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Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd27 December 2007 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 Name of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 24-Dec-2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities -515036 -0.052 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total -515036 -0.052 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares ( AU000000RIO1 Long) Short (1) Relevant Securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 ( 0 % ) 0 ( 0 % ) (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) Buy 566 52.91 (GBP)Buy 550 53.29 (GBP)Buy 506 53.11 (GBP)Buy 500 53.21 (GBP)Buy 492 52.63 (GBP)Buy 429 52.83 (GBP)Buy 429 52.7 (GBP)Buy 344 52.79 (GBP)Buy 332 52.79 (GBP)Buy 322 52.67 (GBP)Buy 302 52.73 (GBP)Buy 300 52.55 (GBP)Buy 291 53.68 (GBP)Buy 291 52.84 (GBP)Buy 272 53.71 (GBP)Buy 264 52.84 (GBP)Buy 261 52.64 (GBP)Buy 219 53.68 (GBP)Buy 218 52.65 (GBP)Buy 205 52.65 (GBP)Buy 170 52.69 (GBP)Buy 157 52.73 (GBP)Buy 157 52.55 (GBP)Buy 156 52.55 (GBP)Buy 152 52.8 (GBP)Buy 148 52.55 (GBP)Buy 142 52.65 (GBP)Buy 140 52.5 (GBP)Buy 132 52.6 (GBP)Buy 125 52.65 (GBP)Buy 123 52.81 (GBP)Buy 117 52.73 (GBP)Buy 115 52.7 (GBP)Buy 106 52.6 (GBP)Buy 105 52.78 (GBP)Buy 103 52.99 (GBP)Buy 100 52.53 (GBP)Buy 88 53.71 (GBP)Buy 78 53.11 (GBP)Buy 78 52.93 (GBP)Buy 66 53.68 (GBP)Buy 57 52.75 (GBP)Buy 56 52.99 (GBP)Buy 54 52.83 (GBP)Buy 54 52.68 (GBP)Buy 53 53 (GBP)Buy 50 53.21 (GBP)Buy 28 52.75 (GBP)Buy 28 52.79 (GBP)Buy 18 52.83 (GBP)Buy 18 52.89 (GBP)Buy 18 53.06 (GBP)Buy 9 53.71 (GBP)Buy 2 52.75 (GBP)Buy 2 52.79 (GBP)Sell 587 53.27 (GBP)Sell 581 52.99 (GBP)Sell 579 52.78 (GBP)Sell 574 52.49 (GBP)Sell 551 52.9 (GBP)Sell 548 53.8 (GBP)Sell 540 52.87 (GBP)Sell 508 52.77 (GBP)Sell 499 52.64 (GBP)Sell 482 52.65 (GBP)Sell 481 52.8 (GBP)Sell 450 53.21 (GBP)Sell 423 53.27 (GBP)Sell 400 52.84 (GBP)Sell 378 52.78 (GBP)Sell 340 52.8 (GBP)Sell 307 52.89 (GBP)Sell 300 53.8 (GBP)Sell 256 52.74 (GBP)Sell 244 53.28 (GBP)Sell 214 52.84 (GBP)Sell 212 52.8 (GBP)Sell 207 53.8 (GBP)Sell 191 52.72 (GBP)Sell 173 52.78 (GBP)Sell 164 52.84 (GBP)Sell 100 52.97 (GBP)Sell 94 52.74 (GBP)Sell 92 53.27 (GBP)Sell 61 52.8 (GBP)Sell 28 53.52 (GBP)Sell 28 53.41 (GBP)Sell 27 53.74 (GBP)Sell 27 53.84 (GBP)Sell 27 53.85 (GBP)Sell 23 53.8 (GBP)Sell 18 53.74 (GBP)Sell 18 53.84 (GBP)Sell 18 53.34 (GBP)Sell 18 53.85 (GBP)Sell 18 53.41 (GBP)Sell 18 53.52 (GBP)Sell 14 52.84 (GBP)Sell 8 52.78 (GBP) Total Buys:10098 Total Sells:10826 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (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) No Date of disclosure 27-Dec-2007 10:47:38 Contact name Burford,Glenda B Telephone number 44 20 7888 3599 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 at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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