10th Mar 2008 10:20
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited10 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6077P RELEASED AT 10:29 ON 07 MARCH 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 06 March 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 190,261 59.0500 57.9400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 233,756 59.0000 58.0700 (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 5,631 58.2624CFD SHORT 31,017 58.0700CFD SHORT 27,714 58.2936CFD SHORT 9,113 58.9090CFD LONG 810 58.2659CFD LONG 99 58.2659CFD LONG 1,493 58.2683CFD LONG 4,867 58.2683CFD LONG 1,140 58.2683CFD LONG 830 58.2932CFD LONG 8,000 58.3046CFD LONG 294 58.3077CFD LONG 10,000 58.5448CFD LONG 4,526 111.5740 USDCFD LONG 2,840 111.5740 USDCFD LONG 7,199 111.5740 USDCFD LONG 3,189 111.5740 USDCFD LONG 4,703 111.5740 USDCFD LONG 1,642 111.5740 USDCFD LONG 19,624 111.5740 USDCFD LONG 43,051 111.5740 USDCFD LONG 1,726 111.5740 USDCFD SHORT 21,075 58.0773CFD SHORT 27 58.2536CFD SHORT 220 58.2536CFD SHORT 590 58.3485CFD SHORT 27,638 58.3485CFD SHORT 294 58.3873CFD SHORT 100 59.0077 (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 10 March 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