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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)21 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 4004K RELEASED AT 13:27 ON 20 DECEMBER 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 19 December 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 1,012,184 15.0700 14.8200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,496,733 15.0600 14.8000 (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 SHORT 11,736 14.9351CFD SHORT 14,486 14.9400CFD LONG 20,088 14.8164CFD LONG 180,000 14.8164CFD LONG 40,000 14.8259CFD LONG 300,000 14.8277CFD LONG 48,468 14.8558CFD LONG 3,822 14.8592CFD LONG 1,000 14.8613CFD LONG 7,000 14.8613CFD LONG 148,716 14.8626CFD LONG 861 14.9405CFD LONG 27,000 14.9477CFD LONG 1,000 14.9824CFD LONG 3,994 15.0029CFD LONG 521 15.0029CFD SHORT 19,300 14.9045CFD SHORT 1,705 14.9136CFD SHORT 222 14.9136CFD SHORT 105,000 14.9492CFD SHORT 145,000 14.9492 (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 21 December 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group