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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)04 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0128J RELEASED AT 12:02 ON 03 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 30 November 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 1,535,403 57.6000 55.6069 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,613,435 57.6700 55.1000 (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 29,826 55.1755CFD LONG 2,311 56.4475CFD SHORT 25,557 56.3700CFD SHORT 142 56.4000CFD SHORT 15,765 56.4475CFD LONG 5,000 55.6605CFD LONG 5,900 56.3887CFD LONG 1,670 56.3887CFD LONG 2,430 56.3887CFD LONG 100,000 56.4000CFD LONG 100,000 56.4000CFD LONG 12,800 56.4362CFD LONG 4,209 56.4362CFD LONG 50,000 56.6886CFD LONG 4,961 56.6886CFD LONG 34,133 56.7141CFD LONG 34,557 56.7141CFD LONG 50,000 56.7647CFD LONG 64 56.7730CFD LONG 24,900 56.7946CFD LONG 75,100 56.7946CFD LONG 1,121 56.8177CFD LONG 6,457 56.8835CFD LONG 50,000 56.9170CFD LONG 4,961 56.9803CFD LONG 50,000 56.9803CFD LONG 74,400 56.9815CFD LONG 24,600 56.9815CFD LONG 6,457 57.0500CFD LONG 172 57.0684CFD LONG 1,324 57.0684CFD LONG 10,000 57.3615CFD LONG 2,481 57.3615CFD LONG 25,000 57.3615CFD LONG 345 57.3965CFD LONG 459 57.5179CFD SHORT 5,931 56.5931CFD SHORT 921 56.5931CFD SHORT 2,500 56.7235CFD SHORT 3,666 56.7638CFD SHORT 384 56.7856CFD SHORT 526,846 56.7880CFD SHORT 3,171 56.8317CFD LONG 1,400 56.6529CFD LONG 2,800 56.6529CFD LONG 40,000 56.3286CFD LONG 4,700 56.6529 (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) CALL OPTION PURCHASING 100 100.0000 EUROPEAN 13/11/2008 0.0001 (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 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. Date of disclosure 04 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:
Rio Tinto