EPT Disclosure - Amendment

13th Feb 2008 12:58

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)13 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8181N RELEASED AT 11:41 ON 12 FEBRUARY 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 08 February 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 6,356,419 15.2132 14.6100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,659,584 15.0100 14.6100 (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 21,889 15.0100CFD SHORT 182,441 14.8678CFD SHORT 24,876 15.0100CFD LONG 350,000 14.7555CFD LONG 43,653 14.8226CFD LONG 25,000 14.8555CFD LONG 19,875 14.9057CFD LONG 23,375 14.9057CFD LONG 81,750 14.9057CFD LONG 85,386 14.9075CFD LONG 335 14.9278CFD LONG 27 14.9278CFD LONG 2,500 14.9500CFD LONG 200 14.9605CFD LONG 16,350 14.9757CFD LONG 4,675 14.9757CFD LONG 3,975 14.9757CFD LONG 1,010 14.9870CFD LONG 122,500 15.0077CFD LONG 167,400 15.0081CFD SHORT 300 14.6144CFD SHORT 16,350 14.6973CFD SHORT 4,675 14.6973CFD SHORT 3,975 14.6973CFD SHORT 1,010 14.7126CFD SHORT 349 14.7173CFD SHORT 681 14.7173CFD SHORT 309 14.7173CFD SHORT 83 14.7173CFD SHORT 46,495 14.7179CFD SHORT 16,000 14.7802CFD SHORT 3,000 14.7844CFD SHORT 4,219 14.7936CFD SHORT 2,515 14.7936CFD SHORT 743 14.8473CFD SHORT 9,121 14.8473CFD SHORT 33,605 14.9250CFD SHORT 37,895 14.9250CFD SHORT 25,000 14.9355CFD SHORT 380,000 14.9664CFD SHORT 4,048,380 15.0100CFD SHORT 435,386 15.0100CFD SHORT 117,143 14.8884CFD SHORT 186,935 14.8884CFD SHORT 20,999 14.8884CFD SHORT 86,673 14.8884 (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) ZAR 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 13 February 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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