EPT Disclosure - Amendment

12th Feb 2008 11:38

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)12 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 7431N RELEASED AT 14:10 ON 11 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 07 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 4,989,947 15.0000 14.6000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,638,615 14.9900 14.5800 (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 148,175 14.6900CFD SHORT 139,551 14.6900CFD SHORT 1,198 14.8200CFD SHORT 138,353 14.8900CFD LONG 513 14.6929CFD LONG 6,290 14.6929CFD LONG 57,396 14.7432CFD LONG 5,100 14.7468CFD LONG 28,900 14.7468CFD LONG 571,736 14.7504CFD LONG 419,277 14.7504CFD LONG 8,987 14.7504CFD LONG 993 14.7746CFD LONG 7,900 14.8115CFD LONG 96,148 14.9360CFD SHORT 7,700 14.6470CFD SHORT 7,900 14.6470CFD SHORT 15,000 14.7112CFD SHORT 128,000 14.7120CFD SHORT 272,000 14.7120CFD SHORT 45,114 14.7244CFD SHORT 26,891 14.7244CFD SHORT 73 14.7357CFD SHORT 884 14.7357CFD SHORT 40,369 14.7774CFD SHORT 918,000 14.7938CFD SHORT 432,000 14.7938CFD SHORT 300,000 14.8022CFD SHORT 52,114 14.8102CFD SHORT 27,200 14.8128CFD SHORT 380,800 14.8128CFD SHORT 179,200 14.8128CFD SHORT 50,000 14.8222CFD SHORT 350,000 14.8377CFD SHORT 4,748 14.8642CFD SHORT 50,400 14.8886CFD SHORT 69,600 14.8886CFD SHORT 450,000 14.8950CFD SHORT 40,000 14.9030CFD SHORT 10,000 14.9123CFD SHORT 13,583 14.9473CFD SHORT 200 14.9645CFD SHORT 9,350 14.9670CFD SHORT 7,950 14.9670CFD SHORT 240 14.9737CFD SHORT 254 14.9737CFD SHORT 693 14.9737CFD SHORT 95 14.9737CFD SHORT 75,000 14.9870CFD SHORT 11,925 14.9990CFD SHORT 14,025 14.9990CFD SHORT 993 15.0026CFD LONG 18,450 14.6093CFD LONG 128,985 14.7692CFD LONG 283,772 14.6900CFD SHORT 283,772 14.6900CFD LONG 300,000 14.6093 (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) 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 12 February 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 Exchange

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