EPT Disclosure - Amendment

11th Apr 2008 13:06

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited11 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0793S RELEASED AT 12:34 ON 10 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 09 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 3,059,620 18.0400 17.0300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,905,377 18.0400 17.0400 (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 18,654 17.6265CFD LONG 1,513 18.0400CFD LONG 67,825 18.0400CFD LONG 1,680 18.0400CFD LONG 24,000 17.1135CFD LONG 52,689 17.2789CFD LONG 40,633 17.2905CFD LONG 3,675 17.3065CFD LONG 15,575 17.3065CFD LONG 5,750 17.3065CFD LONG 85 17.3412CFD LONG 546 17.3412CFD LONG 150 17.3412CFD LONG 396 17.3412CFD LONG 369 17.3412CFD LONG 873 17.3680CFD LONG 300 17.6647CFD LONG 600,000 17.7349CFD LONG 61,843 17.8625CFD LONG 5,112 17.8625CFD LONG 80,000 17.9430CFD LONG 50,400 18.0377CFD LONG 100,000 35.0827 USDCFD SHORT 3,000 17.2515CFD SHORT 40,633 17.2774CFD SHORT 30,000 17.2858CFD SHORT 700 17.3087CFD SHORT 873 17.3122CFD SHORT 14,450 17.5004CFD SHORT 2,550 17.5004CFD SHORT 33,860 17.5533CFD SHORT 210,898 17.5533CFD SHORT 24,789 17.5533CFD SHORT 8,727 17.5670CFD SHORT 55,007 17.5670CFD SHORT 112,013 17.5670CFD SHORT 144,594 17.5975CFD SHORT 17,189 17.6230CFD SHORT 29,211 17.6230CFD SHORT 4,128 17.6320CFD SHORT 49,944 17.6320CFD SHORT 96,700 17.6466CFD SHORT 24,560 17.7198CFD SHORT 105,457 17.7198CFD SHORT 3,187 17.7198CFD SHORT 100,000 17.7209CFD SHORT 5,249 18.0454CFD SHORT 40,000 17.7389CFD LONG 500 17.2341CFD LONG 5,000 17.2341CFD LONG 650 17.2440CFD LONG 80,000 17.9430CFD SHORT 80,000 17.7766CFD LONG 9,000 17.2440CFD LONG 75,767 17.5305 (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, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) price European etc. 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 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 11 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 Exchange

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