EPT Disclosure - Amendment

29th Jan 2008 12:25

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)29 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6658M RELEASED AT 12:21 ON 28 JANUARY 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 24 January 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 8,642,040 13.9500 13.1100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,556,882 13.9700 12.7132 (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 6,245 13.8600CFD LONG 8,082 13.8600CFD SHORT 115,473 13.5087CFD SHORT 664 13.8600CFD SHORT 2,552 13.8600CFD LONG 1 12.7000CFD LONG 13,000 12.7107CFD LONG 187,000 12.7107CFD LONG 337 13.2260CFD LONG 546 13.3283CFD LONG 2,007 13.3467CFD LONG 545 13.3483CFD LONG 40,000 13.3697CFD LONG 383 13.6063CFD LONG 497 13.6063CFD LONG 6,178 13.6077CFD LONG 234,360 13.6440CFD LONG 85,000 13.6904CFD LONG 104,999 13.7164CFD LONG 1 13.7164CFD LONG 145,000 13.7164CFD LONG 6,283 13.7655CFD LONG 5,731 13.7981CFD LONG 9,803 13.7981CFD LONG 17,678 13.7981CFD LONG 1,204 13.7981CFD LONG 704 13.7981CFD LONG 2,172 13.7981CFD LONG 45,687 13.8583CFD SHORT 1 12.7000CFD SHORT 135,468 13.2892CFD SHORT 1,091 13.3017CFD SHORT 10,607 13.4695CFD SHORT 7,000 13.4961CFD SHORT 920,000 13.5064CFD SHORT 11,513 13.5685CFD SHORT 166,261 13.5685CFD SHORT 2,231,185 13.5922CFD SHORT 1,204 13.6076CFD SHORT 9,803 13.6076CFD SHORT 4,000 13.6773CFD SHORT 4,000 13.6773CFD SHORT 7,000 13.6773CFD SHORT 14,651 13.6850CFD SHORT 26,322 13.6850CFD SHORT 3,416 13.6850CFD SHORT 337 13.7141CFD SHORT 9,800 13.7755CFD LONG 15,000 13.8930CFD LONG 154,300 13.6531CFD SHORT 192,000 13.7134CFD LONG 283,772 13.8600CFD SHORT 283,772 13.8600CFD SHORT 400,000 13.8002CFD SHORT 408,000 13.7134CFD SHORT 28,350 13.5922CFD SHORT 43,205 13.5922CFD SHORT 54,244 13.5922CFD SHORT 246,621 13.5922CFD SHORT 294,400 13.4930CFD SHORT 625,600 13.4930CFD SHORT 814,247 13.5922CFD SHORT 1,500,000 13.8600CFD SHORT 1,580,110 13.7363 (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. NONE Date of disclosure 29 January 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 Exchange

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