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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)04 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0998N RELEASED AT 11:46 ON 01 FEBRUARY 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 22 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 8,582,763 13.1200 11.6300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 9,516,768 13.4902 11.6100 (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 191,259 12.2990CFD LONG 187,105 13.0000CFD SHORT 11,790 12.3000CFD SHORT 5,815 13.0000CFD SHORT 6,635 13.0000CFD LONG 55,000 11.6302CFD LONG 21,715 11.8565CFD LONG 225,000 11.8565CFD LONG 16,322 11.9485CFD LONG 1,965,600 12.3013CFD LONG 291,400 12.3013CFD LONG 16,659 12.3296CFD LONG 270,000 12.3814CFD LONG 79,319 12.4094CFD LONG 90,000 12.4604CFD LONG 167,400 12.5673CFD LONG 12,655 12.6452CFD LONG 23,944 12.7744CFD LONG 5,313 12.8006CFD LONG 4,554 12.8416CFD LONG 37,061 12.8416CFD LONG 3,366 12.9534CFD SHORT 16,322 11.7268CFD SHORT 3,000 11.7535CFD SHORT 1,436 11.8381CFD SHORT 571 11.8381CFD SHORT 677 11.8381CFD SHORT 1,335 11.8381CFD SHORT 164 11.8381CFD SHORT 600 11.8460CFD SHORT 85,000 11.8460CFD SHORT 37,000 11.8460CFD SHORT 25,000 11.8714CFD SHORT 310,000 11.9840CFD SHORT 43,000 11.9884CFD SHORT 406,000 12.1786CFD SHORT 294,000 12.1786CFD SHORT 1,015 12.2633CFD SHORT 175,287 12.2802CFD SHORT 104,515 12.2802CFD SHORT 150,000 12.3710CFD SHORT 404,000 12.3991CFD SHORT 20,000 12.4010CFD SHORT 1,281 12.4045CFD SHORT 10,424 12.4045CFD SHORT 34,669 12.4504CFD SHORT 60,000 12.4693CFD SHORT 11,300 12.4778CFD SHORT 5,700 12.4778CFD SHORT 18,700 12.4778CFD SHORT 62,800 12.5318CFD SHORT 17,400 12.5318CFD SHORT 19,800 12.5318CFD SHORT 20,800 12.5334CFD SHORT 55,219 12.6874CFD SHORT 98,246 12.6874CFD SHORT 14,694 12.6874CFD SHORT 436,137 12.7164CFD SHORT 1,350 12.7868CFD SHORT 500 12.7868CFD SHORT 20,282 13.0013CFD SHORT 125,999 13.1200CFD SHORT 1 13.1200CFD SHORT 174,000 13.1200CFD LONG 162,000 11.8532CFD LONG 20,000 12.3389CFD LONG 216,218 11.6257CFD LONG 283,772 13.0000CFD SHORT 283,772 13.0000CFD LONG 28,750 11.6257CFD LONG 41,629 11.6257CFD SHORT 50,000 12.6705CFD LONG 7,366 11.6257CFD LONG 77,029 11.6257CFD LONG 9,367 11.6256CFD SHORT 5,202 12.4069CFD SHORT 8,610 12.4069CFD SHORT 34,740 12.4069 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. unit (Note 3) CALL OPTION SELLING 750,000 13.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.9000PUT OPTION SELLING 750,000 13.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 1.5500 (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 04 February 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:
BHP Group