20th Dec 2007 13:33
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)20 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2916K RELEASED AT 13:29 ON 19 DECEMBER 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 18 December 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 1,515,739 15.1700 14.6700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,188,233 15.1900 14.5800 (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 1,051 14.9800CFD SHORT 2,397 14.7150CFD SHORT 25,403 14.9800CFD SHORT 115,241 15.0636CFD LONG 5,400 14.6902CFD LONG 24,000 14.8301CFD LONG 9,575 14.8337CFD LONG 25,195 14.9132CFD LONG 128,826 14.9376CFD LONG 19,300 14.9777CFD LONG 5,000 14.9975CFD LONG 1,004 15.0228CFD LONG 7,706 15.0228CFD SHORT 180,000 14.8197CFD SHORT 813 14.9162CFD SHORT 106 14.9162CFD SHORT 332 14.9753CFD SHORT 168 14.9753CFD SHORT 388 14.9753CFD SHORT 218 14.9753CFD SHORT 145,000 15.0843CFD SHORT 105,000 15.0843 (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 20 December 2007 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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:
BHP Group