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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)07 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0994L RELEASED AT 11:21 ON 04 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 02 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 369,120 53.9000 52.2700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 497,860 53.8700 51.0093 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFD CFD SHORT 395 50.0752CFD SHORT 23,759 52.8901CFD SHORT 6,625 53.1700CFD LONG 6,029 50.9991CFD LONG 10,921 50.9991CFD LONG 50,000 52.3420CFD LONG 4,826 52.3420CFD LONG 66,335 52.5434CFD LONG 3,378 52.8214CFD LONG 2,610 53.0394CFD LONG 9,420 53.0394CFD LONG 2,970 53.0394CFD LONG 3,445 53.1700CFD LONG 660 53.2367CFD LONG 125,000 53.2600CFD LONG 15,893 53.3299CFD LONG 7,922 53.4613CFD LONG 1,000 53.6653CFD SHORT 5,412 52.3189CFD SHORT 2,988 52.3189CFD SHORT 275 52.3615CFD SHORT 26 52.3615CFD SHORT 4,648 52.5552CFD SHORT 21,766 52.8131CFD SHORT 6,601 52.8797CFD SHORT 6,602 53.0550CFD SHORT 999 53.0936CFD SHORT 999 53.0936CFD SHORT 249 53.0936CFD SHORT 175 53.0936CFD SHORT 3,315 53.1700CFD SHORT 130 53.1700CFD SHORT 95,000 53.2752CFD SHORT 21,411 53.5078CFD LONG 12,064 53.1492CFD LONG 2,702 52.1500 (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 07 January 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature 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