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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited04 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED ON 11 MARCH 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 07 March 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 2,179,330 16.3476 15.8800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,590,163 16.3400 15.9000 (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 613 16.0827CFD LONG 57,178 16.0827CFD LONG 4,337 16.3001CFD LONG 83,061 16.3001CFD LONG 100 15.9252CFD LONG 710 15.9640CFD LONG 187 15.9822CFD LONG 1,536 15.9822CFD LONG 4,799 16.0569CFD LONG 12,760 16.0590CFD LONG 1,881 16.1000CFD LONG 1 16.1256CFD LONG 7,861 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 12,543 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 4,952 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 3,043 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 5,603 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 8,196 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 2,872 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 34,482 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 75,348 32.2213 USDCFD LONG 75,333 32.2214 USDCFD LONG 34,510 32.2214 USDCFD LONG 2,874 32.2214 USDCFD LONG 8,194 32.2214 USDCFD LONG 5,613 32.2214 USDCFD LONG 12,556 32.2214 USDCFD LONG 4,954 32.2214 USDCFD LONG 7,870 32.2214 USDCFD LONG 2,996 32.2214 USDCFD SHORT 189,293 15.9020CFD SHORT 15,630 15.9374CFD SHORT 26,685 15.9374CFD SHORT 6,175 15.9389CFD SHORT 1,187 15.9933CFD SHORT 205,000 15.9961CFD SHORT 3,298 15.9984CFD SHORT 402 15.9984CFD SHORT 19,141 16.0162CFD SHORT 7,400 16.0204CFD SHORT 17,100 16.0204CFD SHORT 13,266 16.0657CFD SHORT 24,000 16.0827CFD SHORT 45,000 16.1489CFD SHORT 85,000 16.1489CFD SHORT 67,000 16.1599CFD SHORT 694 16.2728CFD SHORT 16 16.2949CFD SHORT 49,879 16.3053CFD SHORT 300,000 16.3476CFD SHORT 4,608 20.9804 EURCFD LONG 1,571 20.9741 EURCFD LONG 3,037 20.9741 EUR (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) GBPPUT OPTION PURCHASING 250,000 15.0000 AMERICAN 20/06/2008 0.9000 (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) GBP 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 04 April 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