18th Feb 2008 10:11
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0968O RELEASED AT 11:44 ON 15 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 13 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 528,979 56.0200 53.9000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 742,345 55.9500 53.9000 (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 90,063 55.0000CFD SHORT 9,978 55.1500CFD LONG 14,990 54.2159CFD LONG 1,127 54.2406CFD LONG 1,800 54.5507CFD LONG 147 54.5761CFD LONG 12 54.5761CFD LONG 50,000 54.6388CFD LONG 9,500 54.7184CFD LONG 19,600 54.9917CFD LONG 43,348 54.9931CFD LONG 100,000 55.0000CFD SHORT 1,348 54.2932CFD SHORT 122 54.2932CFD SHORT 1,613 54.4091CFD SHORT 131 54.4091CFD SHORT 3,127 54.6927CFD SHORT 47,289 54.8703CFD SHORT 3,990 54.9297CFD SHORT 600 55.3442 (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 18 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