18th Feb 2008 11:16
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited18 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 1120O RELEASED AT 12:27 ON 15 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 14 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 5,132,569 15.8900 15.4400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,576,577 15.8500 15.4300 (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 LONG 8,546 15.6374CFD SHORT 660,054 15.6600CFD SHORT 11,855 15.6600CFD SHORT 528 15.6600CFD LONG 890 15.6580CFD LONG 10,400 15.6599CFD LONG 11,800 15.6599CFD LONG 827,000 15.6600CFD LONG 300,000 15.6600CFD LONG 2,730 15.7148CFD LONG 222 15.7148CFD LONG 70,000 15.7522CFD LONG 567 15.7595CFD LONG 1,038 15.8272CFD SHORT 3,000,000 15.5500CFD SHORT 23,918 15.5592CFD SHORT 2,364 15.6581CFD SHORT 1,038 15.6582CFD SHORT 319,823 15.6808CFD SHORT 90,000 15.6885CFD SHORT 15,000 15.7177CFD SHORT 1,809 15.7324CFD SHORT 147 15.7324CFD SHORT 890 15.8320CFD SHORT 8,074 15.4596 (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) ZAR 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 18 February 2008 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