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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited06 March 2008 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 05 March 2008 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 410,764 58.0800 55.9500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 536,005 58.1000 56.0056 (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 1,747 57.5400CFD LONG 32,751 57.5820CFD LONG 1,660 58.0000CFD LONG 4,409 58.0000CFD SHORT 13,521 57.5400CFD LONG 2,660 56.7743CFD LONG 3,483 56.7743CFD LONG 11,357 56.7743CFD LONG 1,070 56.7766CFD LONG 204 57.5800CFD LONG 5,000 57.7873CFD LONG 2,000 57.7874CFD LONG 269 57.8041CFD LONG 33 57.8041CFD LONG 20,390 57.9928CFD LONG 27,638 57.9928CFD SHORT 204 55.9598CFD SHORT 1,443 56.3451CFD SHORT 472 56.3451CFD SHORT 20,940 56.3451CFD SHORT 5,938 56.3451CFD SHORT 403 56.3451CFD SHORT 4,126 56.3451CFD SHORT 516 57.3041CFD SHORT 100 57.5373CFD SHORT 93 57.6395CFD SHORT 764 57.6395CFD SHORT 84 75.3020 (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 GBP 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. NONE Date of disclosure 06 March 2008 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