EPT Disclosure-Amendment

10th Jan 2008 12:09

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)10 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 4089L RELEASED AT 12:03 ON 09 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 04 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 2,113,466 16.4600 15.2900 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,141,350 16.4900 15.2900 (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 1,861 15.3614CFD SHORT 67,898 15.3614CFD SHORT 9 16.2370CFD LONG 171,660 15.4181CFD LONG 15,790 15.4184CFD LONG 380,000 15.4894CFD LONG 1,347 15.7341CFD LONG 10,958 15.7341CFD LONG 58,367 15.7582CFD LONG 10,515 15.7883CFD LONG 18,513 15.7883CFD LONG 2,832 15.7883CFD LONG 23,000 15.9009CFD LONG 250,000 15.9381CFD LONG 2,358 15.9417CFD LONG 80,650 16.0620CFD LONG 82,000 16.1277CFD LONG 115,000 16.2256CFD LONG 9,420 16.3234CFD LONG 2,610 16.3234CFD LONG 2,970 16.3234CFD LONG 100,000 16.3762CFD LONG 9,651 16.3762CFD LONG 3,871 16.3953CFD SHORT 2,157 15.3245CFD SHORT 265 15.3245CFD SHORT 9,651 15.4536CFD SHORT 100,000 15.4536CFD SHORT 85,052 15.5100CFD SHORT 5,780 15.5418CFD SHORT 32,300 15.9237CFD SHORT 29,289 15.9835CFD SHORT 13,646 16.1414CFD SHORT 28,703 16.1414CFD SHORT 81,480 16.2043CFD SHORT 112,520 16.2043CFD SHORT 1,112 16.4036CFD SHORT 4,137 16.4346CFD SHORT 7,050 16.4380CFD LONG 12,000 15.4200CFD SHORT 12,000 15.4200CFD LONG 380,000 15.4894CFD LONG 194,000 16.1506CFD SHORT 1,468 15.6456 (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 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 10 January 2008 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 Exchange

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