19th Nov 2007 11:48
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)19 November 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8912H RELEASED AT 11:38 ON 16 NOVEMBER 2007 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 November 2007 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 1,834,137 56.3782 53.3900 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,358,468 55.9900 51.9240 (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 385 53.5360CFD SHORT 16,061 53.9125CFD SHORT 2,878 53.9125CFD LONG 22,849 51.9240CFD LONG 2,067 51.9240CFD LONG 675 51.9240CFD LONG 1,909 51.9240CFD LONG 441 53.6936CFD LONG 63 53.6936CFD LONG 50,000 53.7049CFD LONG 45 53.8838CFD LONG 2,100 53.9861CFD LONG 20,943 54.1349CFD LONG 1,100 54.2800CFD LONG 15,000 54.8478CFD LONG 4,000 55.4322CFD LONG 126 55.6071CFD LONG 45 55.6885CFD LONG 23 55.6885CFD LONG 33 55.6885CFD LONG 19 55.6885CFD SHORT 5,954 53.5468CFD SHORT 17,280 53.5550CFD SHORT 21,000 53.7205CFD SHORT 29,000 53.7205CFD SHORT 17,784 53.8202CFD SHORT 2,542 53.8202CFD SHORT 184 53.9270CFD SHORT 521 53.9270CFD SHORT 564 53.9270CFD SHORT 6,231 53.9270CFD SHORT 291 53.9408CFD SHORT 164 53.9408CFD SHORT 45 53.9408CFD SHORT 45 53.9578CFD SHORT 8,273 53.9811CFD SHORT 31,500 54.1029CFD SHORT 58,500 54.1029CFD SHORT 53,169 54.1398CFD SHORT 8,273 54.1444CFD SHORT 25,046 54.2596CFD SHORT 52,358 54.5514CFD SHORT 1,750 54.6402CFD SHORT 21,000 55.0392CFD SHORT 29,000 55.0392CFD SHORT 126 55.4666CFD SHORT 50,000 55.5465CFD SHORT 4,000 55.7784CFD SHORT 607 55.8152CFD SHORT 1,475 55.8152CFD SHORT 418 55.8152CFD SHORT 2,470 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 1,190 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 3,390 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 1,490 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 1,340 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 790 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 2,330 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 9,810 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 21,790 112.9040 USDCFD SHORT 1,415 54.5514CFD SHORT 20,000 54.5514CFD SHORT 30,000 54.5514CFD SHORT 943 54.5514 (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 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. Date of disclosure 19 November 2007 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