EPT Disclosure - Amendment

11th Feb 2008 13:54

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)11 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6667N RELEASED AT 16:31 ON 08 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 06 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 6,905,540 16.1275 14.9500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 8,168,528 15.3700 14.9700 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFDCFD LONG 12,883 15.2264CFD LONG 45,089 15.2264CFD SHORT 117,475 15.1811CFD SHORT 86,195 15.1811CFD SHORT 203,670 15.2000CFD LONG 89,824 14.9963CFD LONG 117,383 14.9963CFD LONG 2,793 14.9963CFD LONG 38,640 15.0120CFD LONG 5,560 15.0120CFD LONG 996 15.0475CFD LONG 340,000 15.0584CFD LONG 21,662 15.1020CFD LONG 444,320 15.1280CFD LONG 100,000 15.1343CFD LONG 132,397 15.1553CFD LONG 20,000 15.1572CFD LONG 2,600 15.1845CFD LONG 2,700 15.1845CFD LONG 148,000 15.2062CFD LONG 6,000 15.2062CFD LONG 476,000 15.2185CFD LONG 4,544 15.2303CFD LONG 371 15.2303CFD LONG 17,000 15.2361CFD LONG 2,855 15.2374CFD LONG 6,000 15.2398CFD LONG 24,340 15.2481CFD SHORT 68,105 15.0794CFD SHORT 60,395 15.0794CFD SHORT 996 15.1345CFD SHORT 335,000 15.1406CFD SHORT 30,000 15.1877CFD SHORT 5,000 15.1900CFD SHORT 73,207 15.1996CFD SHORT 31,513 15.2046CFD SHORT 595 15.2095CFD SHORT 49 15.2095CFD SHORT 17,545 15.2180CFD SHORT 43,310 15.2180CFD SHORT 10,588 15.2180CFD SHORT 25,773 15.2180CFD SHORT 7,900 15.2194CFD SHORT 4 15.2322CFD SHORT 209,633 15.2701CFD SHORT 285,854 15.2701CFD SHORT 4,513 15.2701CFD SHORT 200 15.2846CFD SHORT 14,000 15.3153CFD SHORT 235,000 16.1275CFD SHORT 265,000 16.1275CFD LONG 3,185 15.2020CFD SHORT 9,180 15.0723CFD SHORT 10,000 15.2859CFD SHORT 50,000 15.1297CFD SHORT 335,000 15.2903CFD SHORT 380,000 15.2304CFD LONG 1,292,000 15.2271CFD LONG 5,230 15.2419 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. 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) ZAR CALL OPTION 425,133 25874.0000 3. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 11 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 Exchange

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