18th Feb 2008 10:11
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0899O RELEASED AT 11:25 ON 15 FEBRUARY 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 14 February 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 578,194 56.6600 54.6500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 626,960 56.4700 54.6200 (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 3,634 55.4445CFD SHORT 291,546 55.5500CFD SHORT 5,129 55.5500CFD SHORT 228 55.5500CFD LONG 250 55.4631CFD LONG 1,834 55.5138CFD LONG 395,000 55.5500CFD LONG 500 55.6380CFD LONG 300 55.6380CFD LONG 600 55.6380CFD LONG 600 55.6380CFD LONG 200 55.6380CFD LONG 1,200 55.6380CFD LONG 200 55.6380CFD LONG 500 55.6380CFD LONG 100 55.6380CFD LONG 84 56.3148CFD LONG 1,033 56.3148CFD LONG 1 56.3151CFD LONG 2,384 56.3151CFD LONG 9,810 56.3151CFD LONG 2,805 56.3151CFD LONG 600,000 74.6900 EURCFD SHORT 1,067 55.5218CFD SHORT 250 55.5269CFD SHORT 299 55.5477CFD SHORT 172 55.5477CFD SHORT 149 55.5477CFD SHORT 40 55.5477CFD SHORT 177 55.5477CFD SHORT 9,011 55.7085CFD SHORT 48,296 55.7884CFD SHORT 6,000 55.8615CFD SHORT 708 55.9142CFD SHORT 58 55.9142CFD SHORT 19,600 56.2445CFD SHORT 19,000 56.6566CFD SHORT 600,000 74.6900 EURCFD LONG 9,101 55.3582CFD LONG 16,999 55.3582 (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 18 February 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