18th Apr 2008 10:58
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited18 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 5485S RELEASED AT 11:07 ON 17 APRIL 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 LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PlcClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 16 April 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 793,693 63.6700 60.0700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 335,911 63.9929 60.0700 (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 1,150 60.6379CFD LONG 3,115 60.6379CFD LONG 735 60.6379CFD LONG 100 60.7478CFD LONG 239 61.4038CFD LONG 3,000 61.4574CFD LONG 4,200 61.5922CFD LONG 14,000 61.7783CFD LONG 419 61.9661CFD LONG 63 62.4620CFD LONG 499 62.8367CFD LONG 6,035 62.8367CFD LONG 40,814 63.6620CFD SHORT 239 60.7576CFD SHORT 419 60.7576CFD SHORT 100,000 60.8781CFD SHORT 11,796 61.2255CFD SHORT 148,204 61.2255CFD SHORT 58,000 61.6766CFD SHORT 75 62.1181CFD SHORT 453 62.2071CFD SHORT 151 62.2071CFD SHORT 80 62.2071CFD SHORT 106 62.2071CFD SHORT 1,707 62.2071CFD SHORT 653 62.2071CFD SHORT 14 62.2071CFD SHORT 6 62.2071CFD SHORT 59 62.7741CFD SHORT 705 62.7741CFD SHORT 76,670 63.2008CFD SHORT 5,330 63.2008CFD LONG 14,234 63.6700CFD SHORT 21,463 62.7342CFD SHORT 1,074 63.6700CFD LONG 6,000 62.3797CFD SHORT 25,000 61.0660CFD SHORT 32,187 62.1729CFD SHORT 671 62.1729CFD SHORT 2,649 62.1729CFD SHORT 650 62.1729CFD SHORT 7,273 62.1729CFD SHORT 4,466 62.1729 (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 April 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:
Rio Tinto