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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)05 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8884I RELEASED AT 12:07 ON 30 NOVEMBER 2007 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 28 November 2007 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 830,551 54.0000 50.4300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,478,321 54.0800 50.5241 (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 34,645 50.2067CFD LONG 35,574 51.6600CFD LONG 29,583 54.0000CFD SHORT 13,667 54.0000CFD SHORT 2,519 54.0000CFD LONG 50,000 50.4842CFD LONG 20,500 50.5241CFD LONG 109,500 50.5241CFD LONG 7,300 52.0453CFD LONG 2,200 52.0453CFD LONG 4,300 52.0453CFD LONG 193 52.4835CFD LONG 1,408 53.6271CFD LONG 201 53.6271CFD LONG 500,000 54.0000CFD SHORT 1,215 50.5601CFD SHORT 2,950 50.5601CFD SHORT 835 50.5601CFD SHORT 10,500 50.6226CFD SHORT 14,500 50.6226CFD SHORT 364 50.6261CFD SHORT 4,465 50.7421CFD SHORT 45,000 50.7421CFD SHORT 5,066 51.1115CFD SHORT 193 51.6155CFD SHORT 3,448 52.1933CFD SHORT 85,000 52.2483CFD SHORT 116 52.5984CFD SHORT 813 52.5984CFD SHORT 536 52.7632CFD LONG 222 50.5429CFD LONG 2,189 50.5429CFD LONG 22,939 51.9948CFD LONG 50,000 51.6552 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. unit (Note 3) CALL OPTION SELLING 55,000 38.7500 EUROPEAN 28/11/2007 13.3900 (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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. Date of disclosure 05 December 2007 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