24th Apr 2008 16:00
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited24 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9424S RELEASED AT 11:38 ON 23 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 Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 22 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 2,146,648 18.8400 18.4700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,290,237 18.8456 18.3374 (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 12,026 18.6728CFD SHORT 14,511 18.6728CFD SHORT 114,099 18.7045CFD SHORT 18,204 18.8200CFD LONG 15,000 18.3374CFD LONG 8,050 18.4920CFD LONG 21,805 18.4920CFD LONG 5,145 18.4920CFD LONG 1,417 18.5893CFD LONG 85,000 18.5900CFD LONG 35,000 18.6067CFD LONG 22,482 18.6392CFD LONG 15,000 18.6562CFD LONG 100 18.6644CFD LONG 5,000 18.6813CFD LONG 103,440 18.6921CFD LONG 2,882 18.7098CFD LONG 1,737 18.7098CFD LONG 6,400 18.7175CFD LONG 210 18.7921CFD LONG 2,537 18.7921CFD SHORT 10,000 18.6026CFD SHORT 105,747 18.6189CFD SHORT 60 18.6956CFD SHORT 42 18.6956CFD SHORT 224 18.6956CFD SHORT 6 18.6956CFD SHORT 1,286 18.6956CFD SHORT 2,156 18.7067CFD SHORT 179 18.7067CFD SHORT 34,429 18.7350CFD SHORT 188,000 18.7721CFD LONG 139,048 18.6766 (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 price American, paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) GBP European etc. date 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 CALL OPTION 202,000 2000.0000CALL OPTION 575,200 2000.0000CALL OPTION 22,800 2000.0000 3. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 24 April 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