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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9143N RELEASED AT 11:59 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 28 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 1,074,800 46.3300 44.4900 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 781,018 46.4400 44.3600 (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 20,913 45.3307CFD LONG 20,913 45.4900CFD SHORT 3,201 45.7000CFD LONG 110,000 44.6331CFD LONG 4,277 44.8630CFD LONG 7,517 44.9861CFD LONG 4,000 45.0263CFD LONG 7,518 45.0324CFD LONG 545,000 45.4243CFD LONG 280 45.6482CFD LONG 2,280 45.6482CFD LONG 8,000 46.1002CFD SHORT 28,750 44.8943CFD SHORT 14,250 44.8943CFD SHORT 509 44.9222CFD SHORT 1,289 44.9222CFD SHORT 158 44.9222CFD SHORT 158 44.9222CFD SHORT 1,289 44.9222CFD SHORT 4,139 44.9222CFD SHORT 27,641 44.9266CFD SHORT 400 45.2389CFD SHORT 100 45.2389CFD SHORT 400 45.2389CFD SHORT 600 45.2389CFD SHORT 700 45.2389CFD SHORT 900 45.2389CFD SHORT 1,600 45.2389CFD SHORT 600 45.2389CFD SHORT 300 45.2389CFD SHORT 750,000 45.4900CFD SHORT 120,000 45.5723CFD SHORT 11,581 45.5723CFD SHORT 25,000 45.9817CFD LONG 348 60.9400 EURCFD SHORT 348 60.9400 EURCFD LONG 33,310 45.4900CFD SHORT 33,310 45.4900CFD SHORT 1,160,814 45.4900CFD LONG 1,160,814 45.4900 (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 GBP 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. 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 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