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Macquarie Bank Ld24 December 2007 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21 December 2007 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 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (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 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Fully Paid Ordinary ISIN: AU000000RIO1 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (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 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 24 December 2007 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per Unit (GBP)SALE 14 127.07SALE 7 128.43SALE 5 128.54SALE 2 128.47SALE 4 128.47SALE 4 128.6SALE 4 128.56SALE 4 128.38SALE 4 128.38SALE 3 128.34SALE 4 128.25SALE 4 128.15SALE 3 128.29SALE 3 128.27SALE 3 128.21SALE 4 128.13SALE 2 128.14SALE 3 128SALE 2 127.81SALE 3 127.72SALE 3 127.83SALE 3 127.82SALE 3 128SALE 3 128.09SALE 2 128.26SALE 3 128.27SALE 3 128.24SALE 2 128.23SALE 2 128.14SALE 2 128.22SALE 2 128.3SALE 2 128.29SALE 2 128.31SALE 2 128.36SALE 2 128.38SALE 2 128.39SALE 2 128.29SALE 2 128.29SALE 2 128.27SALE 2 128.25SALE 3 128.16SALE 3 128.41SALE 2 128.47SALE 3 128.49SALE 4 128.45SALE 3 128.45SALE 4 128.44SALE 3 128.43SALE 3 128.57SALE 4 128.73SALE 4 128.64SALE 3 128.86SALE 4 128.85SALE 5 128.83SALE 4 128.85SALE 6 129.14SALE 5 129SALE 6 129.04SALE 8 129.54SALE 8 129.78SALE 8 129.39SALE 7 129.72SALE 644 128.55SALE 165 128.55SALE 792 128.55SALE 2 128.55SALE 27 128.55PURCHASE 257 128.5105PURCHASE 792 128.55PURCHASE 809 128.55TOTAL SALES 1858TOTAL PURCHASES 1858 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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