9th Apr 2008 13:16
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited09 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8629R RELEASED AT 11:30 ON 08 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 07 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 615,539 58.5000 57.4200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 632,578 58.4900 57.1600 (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 LONG 50,000 57.4921CFD LONG 320 57.6578CFD LONG 900 57.7208CFD LONG 10,000 57.9128CFD LONG 1,147 58.0857CFD LONG 13,866 58.0857CFD LONG 65,168 58.1510CFD SHORT 320 57.4772CFD SHORT 900 57.5581CFD SHORT 1,000 57.7193CFD SHORT 86,000 57.7255CFD SHORT 15,000 57.8203CFD SHORT 339 57.8203CFD SHORT 170 57.8405CFD SHORT 1,364 57.8405CFD SHORT 37,554 57.9922CFD SHORT 8,000 58.0801CFD SHORT 900 58.2646CFD SHORT 169 58.4688CFD SHORT 14 58.4688CFD LONG 21,298 58.0011CFD LONG 10,210 58.4000CFD LONG 2,681 58.4000CFD LONG 19,140 58.4000CFD SHORT 82,177 58.4000CFD SHORT 16 57.8404CFD SHORT 31 57.8404CFD SHORT 219 57.8404CFD SHORT 284 57.8404CFD SHORT 957 57.8404CFD SHORT 3,539 57.8404 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) GBP European etc. 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 09 April 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