4th Dec 2007 13:33
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)04 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8972I RELEASED AT 12:33 ON 30 NOVEMBER 2007 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 26 November 2007 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 2,211,783 16.2500 15.1927 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,820,396 16.2400 15.3500 (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 3,653 15.4100CFD LONG 63,273 15.4100CFD SHORT 24,037 15.3439CFD SHORT 627,657 15.4100CFD LONG 182,000 15.3931CFD LONG 36,000 15.3931CFD LONG 250,000 15.4030CFD LONG 5,583 15.4030CFD LONG 117,534 15.4100CFD LONG 11,165 15.4788CFD LONG 500,000 15.4788CFD LONG 20,000 15.4881CFD LONG 219,000 15.4891CFD LONG 43,000 15.4891CFD LONG 3,373 15.5717CFD LONG 23,601 15.5717CFD LONG 10,100 15.5745CFD LONG 215,400 15.5751CFD LONG 43,000 15.5751CFD LONG 263,250 15.7073CFD LONG 4,180 15.7139CFD LONG 54,250 15.7735CFD LONG 100,750 15.7735CFD LONG 8,400 15.7871CFD LONG 2,400 15.7871CFD LONG 4,800 15.7871CFD LONG 47,250 15.9340CFD LONG 87,750 15.9340CFD LONG 89,050 15.9434CFD LONG 47,950 15.9434CFD LONG 100,750 15.9706CFD LONG 54,250 15.9706CFD LONG 25,000 15.9852CFD LONG 91,000 16.0311CFD LONG 49,000 16.0311CFD LONG 6,075 16.0968CFD LONG 14,750 16.0968CFD LONG 4,175 16.0968CFD LONG 452 16.1452CFD SHORT 368 15.4487CFD SHORT 53 15.4487CFD SHORT 218,000 15.5239CFD SHORT 16,493 15.5303CFD SHORT 367 15.5685CFD SHORT 4,830 15.5685CFD SHORT 1,486 15.5685CFD SHORT 17,265 15.5685CFD SHORT 2,696 15.5685CFD SHORT 30,148 15.5685CFD SHORT 112,500 15.5756CFD SHORT 112,000 15.5934CFD SHORT 36,611 15.7006CFD SHORT 135,123 15.7006CFD SHORT 452 15.7955CFD SHORT 28,000 15.9558CFD SHORT 17,650 15.9668CFD SHORT 40,000 16.0164CFD SHORT 83,138 16.0396CFD SHORT 140,000 16.0756CFD SHORT 225,000 16.1196CFD LONG 1,460 15.5169CFD LONG 49,000 16.0756CFD LONG 5,292 15.7355CFD LONG 540 15.7355CFD LONG 59,895 15.4964CFD LONG 91,000 16.0756CFD SHORT 300,000 15.5883 (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) 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 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. Date of disclosure 04 December 2007 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:
BHP Group