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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)17 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 7852L RELEASED AT 10:21 ON 15 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 LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PlcClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 10 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 336,612 51.4000 50.1100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 364,083 51.4900 50.1000 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFDCFD LONG 4,226 51.2306CFD LONG 4,880 51.2306CFD SHORT 28,873 50.9730CFD SHORT 22,486 51.2306CFD LONG 1,427 50.2249CFD LONG 270 50.4113CFD LONG 2,193 50.4113CFD LONG 1,555 50.6307CFD LONG 32 50.6307CFD LONG 2,997 50.6307CFD LONG 186 50.6307CFD LONG 4,950 50.6363CFD LONG 4,350 50.6363CFD LONG 15,700 50.6363CFD LONG 50,014 50.6749CFD LONG 5,967 50.7049CFD LONG 10,000 50.8094CFD LONG 2,500 50.8367CFD LONG 767 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 278 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 797 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 481 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 1,220 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 3,326 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 7,298 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 293 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 540 98.4785 USDCFD SHORT 119 50.1924CFD SHORT 15 50.1924CFD SHORT 22,100 50.6004CFD SHORT 3,300 50.7012CFD SHORT 100,000 50.8222CFD SHORT 4,200 50.8256CFD SHORT 5,800 50.8256CFD SHORT 25 50.7336CFD SHORT 86 50.7336CFD SHORT 103 50.7336CFD SHORT 180 50.7336CFD SHORT 199 50.7336CFD LONG 15,000 98.4785 USDCFD LONG 15,000 98.4785 USD (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, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. 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 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 17 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:
Rio Tinto