23rd Apr 2008 11:25
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited23 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8339S RELEASED AT 10:10 ON 22 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21 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 122,194 63.3520 61.5000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 488,365 63.3546 61.5000 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFDCFD LONG 29 61.5702CFD LONG 67 61.5702CFD LONG 512 61.8292CFD LONG 72 62.2307CFD LONG 6 62.2307CFD LONG 277 62.3388CFD LONG 300,000 62.3700CFD SHORT 76 61.8293CFD SHORT 6 61.8293CFD SHORT 512 61.8605CFD SHORT 18,809 61.9203CFD SHORT 5,289 61.9338CFD SHORT 100 62.0319CFD SHORT 200 62.0319CFD LONG 8,044 61.8733CFD LONG 3,008 62.3700CFD LONG 13,679 61.8364CFD LONG 999 61.8364CFD LONG 6,702 61.8364 (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) GBP 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. NONE Date of disclosure 23 April 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