5th Mar 2008 12:44
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited05 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2983P RELEASED AT 11:03 ON 04 MARCH 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 03 March 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 388,104 57.1100 55.5100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 148,735 57.1400 55.5000 (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 6,663 56.3194CFD LONG 1,726 56.6000CFD LONG 2,922 56.6000CFD SHORT 118 56.1533CFD SHORT 4,994 56.6000CFD LONG 450 55.6396CFD LONG 7,672 55.6396CFD LONG 16,878 55.6396CFD LONG 12,881 55.8138CFD LONG 88 55.8200CFD LONG 7 55.8200CFD LONG 1,985 55.8200CFD LONG 228 55.8200CFD LONG 1,417 55.8200CFD LONG 140 55.8200CFD LONG 155 55.8341CFD LONG 12,198 56.2405CFD LONG 267 56.7075CFD LONG 1,946 56.7075CFD LONG 1 57.2000CFD SHORT 7 55.8944CFD SHORT 19 55.8944CFD SHORT 140 55.8944CFD SHORT 64 55.8944CFD SHORT 1,304 55.8944CFD SHORT 33 55.8944CFD SHORT 6 55.8944CFD SHORT 56 56.3869CFD SHORT 250,000 56.6000CFD SHORT 42 56.6785CFD SHORT 1 57.2000CFD SHORT 165 56.7971CFD SHORT 170 55.8944CFD LONG 200 57.2000CFD SHORT 200 57.2000CFD SHORT 1,321 57.2000CFD LONG 5,158 55.5755CFD SHORT 7,500 55.9738CFD SHORT 32,631 57.2000 (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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 05 March 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