10th Apr 2008 12:39
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited10 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8911R RELEASED AT 13:13 ON 08 APRIL 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 04 April 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 3,749,299 16.1700 15.5600 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 4,151,631 16.1700 15.5800 (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 156,816 15.9463CFD LONG 42,044 16.1700CFD LONG 54,034 16.1700CFD SHORT 13,650 15.9463CFD SHORT 226,861 16.0024CFD SHORT 13,546 16.1700CFD LONG 20,496 15.8443CFD LONG 13,299 15.8576CFD LONG 600 15.9008CFD LONG 37,363 15.9117CFD LONG 29,855 15.9117CFD LONG 22,303 15.9117CFD LONG 17,677 15.9117CFD LONG 7,914 15.9149CFD LONG 45,086 15.9149CFD LONG 124,455 15.9176CFD LONG 18,500 15.9232CFD LONG 28,450 15.9363CFD LONG 7,702 15.9500CFD LONG 1,229 15.9500CFD LONG 112,125 15.9500CFD LONG 9,269 15.9500CFD LONG 637 15.9500CFD LONG 102 15.9500CFD SHORT 16,000 15.6525CFD SHORT 16,060 15.6703CFD SHORT 5,600 15.8623CFD SHORT 7,914 15.8634CFD SHORT 45,086 15.8634CFD SHORT 340 15.9185CFD SHORT 10,000 16.0040CFD SHORT 30,000 16.0132CFD SHORT 14,400 16.0132CFD SHORT 1,229 16.1424CFD SHORT 102 16.1424CFD SHORT 100,000 31.3740 USDCFD SHORT 700,000 31.8554 USDCFD LONG 318,351 20.2288 EURCFD SHORT 28,900 16.0213CFD SHORT 318,351 20.2288 EUR (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) GBPN/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) GBP 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 10 April 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