25th Feb 2008 10:53
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited25 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 5442O RELEASED AT 09:57 ON 22 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21 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 486,727 59.1278 57.3300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 84,434 58.9219 57.6300 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFD CFD LONG 118,394 58.2200CFD LONG 14,319 58.2200CFD SHORT 5,843 58.2200CFD SHORT 7,151 58.2200CFD SHORT 10,694 58.5091CFD LONG 12 57.8101CFD LONG 142 57.8101CFD LONG 1,468 57.8576CFD LONG 245 58.1876CFD LONG 87 58.1925CFD LONG 221 58.1925CFD LONG 9 58.1925CFD SHORT 245 57.5072CFD SHORT 65 57.5287CFD SHORT 1,138 57.7512CFD SHORT 12,592 57.7512CFD SHORT 4,000 58.2704CFD SHORT 5,149 58.3897CFD SHORT 419 58.3897CFD SHORT 30,000 59.1278CFD SHORT 60,500 59.1375CFD SHORT 20,000 112.6860 USDCFD LONG 2,000 58.9219 (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 25 February 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature 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