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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)05 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 1090J RELEASED AT 10:54 ON 04 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 03 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 1,495,991 56.5100 54.2700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,399,219 56.5100 54.3100 (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 5,375 54.4300CFD SHORT 342 54.4300CFD SHORT 14,760 55.0154CFD SHORT 31,132 56.1703CFD LONG 70 54.3987CFD LONG 9 54.3987CFD LONG 153 54.4137CFD LONG 514 54.6890CFD LONG 1,898 54.7280CFD LONG 85,000 54.7280CFD LONG 12,700 55.2070CFD LONG 5,300 55.2070CFD LONG 1,041 56.4000CFD SHORT 10 54.7600CFD SHORT 637 54.7886CFD SHORT 4,936 54.7886CFD SHORT 100,000 54.8427CFD SHORT 5,000 54.8475CFD SHORT 6,457 54.9167CFD SHORT 6,457 54.9726CFD SHORT 7,416 55.0495CFD SHORT 377 55.0769CFD SHORT 1,982 55.0836CFD SHORT 526 55.0877CFD SHORT 158 55.1200CFD SHORT 765 55.1240CFD SHORT 25,791 55.1429CFD SHORT 1,323 55.2643CFD SHORT 4,012 55.2693CFD SHORT 153 55.6067CFD SHORT 640 56.4000CFD SHORT 401 56.4000CFD LONG 1,500 54.7639CFD LONG 1,849 56.7305CFD SHORT 1,849 56.7305CFD LONG 241 56.7291CFD SHORT 241 56.7291CFD LONG 2,600 54.7639CFD LONG 303,875 54.4300CFD SHORT 303,875 54.4300CFD LONG 800 54.7639 (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. Date of disclosure 05 December 2007 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