EPT Disclosure - Amendment

18th Jan 2008 11:00

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9941L RELEASED AT 11:56 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 Rio Tinto 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 1,455,699 50.6800 46.3700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,229,905 51.1600 46.3300 (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 1,551 15.8141CFD LONG 1,897 47.3381CFD SHORT 6,726 46.6500CFD SHORT 24,798 47.3381CFD LONG 56 46.9430CFD LONG 453 46.9430CFD LONG 240 46.9436CFD LONG 2,540 46.9436CFD LONG 230 47.2208CFD LONG 55,250 47.5439CFD LONG 2,254 47.5750CFD LONG 273 47.5941CFD LONG 946 47.5986CFD LONG 900 47.6204CFD LONG 5,000 47.6204CFD LONG 881 47.7533CFD LONG 2,000 47.8213CFD LONG 990 47.8941CFD LONG 870 47.8941CFD LONG 3,140 47.8941CFD LONG 2,000 47.9814CFD LONG 843 48.0307CFD LONG 17,624 48.3688CFD LONG 29,000 48.4191CFD LONG 6,215 48.4743CFD LONG 90,000 48.4743CFD LONG 1,535 48.7317CFD LONG 29,925 48.7922CFD LONG 4,826 48.9398CFD LONG 50,000 48.9398CFD LONG 100,000 49.4505CFD SHORT 55,250 46.6558CFD SHORT 17,515 46.8385CFD SHORT 12,682 46.8385CFD SHORT 4,115 47.2076CFD SHORT 506 47.2076CFD SHORT 1,500 47.2870CFD SHORT 900 47.2870CFD SHORT 20,000 47.4100CFD SHORT 505 47.4851CFD SHORT 50,000 47.5511CFD SHORT 4,826 47.5511CFD SHORT 9,500 47.6489CFD SHORT 990 47.7069CFD SHORT 3,140 47.7069CFD SHORT 870 47.7069CFD SHORT 100,000 47.7716CFD SHORT 34,840 47.8109CFD SHORT 4,826 47.8698CFD SHORT 50,000 47.8698CFD SHORT 1,535 48.0386CFD SHORT 1,740 48.1381CFD SHORT 6,280 48.1381CFD SHORT 1,980 48.1381CFD SHORT 135,000 48.2009CFD SHORT 60,000 48.3855CFD SHORT 8,000 48.4372CFD SHORT 60,000 48.4372CFD SHORT 230 49.0086CFD LONG 1,275 46.7357 (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. 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 Exchange

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