EPT Disclosure-Amendment

22nd Nov 2007 14:13

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)22 November 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 1906I RELEASED AT 11:59 ON 21 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 20 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 1,606,095 52.5000 49.1000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,099,325 52.5000 49.3300 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFDCFD LONG 73,570 50.3976CFD LONG 42,439 50.3976CFD SHORT 124,520 50.5300CFD SHORT 22,214 52.4000CFD LONG 2,000 49.5053CFD LONG 89 50.7233CFD LONG 165 50.7233CFD LONG 134 50.7233CFD LONG 72 50.7233CFD LONG 5,000 50.9522CFD LONG 68,690 51.0021CFD LONG 3,525 51.1557CFD LONG 20,000 51.5622CFD LONG 3 51.6838CFD LONG 25 51.6838CFD LONG 3,000 52.3550CFD LONG 300,000 105.5800 USDCFD SHORT 25,000 49.5200CFD SHORT 3,569 49.5200CFD SHORT 50,000 49.5200CFD SHORT 11,632 49.6856CFD SHORT 95,000 49.7965CFD SHORT 2,200 50.1908CFD SHORT 29,952 50.3006CFD SHORT 48 50.3075CFD SHORT 7,184 50.4444CFD SHORT 2,648 50.5239CFD SHORT 1,820 50.5239CFD SHORT 6,431 50.5239CFD SHORT 32,952 50.6621CFD SHORT 20,000 50.7259CFD SHORT 45 50.8640CFD SHORT 7,380 50.9767CFD SHORT 20,000 50.9991CFD SHORT 60,000 51.1265CFD SHORT 376 51.2307CFD SHORT 4,154 51.2307CFD SHORT 347 51.2307CFD SHORT 123 51.2307CFD SHORT 50,000 51.4237CFD SHORT 1,117 51.4237CFD SHORT 800 51.5097CFD SHORT 6,997 51.5097CFD SHORT 150,000 51.6300CFD SHORT 100,000 51.6553CFD SHORT 2,233 51.6553CFD SHORT 10,000 51.6619CFD SHORT 892 51.7071CFD SHORT 6,247 51.7071CFD SHORT 314 51.9782CFD SHORT 11,152 51.9782CFD SHORT 8,534 51.9782CFD SHORT 140,000 52.0329CFD SHORT 150,000 52.2304CFD SHORT 3,350 52.2304CFD LONG 233 50.9567CFD SHORT 9,200 52.0974 (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) 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. Date of disclosure 22 November 2007 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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 Exchange

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