29th Jan 2008 12:18
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)29 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6649M RELEASED AT 12:16 ON 28 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 23 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 4,720,003 13.3700 12.2900 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,209,734 13.3900 11.6604 (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 53,130 12.5949CFD LONG 1,880,365 24.7726CFD SHORT 1,147 12.7000CFD SHORT 30,288 12.7547CFD SHORT 3,119 12.7547CFD SHORT 83,266 24.8851CFD LONG 15,609 11.6580CFD LONG 187 12.3214CFD LONG 32,596 12.5560CFD LONG 4,005 12.5560CFD LONG 20,282 12.6987CFD LONG 50,000 12.7329CFD LONG 9,800 12.7886CFD LONG 23,473 12.8209CFD LONG 11,513 12.8677CFD LONG 4,081 12.8677CFD LONG 3,000 12.8871CFD LONG 12,956 13.1325CFD LONG 672 13.3177CFD LONG 36,647 24.7726 USDCFD LONG 152,342 24.7726 USDCFD LONG 68,078 24.7726 USDCFD LONG 99,478 24.7726 USDCFD LONG 60,129 24.7726 USDCFD LONG 34,877 24.7726 USDCFD LONG 95,484 24.7726 USDCFD LONG 914,574 24.7726 USDCFD LONG 418,756 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 22,909 12.5188CFD SHORT 272,000 12.6874CFD SHORT 128,000 12.6874CFD SHORT 234,360 12.7016CFD SHORT 67,895 12.7038CFD SHORT 44,551 12.7038CFD SHORT 387,554 12.7038CFD SHORT 8,500 12.7400CFD SHORT 35 12.7435CFD SHORT 19,302 12.7442CFD SHORT 200,000 12.7442CFD SHORT 64,000 12.7955CFD SHORT 136,000 12.7955CFD SHORT 93,500 12.8289CFD SHORT 187,000 12.8289CFD SHORT 6,500 12.8289CFD SHORT 13,000 12.8289CFD SHORT 90,329 12.8292CFD SHORT 10,000 12.8351CFD SHORT 272,000 12.8379CFD SHORT 128,000 12.8379CFD SHORT 5,564 12.8510CFD SHORT 684 12.8510CFD SHORT 440,000 12.9049CFD SHORT 16,000 12.9131CFD SHORT 2,184 13.0385CFD SHORT 672 13.2540CFD SHORT 700 13.3767CFD SHORT 418,756 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 914,574 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 152,342 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 60,129 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 68,078 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 36,647 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 95,484 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 34,877 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 99,478 24.7726 USDCFD SHORT 83,266 24.8851 USDCFD SHORT 16,930 13.2820CFD SHORT 50,000 13.1853CFD SHORT 62,000 12.8723CFD SHORT 95,000 12.7551CFD SHORT 170,070 13.2820CFD SHORT 332,800 12.8769CFD SHORT 707,200 12.8769CFD LONG 798 12.9973CFD LONG 32,167 12.9973CFD LONG 42,035 12.9973CFD LONG 42,750 13.0667CFD LONG 86,250 13.0667CFD LONG 2,136,000 14.7631CFD SHORT 2,136,000 14.7631 (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) 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 29 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:
BHP Group