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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)05 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2213N RELEASED AT 12:40 ON 04 FEBRUARY 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 31 January 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 873,516 50.7038 46.5577 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 642,917 50.7011 48.0000 (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 279,675 49.5600CFD SHORT 27,869 48.6090CFD SHORT 240 49.5225CFD SHORT 603 49.5225CFD SHORT 11,345 49.5225CFD SHORT 257 49.5600CFD SHORT 1,050 49.5600CFD LONG 495 48.0904CFD LONG 1,570 48.0904CFD LONG 435 48.0904CFD LONG 4,326 48.4525CFD LONG 25,000 48.4726CFD LONG 12,353 48.5407CFD LONG 33,345 48.6073CFD LONG 4,420 48.6417CFD LONG 146 48.7019CFD LONG 1,899 48.7019CFD LONG 3,000 48.7171CFD LONG 40,000 48.7367CFD LONG 5,212 48.7478CFD LONG 54,000 48.7478CFD LONG 200 48.7899CFD LONG 44,000 48.8277CFD LONG 745 48.8799CFD LONG 2,386 48.8799CFD LONG 19,518 49.0937CFD LONG 28,984 49.0937CFD SHORT 5,674 48.7006CFD SHORT 4,774 48.8732CFD SHORT 10,000 48.9175CFD SHORT 42,761 48.9225CFD SHORT 1,017 48.9225CFD SHORT 32,722 48.9225CFD SHORT 4,622 49.1230CFD SHORT 52,500 49.1536CFD SHORT 935 49.1638CFD SHORT 93 49.1638CFD SHORT 14,684 49.2297CFD SHORT 94,626 49.2297CFD SHORT 75,000 49.6343CFD LONG 1,079 48.6417CFD LONG 3,341 48.6417 (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 GBP European etc. date paid/received per 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 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 05 February 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:
Rio Tinto