8th May 2008 11:13
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited08 May 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8727T RELEASED AT 11:33 ON 07 MAY 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 LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PlcClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 06 May 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 928,451 63.5400 61.0600 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 684,042 63.54 61.0600 (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 12,104 63.5400CFD SHORT 194,727 63.3048CFD SHORT 859 63.5400CFD LONG 3,600 61.0600CFD LONG 7,300 62.4562CFD LONG 4,811 62.4717CFD LONG 55,000 62.4717CFD LONG 6,050 62.5208CFD LONG 6,051 62.5443CFD LONG 50,000 62.5946CFD LONG 4,374 62.5946CFD LONG 1,289 62.7135CFD LONG 576 62.9390CFD LONG 370 63.3546CFD LONG 31 63.3546CFD LONG 394 63.4967CFD LONG 72 63.5321CFD LONG 200 63.5326CFD LONG 100 63.5326CFD LONG 200 63.5326CFD LONG 5,413 63.5336CFD SHORT 400 61.0600CFD SHORT 3,200 61.0600CFD SHORT 982 62.5732CFD SHORT 2,763 62.5732CFD SHORT 179 62.5732CFD SHORT 216 62.5732CFD SHORT 732 62.5732CFD SHORT 130 62.5732CFD SHORT 25 62.5732CFD SHORT 10 62.5732CFD SHORT 413 62.5732CFD SHORT 3,080 62.7774CFD SHORT 23,069 62.7774CFD SHORT 4,365 62.8338CFD SHORT 1,289 62.9579CFD SHORT 576 62.9585CFD SHORT 50,000 62.9629CFD SHORT 4 63.4595CFD SHORT 49 63.4595CFD SHORT 92 80.2360 EURCFD LONG 606 62.3924CFD LONG 1,004 62.3924CFD LONG 92 80.2119 EUR (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 GBP European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) PUT OPTION PURCHASING 200,000 6200.0000 AMERICAN 16/05/2008 1.9700 (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 08 May 2008 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:
Rio Tinto