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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)15 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6859L RELEASED AT 10:18 ON 14 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 11 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 1,761,863 51.3700 49.7900 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 619,210 51.3676 49.8000 (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 SHORT 36,781 50.2500CFD SHORT 187,156 50.2912CFD SHORT 12,692 51.1197CFD LONG 30,400 49.9250CFD LONG 763 50.1652CFD LONG 5,000 50.2548CFD LONG 7,184 50.3015CFD LONG 14,467 50.4995CFD LONG 57 51.1164CFD LONG 466 51.1164CFD SHORT 6,018 49.9396CFD SHORT 100,000 50.0850CFD SHORT 31,000 50.0900CFD SHORT 2,500 50.4057CFD SHORT 561 50.4415CFD SHORT 796 50.4834CFD SHORT 1,238 50.4840CFD SHORT 2,817 50.4925CFD SHORT 1,160 50.4957CFD SHORT 2,624 50.5209CFD SHORT 1,182 50.5312CFD SHORT 6,251 50.5421CFD SHORT 487 50.5678CFD SHORT 101,100 50.5679CFD SHORT 350 50.5777CFD SHORT 519 50.6839CFD SHORT 523 50.7224CFD SHORT 4,255 50.7224CFD SHORT 29,000 51.1861CFD SHORT 21,000 51.1861CFD SHORT 400,000 51.2000CFD SHORT 150,000 51.2412CFD SHORT 58,000 51.2458CFD SHORT 42,000 51.2458 (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 15 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