10th Jan 2008 11:00
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)10 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 3976L RELEASED AT 11:18 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 08 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 361,394 52.0500 50.8500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 458,025 52.0200 50.6300 (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 11,206 50.3200CFD LONG 29,702 51.3400CFD SHORT 2,074 51.3400CFD SHORT 5,246 53.6059CFD LONG 68,000 51.0162CFD LONG 32,000 51.0162CFD LONG 1,000 51.1254CFD LONG 200,000 51.3400CFD LONG 5,091 51.3440CFD LONG 2,608 51.3636CFD LONG 314 51.4054CFD LONG 2,554 51.4054CFD LONG 4,826 51.5262CFD LONG 50,000 51.5262CFD LONG 643 51.5351CFD LONG 27,500 51.5621CFD LONG 9,420 51.6620CFD LONG 2,610 51.6620CFD LONG 2,970 51.6620CFD SHORT 2,608 50.8818CFD SHORT 37,680 51.1493CFD SHORT 200,000 51.3400CFD SHORT 1,595 51.5961CFD SHORT 196 51.5961CFD SHORT 482 51.5215CFD LONG 546 50.8647CFD SHORT 868 51.5215CFD SHORT 2,581 51.5215CFD SHORT 5,030 51.5215CFD SHORT 5,705 51.5215CFD SHORT 14,182 51.7850CFD SHORT 26,159 51.5215CFD SHORT 26,325 51.7850 (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. 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto