EPT Disclosure - Amendment

21st Apr 2008 11:17

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited21 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 5770S RELEASED AT 13:58 ON 17 APRIL 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 15 April 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 1,543,833 17.8200 17.1232 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,779,564 17.8300 17.3100 (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 5,304 17.3746CFD LONG 2,090 17.3470CFD LONG 1,471 17.4463CFD LONG 3,675 17.5245CFD LONG 5,750 17.5245CFD LONG 15,575 17.5245CFD LONG 59,964 17.5701CFD LONG 1,992 17.6002CFD LONG 24,090 17.6002CFD LONG 40,000 17.6511CFD LONG 510,000 17.6540CFD LONG 13,154 17.6723CFD LONG 14,896 17.6977CFD LONG 22,941 17.7664CFD LONG 5,000 17.8117CFD LONG 100,000 34.7660 USDCFD SHORT 1,471 17.3522CFD SHORT 4,408 17.4000CFD SHORT 141,671 17.4243CFD SHORT 82,616 17.4283CFD SHORT 3,497 17.4389CFD SHORT 143,165 17.4389CFD SHORT 9,800 17.4490CFD SHORT 1,547 17.4490CFD SHORT 25,611 17.4490CFD SHORT 2,022 17.4490CFD SHORT 1,180 17.4490CFD SHORT 6,610 17.4490CFD SHORT 211 17.4490CFD SHORT 82 17.4490CFD SHORT 2,090 17.5613CFD SHORT 15,000 17.5941CFD SHORT 19,951 17.6149CFD SHORT 32,999 17.6149CFD SHORT 11,000 17.6289CFD SHORT 292 17.6311CFD SHORT 268 17.6626CFD SHORT 22 17.6626CFD SHORT 1,912 17.7179CFD SHORT 4,800 17.7310CFD SHORT 23,600 17. 7310CFD SHORT 20,100 17. 7310CFD SHORT 31,500 17. 7310CFD SHORT 2,941 17.8124 (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) GBPN/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) 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 21 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 Exchange

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