12th Dec 2007 13:25
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)12 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6579J RELEASED AT 12:43 ON 11 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 10 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 955,103 59.0300 56.6300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,333,789 59.1500 56.6300 (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 SHORT 1,565 53.9794CFD SHORT 34,826 57.8400CFD SHORT 27,416 57.8400CFD LONG 190 57.2428CFD LONG 25,200 57.2959CFD LONG 34,800 57.2959CFD LONG 50,000 57.3022CFD LONG 28,325 57.3331CFD LONG 21,675 57.3331CFD LONG 64,900 57.7632CFD LONG 10,100 57.7632CFD LONG 3,765 57.8543CFD LONG 2,580 57.8543CFD LONG 8,655 57.8543CFD LONG 92,000 57.9100CFD LONG 167 58.1009CFD LONG 46 58.1009CFD LONG 1,633 58.1009CFD LONG 120,000 58.1599CFD LONG 47,647 58.5132CFD LONG 50,000 58.6558CFD LONG 5,580 58.6558CFD SHORT 190 56.6470CFD SHORT 1,255 56.7614CFD SHORT 2,885 56.7614CFD SHORT 860 56.7614CFD SHORT 5,000 57.0000CFD SHORT 491 57.8414CFD SHORT 16,617 57.8414CFD SHORT 1,504 57.8414CFD SHORT 1,388 57.8414CFD SHORT 1,892 57.8750CFD SHORT 201 57.8750CFD SHORT 46 57.8750CFD SHORT 757 57.8895CFD SHORT 1,000 57.9047CFD SHORT 40,000 57.9405CFD SHORT 56,205 57.9481CFD SHORT 785 57.9481CFD SHORT 43,010 57.9481CFD SHORT 61,940 58.0225CFD SHORT 24,930 58.0369CFD SHORT 48 58.0783CFD SHORT 42 58.0783CFD SHORT 1,800 58.1000CFD SHORT 1,000 58.5878CFD SHORT 4,030 58.7497CFD SHORT 8,760 58.7497CFD SHORT 680 58.7497CFD SHORT 1,530 58.7497CFD SHORT 20,000 58.7915CFD SHORT 16,320 120.1927 USDCFD SHORT 7,410 120.1927 USDCFD SHORT 1,940 120.1927 USDCFD SHORT 860 120.1927 USDCFD SHORT 1,010 120.1927 USDCFD SHORT 1,080 120.1927 USDCFD SHORT 2,470 120.1927 USDCFD SHORT 600 120.1927 USDCFD SHORT 1,710 120.1927 USDCFD LONG 491 57.8440CFD LONG 1,388 57.8440CFD LONG 1,504 57.8440CFD LONG 16,617 57.8440CFD LONG 30 57.9254CFD LONG 462 57.9254CFD SHORT 800 57.8689 (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 12 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