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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0052M RELEASED AT 13:22 ON 17 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 Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 16 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 3,099,132 14.6500 13.8500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,834,728 15.1829 13.8700 (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 3,508 9.9724CFD LONG 4,384 14.0600CFD SHORT 14,961 14.0600CFD SHORT 56,143 14.0600CFD LONG 25,000 14.0795CFD LONG 261,000 14.0964CFD LONG 189,000 14.0964CFD LONG 292 14.1086CFD LONG 2,372 14.1086CFD LONG 13,688 14.1879CFD LONG 167,400 14.1929CFD LONG 300,000 14.2786CFD LONG 85,000 14.3292CFD LONG 37,000 14.3292CFD LONG 5,168 14.4993CFD SHORT 240,000 14.0303CFD SHORT 167,400 14.0618CFD SHORT 46,798 14.0862CFD SHORT 28,903 14.0878CFD SHORT 3,551 14.0878CFD SHORT 7,920 14.2989CFD SHORT 25,120 14.2989CFD SHORT 6,960 14.2989CFD SHORT 5,168 14.3259CFD SHORT 240,000 14.3815CFD SHORT 4,000 14.4213CFD SHORT 1,118 14.4457CFD SHORT 300,000 14.4717CFD SHORT 235,000 14.5017CFD LONG 15,000 14.3399CFD LONG 40,000 14.3478CFD SHORT 40,000 14.1241CFD LONG 283,772 14.0600CFD SHORT 283,772 14.0600 (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) PUT OPTION PURCHASING 800,000 65.0000 AMERICAN 16/02/2008 3.2091PUT OPTION SELLING 800,000 65.0000 AMERICAN 16/02/2008 3.2091 (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 18 January 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:
BHP Group