 113.78Sale 299 113.8Sale 3 113.85Sale 2515 114 45211\* T (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) \* TProduct name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) AUDe.g. CFD--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying \* TProduct name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option moneye.g. call option selling, securities to price American, date paid/received purchasing, which the option European per unit varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc. (Note 4)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Call Jun 09 Purchasing 1000 180.00 American 25/06/09 2.85--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Call Jun 09 Purchasing 1000 180.00 American 25/06/09 2.86--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Call Jun 09 Purchasing 1000 180.00 American 25/06/09 2.87--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Call Jun 09 Purchasing 2000 180.00 American 25/06/09 2.90--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Call Jun 09 Purchasing 3000 180.00 American 25/06/09 2.90--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Call Jun 09 Purchasing 1000 180.00 American 25/06/09 2.91--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Call Jun 09 Purchasing 1000 180.00 American 25/06/09 2.88--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (ii) Exercising \* TProduct name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) \* TNature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives \* TFull details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO \* TDate of disclosure 13 August 2008---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact name Oliver Bainbridge - Kirit Devshi---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Telephone number (020) 7678 5898---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name of offeree/offeror with which connected RIO TINTO---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Notes: The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's websiteat www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) \* TProduct name, Written or Number of Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry datee.g. call option purchased securities to (Note 2) American, which the option European or derivative etc. relates-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 25,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 20,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 3,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 8,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 4,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 22,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 5,000 180.00 American 25/06/09-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Call Written 140,000 146.00 European 25/06/09------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Short 100 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Short 4,440 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Short 1,330 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Short 3,350 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Short 950 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Short 200 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Short 750 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Long 67,987 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Long 212,013 05/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Long 1,385,091 29/10/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIO Swap Long 178,716 29/10/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreementsto purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Copyright Business Wire 2008Related Shares:
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