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EPT Disclosure - Amendment

16th Jul 2008 15:40

RNS Number : 2324Z
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited
16 July 2008
 



AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0873Z RELEASED AT 11:37 ON 15 JULY 2008

(Please see Section 2(b))

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 dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)

Ordinary Shares

Date of dealing

14 July 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

336,346

17.7400

17.2200

Total number of securities sold

Highest price received (Note 3) GBP

Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP

531,789

17.7000

17.2300

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, 

e.g. CFD

Long/short (Note 4)

Number of securities (Note 5)

Price per unit (Note 3) GBP

CFD

SHORT

62,161

17.4700

CFD

SHORT

4,560

17.4700

CFD

SHORT

12,086

17.4771

CFD

SHORT

2,445

17.6491

CFD

SHORT

7,474

17.6491

CFD

LONG

615

17.4304

CFD

LONG

158

17.4304

CFD

LONG

602

17.4304

CFD

LONG

1,198

17.4379

CFD

LONG

459

17.4381

CFD

LONG

36

17.4381

CFD

LONG

3,000

17.4647

CFD

LONG

1,200

17.4679

CFD

LONG

7,378

17.4687

CFD

LONG

46,147

17.4687

CFD

LONG

79,671

17.4687

CFD

LONG

5,853

17.4687

CFD

LONG

10,060

17.4687

CFD

LONG

45,886

17.4687

CFD

LONG

1,024

17.4687

CFD

LONG

4,018

17.4687

CFD

LONG

800

17.6456

CFD

LONG

10,000

17.6875

CFD

SHORT

7,300

17.4442

CFD

SHORT

287

17.4587

CFD

SHORT

22

17.4587

CFD

SHORT

1,198

17.4611

CFD

SHORT

30,000

17.4664

CFD

SHORT

490

17.4681

CFD

SHORT

432

17.4715

CFD

SHORT

154,289

17.6039

CFD

SHORT

15

17.6544

CFD

SHORT

8,185

17.6544

CFD

SHORT

1,810

17.6544

CFD

LONG

13,331

17.4377

CFD

LONG

66,000

17.4453

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,

e.g. call option

Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 5)

Exercise

price 

GBP

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry 

date

Option money

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) GBP

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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

NONE

Date of disclosure

16 July 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 at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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