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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)17 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9295J RELEASED AT 09:40 ON 14 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 13 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 1,308,703 56.3000 52.6800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,398,257 56.2900 52.7800 (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 9,685 53.0728CFD LONG 58,784 53.8181CFD SHORT 4 52.9400CFD SHORT 2,143 52.9400CFD SHORT 40,009 53.0728CFD LONG 150,000 52.9498CFD LONG 96,250 53.2145CFD LONG 178,750 53.2145CFD LONG 13,500 53.3293CFD LONG 42 53.6036CFD LONG 323 53.6036CFD LONG 194 54.0896CFD LONG 102,000 54.1889CFD SHORT 32,482 52.9466CFD SHORT 36,208 52.9466CFD SHORT 9,500 52.9479CFD SHORT 10,000 53.0965CFD SHORT 90,000 53.2898CFD SHORT 2,677 53.5097CFD SHORT 349 53.5097CFD SHORT 95 54.0246CFD SHORT 50,000 54.0413CFD SHORT 5,580 54.0413CFD SHORT 2,039 54.1178CFD SHORT 11,600 54.2443CFD SHORT 8,400 54.2443CFD SHORT 135,000 54.3413CFD SHORT 20,000 54.3896CFD SHORT 7,000 54.8486CFD SHORT 194 55.0165CFD SHORT 2,000 56.2563CFD SHORT 50,000 53.2003CFD SHORT 5,580 53.2003CFD SHORT 1,831 55.6737 (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) CALL OPTION PURCHASING 49,980 143.1900 AMERICAN 24/01/2008 5.8500CALL OPTION SELLING 44,000 146.0000 AMERICAN 20/12/2007 1.1000CALL OPTION SELLING 6,000 146.0000 AMERICAN 20/12/2007 1.1000 (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 17 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:
Rio Tinto