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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)14 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9109N RELEASED AT 11:47 ON 13 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 07 February 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 1,274,911 54.2711 52.1300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 484,482 53.5200 52.1000 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFDCFD LONG 261,170 52.2200CFD LONG 65,449 52.2200CFD SHORT 602 52.7450CFD SHORT 60,978 53.1113CFD LONG 57 52.4683CFD LONG 693 52.4683CFD LONG 278 52.6914CFD LONG 1,610 52.7669CFD LONG 100,000 52.8955CFD LONG 100,000 53.0949CFD LONG 10,532 53.1848CFD LONG 4,923 53.2422CFD SHORT 2,387 52.2265CFD SHORT 12,300 52.2278CFD SHORT 1,126 52.6143CFD SHORT 92 52.6143CFD SHORT 8,500 52.6505CFD SHORT 1,500 52.6505CFD SHORT 10,000 52.6518CFD SHORT 3,719 52.7718CFD SHORT 15,200 52.8048CFD SHORT 52,800 52.8261CFD SHORT 112,200 52.8261CFD SHORT 104,945 52.8744CFD SHORT 68,000 52.9734CFD SHORT 100,000 52.9858CFD SHORT 278 53.0793CFD SHORT 200 53.0959CFD SHORT 18,311 53.1119CFD SHORT 89,600 53.3978CFD SHORT 190,400 53.3978CFD SHORT 122,190 69.9487 EURCFD SHORT 32,000 52.9593CFD SHORT 32,000 52.9593CFD SHORT 68,000 52.9593CFD SHORT 100,000 52.9593 (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) GBP European etc. 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 14 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:
Rio Tinto