10th Mar 2008 10:55
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited10 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6298P RELEASED AT 12:22 ON 07 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 06 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 1,485,042 17.0000 16.6400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 822,356 16.9600 16.6600 (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 449,642 16.8000CFD LONG 12,749 16.8000CFD LONG 599 16.9449CFD SHORT 613 16.7692CFD SHORT 60,726 16.7692CFD LONG 2,050 16.7472CFD LONG 1,029 16.7629CFD LONG 529 16.7903CFD LONG 4,340 16.7903CFD LONG 4,937 16.8027CFD LONG 60,676 16.8091CFD LONG 65 16.8091CFD LONG 97,594 16.8238CFD SHORT 1,029 16.6621CFD SHORT 2,089 16.7574CFD SHORT 38,608 16.7916CFD SHORT 64,802 16.7916CFD SHORT 6,776 16.7923CFD SHORT 15,000 16.7992CFD SHORT 22,200 16.8000CFD SHORT 543 16.8083CFD SHORT 66 16.8083CFD SHORT 700,000 16.8326CFD SHORT 100 16.8851CFD SHORT 5,500 16.8971 (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) PUT OPTION PURCHASING 450,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0850PUT OPTION PURCHASING 550,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0900PUT OPTION PURCHASING 500,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0900PUT OPTION SELLING 180,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0850PUT OPTION SELLING 450,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0850PUT OPTION SELLING 550,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0900PUT OPTION SELLING 100,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0900PUT OPTION SELLING 320,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0900PUT OPTION SELLING 500,000 1500.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0900 (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 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 10 March 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