15th Apr 2008 10:57
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited15 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2637S RELEASED AT 11:45 ON 14 APRIL 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 10 April 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 321,894 59.5300 57.6100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 480,921 59.5900 57.7000 (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 15,274 58.1255CFD LONG 74,756 59.0700CFD LONG 1,895 59.0700CFD LONG 1,807 57.8163CFD LONG 80,000 57.8163CFD LONG 42,000 58.2430CFD LONG 5,000 58.4173CFD LONG 35,000 58.4224CFD LONG 791 58.4224CFD LONG 739 59.1564CFD LONG 10,704 59.2017CFD LONG 885 59.2017CFD LONG 3,000 59.2216CFD SHORT 10,000 58.1965CFD SHORT 2,807 58.3491CFD SHORT 33,944 58.3491CFD SHORT 30,000 58.5877CFD SHORT 6,230 58.9518CFD SHORT 2,300 58.9518CFD SHORT 1,470 58.9518CFD SHORT 3,515 59.0179CFD SHORT 739 59.1804CFD LONG 4,800 59.0109 (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) 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 15 April 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