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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited04 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0496P RELEASED AT 10:51 ON 29 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 28 February 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 239,010 59.0000 57.4800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 171,817 58.77 57.4500 (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 28316 57.7200CFD SHORT 18997 57.7200CFD SHORT 25409 57.7836CFD LONG 85000 57.8840CFD LONG 52 57.9754CFD LONG 627 57.9754CFD LONG 5393 58.0905CFD SHORT 98984 57.7272CFD SHORT 97 57.9790CFD SHORT 224 57.9790CFD SHORT 82 57.9790CFD SHORT 22 57.9790CFD SHORT 170 57.9790CFD SHORT 3 58.0987CFD SHORT 27 58.0987CFD SHORT 16377 58.6274CFD SHORT 3315 58.7504 (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 29 February 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