21st Jan 2008 11:26
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)21 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 1771M RELEASED AT 10:57 ON 21 JANUARY 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 18 January 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 1,474,148 47.8100 45.7000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,771,482 47.8900 45.5800 (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 3,884 47.0000CFD SHORT 13,414 47.0000CFD SHORT 1,774 47.0961CFD SHORT 15,973 47.0961CFD SHORT 5,888 53.5582CFD LONG 2,000 45.8335CFD LONG 6,000 45.8335CFD LONG 9,500 46.1557CFD LONG 50,000 46.1806CFD LONG 50,000 46.2106CFD LONG 10,000 46.4767CFD LONG 247 46.4919CFD LONG 28,500 46.7458CFD LONG 57,500 46.7458CFD LONG 165,000 46.7817CFD LONG 8,000 46.9437CFD LONG 1,980 46.9906CFD LONG 1,740 46.9906CFD LONG 6,280 46.9906CFD LONG 21,189 47.1468CFD LONG 2,604 47.1468CFD LONG 37,210 47.1796CFD LONG 28,790 47.1796CFD LONG 21,082 47.4441CFD LONG 29,115 47.4441CFD LONG 50,000 47.4487CFD LONG 2,700 47.6300CFD SHORT 10,000 46.6023CFD SHORT 12,000 46.6843CFD SHORT 894 46.7023CFD SHORT 28,790 46.7160CFD SHORT 18,855 46.7160CFD SHORT 20,940 46.7214CFD SHORT 30,000 46.7493CFD SHORT 100,000 46.7560CFD SHORT 6,906 46.7560CFD SHORT 33,868 46.8121CFD SHORT 5,582 47.0047CFD SHORT 2,099 47.1078CFD SHORT 247 47.2021 (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)CALL OPTION 250,000 60.0000 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 21 January 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