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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)10 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 4345J RELEASED AT 10:50 ON 07 DECEMBER 2007 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 06 December 2007 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 619,508 16.4700 15.9000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,340,170 16.4900 15.9900 (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 24,739 16.1900CFD LONG 3,893 16.1900CFD LONG 73,340 16.2354CFD SHORT 9,995 16.1900CFD SHORT 12,610 16.1900CFD LONG 117 16.0931CFD LONG 897 16.0931CFD LONG 12,626 16.0984CFD LONG 2,136 16.0984CFD LONG 7,222 16.0984CFD LONG 210,000 16.0995CFD LONG 290,000 16.0995CFD LONG 1,710 16.1258CFD LONG 48,517 16.2149CFD LONG 12,455 16.2149CFD LONG 107,020 16.3660CFD LONG 4,622 16.3825CFD LONG 3,000 16.3851CFD LONG 135,000 16.3854CFD LONG 135,000 16.3854CFD LONG 135,000 16.4183CFD SHORT 12,455 16.1220CFD SHORT 65,971 16.1220CFD SHORT 104 16.2077CFD SHORT 1,106 16.2077CFD SHORT 117 16.2077CFD SHORT 14 16.2077CFD SHORT 897 16.2077CFD SHORT 8,489 16.2077CFD SHORT 142,106 16.2515CFD SHORT 135,000 16.3645CFD SHORT 7,812 16.4250CFD SHORT 70,000 16.4957 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. 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. Date of disclosure 10 December 2007 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:
BHP Group