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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited01 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 1515R RELEASED AT 11:20 ON 31 MARCH 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 28 March 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 2,109,624 15.2000 14.7100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,503,376 15.2300 14.6900 (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 22,076 14.7585CFD LONG 254 14.8037CFD LONG 2,082 14.8037CFD LONG 500 14.8080CFD LONG 10,000 14.8179CFD LONG 900 14.8267CFD LONG 124,971 14.8706CFD LONG 5,485 14.8932CFD LONG 8,613 14.8932CFD LONG 31,496 14.9186CFD LONG 62,867 14.9588CFD SHORT 357 14.7593CFD SHORT 44 14.7593CFD SHORT 74,124 14.8534CFD SHORT 32,000 14.8887CFD SHORT 68,000 14.8887CFD SHORT 384,000 14.9529CFD SHORT 20,000 14.9609CFD SHORT 128,000 15.0292CFD SHORT 272,000 15.0292CFD LONG 24,468 14.7600CFD LONG 83,459 14.7600CFD LONG 13,304 14.7600CFD LONG 2,814 14.8077CFD SHORT 16,062 14.7600 (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 01 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:
BHP Group