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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)12 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6725J RELEASED AT 15:05 ON 11 DECEMBER 2007 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 10 December 2007 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 2,005,526 17.0100 16.6700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,145,000 17.0100 16.6500 (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 80,485 16.7700CFD SHORT 64,033 16.7700CFD SHORT 906 17.3441CFD LONG 53,640 16.7384CFD LONG 114,000 16.7448CFD LONG 55,316 16.8007CFD LONG 384,290 16.8071CFD LONG 728 16.8086CFD LONG 1,062 16.8086CFD LONG 138 16.8086CFD LONG 96 16.8086CFD LONG 10,832 16.8716CFD LONG 19,000 16.9481CFD SHORT 10,733 16.7628CFD SHORT 42,092 16.7918CFD SHORT 115,295 16.8001CFD SHORT 23,983 16.8187CFD SHORT 40,000 16.8234CFD SHORT 57,700 16.8304CFD SHORT 138 16.8350CFD SHORT 228,000 16.8368CFD SHORT 10,112 16.8391CFD SHORT 96 16.8434CFD SHORT 447 16.8434CFD SHORT 728 16.8434CFD SHORT 3,433 16.8434CFD SHORT 1,543 16.8468CFD SHORT 4,791 16.8477CFD SHORT 114,000 16.9090CFD SHORT 30,000 16.9625CFD LONG 10,887 16.7989CFD SHORT 3,652 16.7747CFD LONG 695 16.7989 (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. Date of disclosure 12 December 2007 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:
BHP Group