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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)03 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8886I RELEASED AT 12:07 ON 30 NOVEMBER 2007 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 29 November 2007 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 1,924,153 16.3244 15.5700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,794,462 16.3300 15.5114 (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 55,001 15.5864CFD SHORT 1,008 16.1800CFD SHORT 198,479 16.1800CFD SHORT 41,391 16.1800CFD LONG 63,849 15.5114CFD LONG 2,496 15.7043CFD LONG 154,083 15.7724CFD LONG 25,000 15.7940CFD LONG 150,000 15.8620CFD LONG 11,291 15.9304CFD LONG 108,144 16.0050CFD LONG 45,625 16.0496CFD LONG 129,587 16.0496CFD LONG 134 16.0629CFD LONG 7,292 16.0629CFD LONG 1,061 16.0629CFD LONG 1,099 16.2356CFD LONG 7,688 16.2356CFD LONG 31,740 22.2679CFD SHORT 1,521 15.6500CFD SHORT 4,083 15.6831CFD SHORT 12,909 15.7704CFD SHORT 820 15.8132CFD SHORT 150,000 15.8318CFD SHORT 18,492 16.1820CFD SHORT 53,400 16.1824CFD SHORT 150,000 16.2043CFD SHORT 57 16.2519CFD SHORT 396 16.2519CFD SHORT 150,000 16.3245CFD LONG 24,640 16.1699CFD SHORT 15,000 16.1168 (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. Date of disclosure 03 December 2007 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