15th Apr 2008 13:23
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited15 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2778S RELEASED AT 13:31 ON 14 APRIL 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 11 April 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 1,313,095 17.9300 17.3300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,615,195 17.9300 17.3000 (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 4,743 17.4600CFD SHORT 39,479 17.4284CFD SHORT 9,028 17.4600CFD SHORT 4,743 17.4600CFD SHORT 270,132 17.5492CFD SHORT 12,216 17.5492CFD SHORT 11,836 17.5492CFD LONG 1,470 17.2965CFD LONG 2,300 17.2965CFD LONG 6,230 17.2965CFD LONG 256,000 17.3534CFD LONG 2,000 17.3534CFD LONG 71,500 17.4004CFD LONG 4,000 17.4039CFD LONG 6,058 17.4869CFD LONG 501 17.4869CFD LONG 1,230 17.4929CFD LONG 130,148 17.4929CFD LONG 100,000 17.4979CFD LONG 484,000 17.5162CFD LONG 800 17.5800CFD LONG 90,111 17.8107CFD LONG 74,030 35.2524 USDCFD SHORT 10,000 17.3524CFD SHORT 31,851 17.3744CFD SHORT 2,633 17.3744CFD SHORT 15,000 17.3808CFD SHORT 91,993 17.3810CFD SHORT 25,372 17.4659CFD SHORT 157,399 17.4659CFD SHORT 18,551 17.4659CFD SHORT 9,214 17.5070CFD SHORT 78,183 17.5070CFD SHORT 12,603 17.5070CFD SHORT 300 17.5720CFD SHORT 100 17.5800CFD SHORT 700 17.5800CFD SHORT 130,000 17.5992CFD SHORT 9,000 17.6301CFD SHORT 13,098 17.8747CFD SHORT 15,500 17.5618 (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) GBP 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) GBP 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 15 April 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:
BHP Group