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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)17 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8885L RELEASED AT 11:19 ON 16 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 14 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 565,789 52.0300 50.8400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 487,427 51.9400 50.8400 (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 36,781 51.2000CFD SHORT 21,867 51.1680CFD SHORT 73,278 51.6866CFD SHORT 49,223 51.6866CFD LONG 5,000 51.1136CFD LONG 100,000 51.1232CFD LONG 8,000 51.1548CFD LONG 7,321 51.2074CFD LONG 210,814 51.6000CFD LONG 77,946 51.6000CFD LONG 28 51.7495CFD LONG 80 51.8152CFD LONG 646 51.8152CFD SHORT 6,280 51.1311CFD SHORT 1,740 51.1311CFD SHORT 1,980 51.1311CFD SHORT 30,000 51.1711CFD SHORT 1,740 51.1862CFD SHORT 6,280 51.1862CFD SHORT 1,980 51.1862CFD SHORT 40,000 51.2400CFD SHORT 5,940 51.3168CFD SHORT 18,840 51.3168CFD SHORT 5,220 51.3168CFD SHORT 32 51.3404CFD SHORT 32 51.3404CFD SHORT 20 51.3404CFD SHORT 99,250 51.4774CFD SHORT 494 51.5208CFD SHORT 4,020 51.5208CFD SHORT 2,120 51.7048CFD SHORT 100,000 51.8477CFD SHORT 6,253 51.5237CFD SHORT 11,607 51.5237 (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) 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 17 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