8th May 2008 11:10
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited08 May 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 7629T RELEASED AT 10:43 ON 06 MAY 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 02 May 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 391,120 61.3100 58.5100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 457,651 61.0600 58.7100 (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 SHORT 10,653 59.4254CFD SHORT 1,074 60.2571CFD LONG 455 58.7759CFD LONG 434 58.7759CFD LONG 102 58.7759CFD LONG 174 58.7759CFD LONG 620 58.7759CFD LONG 526 59.5096CFD LONG 958 59.5126CFD LONG 154 59.7295CFD LONG 3 60.9351CFD LONG 35 60.9351CFD LONG 100 61.0529CFD SHORT 526 58.6631CFD SHORT 161 58.9603CFD SHORT 958 58.9633CFD SHORT 18,673 58.9729CFD SHORT 7,442 59.1199CFD SHORT 2,912 59.2063CFD SHORT 3,798 59.2063CFD SHORT 1,198 60.4742CFD SHORT 405 60.4742CFD SHORT 405 60.4742CFD SHORT 34 60.4742CFD SHORT 34 60.4742CFD SHORT 101 60.4742CFD SHORT 10,324 61.0132CFD SHORT 10,648 61.0132CFD SHORT 5,413 61.0661CFD SHORT 255 61.0676 (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 08 May 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