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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)16 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8069L RELEASED AT 12:22 ON 15 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 11 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 2,692,845 15.2400 14.7900 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,838,594 15.2800 14.7700 (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 SHORT 423,718 15.0771CFD SHORT 18,647 15.1300CFD SHORT 28,736 15.1300CFD LONG 320,000 15.0174CFD LONG 340,000 15.0274CFD LONG 11,242 15.0560CFD LONG 70,000 15.0634CFD LONG 91,705 15.1043CFD LONG 51,786 15.1043CFD LONG 14,020 15.1043CFD LONG 98 15.1769CFD LONG 798 15.1769CFD SHORT 32,953 14.9957CFD SHORT 181,585 15.0594CFD SHORT 26,975 15.0755CFD SHORT 2,200 15.0794CFD SHORT 4,400 15.0794CFD SHORT 7,500 15.0794CFD SHORT 270,000 15.1102CFD SHORT 500,000 15.1300CFD SHORT 18,500 15.1322CFD SHORT 3,859 15.1481CFD SHORT 474 15.1481CFD SHORT 250,000 15.2003CFD SHORT 3,000 15.2053 (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 AUD European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) PUT OPTION PURCHASING 200 100.0000 AMERICAN 13/01/2009 0.0000 (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 16 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group