EPT Disclosure - Amendment

21st Apr 2008 11:16

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited21 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6566S RELEASED AT 11:45 ON 18 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 17 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 1,354,780 18.9600 18.0300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,212,789 18.9500 18.0300 (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 868 18.1409CFD LONG 6,500 18.2930CFD LONG 4,000 18.3724CFD LONG 1,275 18.3762CFD LONG 2,144 18.3762CFD LONG 1,736 18.4225CFD LONG 18,000 18.4921CFD LONG 7,589 18.4956CFD LONG 454 18.6031CFD LONG 300 18.6644CFD LONG 3,000 18.7377CFD LONG 100,000 18.7923CFD LONG 32,384 18.8203CFD SHORT 4,115 18.2671CFD SHORT 49,786 18.2671CFD SHORT 38,383 18.2835CFD SHORT 2,644 18.3131CFD SHORT 40,000 18.3131CFD SHORT 7,100 18.3721CFD SHORT 15,800 18.3721CFD SHORT 23,838 18.3838CFD SHORT 40,000 18.4408CFD SHORT 75,868 18.4557CFD SHORT 57,519 18.4557CFD SHORT 1,736 18.5983CFD SHORT 1,042 18.7004CFD SHORT 2,691 18.7004CFD SHORT 140 18.7004CFD SHORT 174 18.7004CFD SHORT 107 18.7004CFD SHORT 603 18.7004CFD SHORT 10 18.7004CFD SHORT 22 18.7004CFD SHORT 36,800 18.8481CFD SHORT 99,680 18.8481CFD SHORT 23,520 18.8481CFD SHORT 527 18.1500CFD SHORT 1,682 18.1601CFD SHORT 1,258 18.1601CFD SHORT 3,475 18.3140CFD SHORT 3,348 18.4286CFD LONG 119,859 18.5495CFD LONG 67,286 18.5495CFD LONG 29,207 18.5495CFD SHORT 565 18.7481CFD SHORT 25,000 18.8595 (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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