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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)07 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 4706N RELEASED AT 17:51 ON 06 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 Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 05 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 4,298,829 16.4900 15.8400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 4,060,560 16.4900 15.8100 (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 233,310 15.9700CFD LONG 45,248 15.9876CFD LONG 842 16.1859CFD SHORT 45,332 15.9700CFD SHORT 119,981 15.9700CFD SHORT 29,803 16.1859CFD LONG 134,383 15.8492CFD LONG 134,363 15.9161CFD LONG 30,000 15.9180CFD LONG 408,000 15.9199CFD LONG 192,000 15.9199CFD LONG 176,000 15.9230CFD LONG 374,000 15.9230CFD LONG 1,893 15.9393CFD LONG 38 15.9576CFD LONG 457 15.9576CFD LONG 9,465 15.9804CFD LONG 5,950 16.0113CFD LONG 27,200 16.0267CFD LONG 12,800 16.0267CFD LONG 179,200 16.0267CFD LONG 380,800 16.0267CFD LONG 192,000 16.0711CFD LONG 408,000 16.0711CFD LONG 62,553 16.1406CFD LONG 27,343 16.4900CFD LONG 896 21.5501CFD SHORT 19,605 15.9539CFD SHORT 44,918 15.9539CFD SHORT 5,113 15.9539CFD SHORT 1,605 15.9539CFD SHORT 4,631 15.9539CFD SHORT 2,244 15.9539CFD SHORT 2,805 15.9539CFD SHORT 6,470 15.9539CFD SHORT 2,609 15.9539CFD SHORT 42,033 15.9864CFD SHORT 3,425 15.9864CFD SHORT 21,857 16.0401CFD SHORT 12,711 16.0401CFD SHORT 45,000 16.0941CFD SHORT 150,000 16.1144CFD SHORT 209,644 16.1192CFD SHORT 50,000 16.1479CFD SHORT 27,343 16.4900CFD SHORT 896 21.5565 EURCFD LONG 635 16.0170CFD SHORT 1,945 15.9792CFD LONG 2,455 15.9850CFD SHORT 4,474 16.1192CFD LONG 5,265 16.0625CFD SHORT 6,953 15.9792CFD LONG 7,500 15.8867CFD LONG 10,000 15.8861CFD SHORT 14,479 16.0630CFD LONG 36,000 16.2643CFD SHORT 42,502 15.9792CFD LONG 283,772 15.9700CFD SHORT 283,772 15.9700CFD SHORT 285,882 16.1192CFD SHORT 382,600 15.9673CFD SHORT 1,317,400 15.9792 (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 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 07 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:
BHP Group