EPT Disclosure - Amendment

24th Apr 2008 15:06

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited24 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8379S RELEASED AT 10:35 ON 22 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 18 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 5,783,561 18.2304 15.5000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 5,530,675 19.5942 17.5500 (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 2,000 17.5936CFD LONG 600 17.6377CFD LONG 40,000 17.7638CFD LONG 753 17.9188CFD LONG 62 17.9188CFD LONG 1,765 17.9259CFD LONG 17,719 17.9285CFD LONG 254,881 17.9285CFD LONG 133,503 17.9406CFD LONG 712 17.9406CFD LONG 700 17.9670CFD LONG 10,000 18.0140CFD LONG 35,000 18.0140CFD LONG 29,266 18.0334CFD LONG 76 18.0427CFD LONG 113 18.5870CFD LONG 260 18.5870CFD LONG 247 18.5870CFD LONG 58 18.5870CFD LONG 402 18.5870CFD SHORT 901 17.6753CFD SHORT 50,000 17.7017CFD SHORT 35,000 17.7476CFD SHORT 154,717 17.7556CFD SHORT 100 17.8353CFD SHORT 3,942 17.8556CFD SHORT 2,303 17.8556CFD SHORT 29,490 17.9094CFD SHORT 5,870 17.9335CFD SHORT 71,006 17.9335CFD SHORT 5,086 17.9733CFD SHORT 133,503 17.9733CFD SHORT 42,021 17.9751CFD SHORT 42,638 17.9751CFD SHORT 1,765 18.0032CFD SHORT 999 18.0621CFD SHORT 3,172 18.0790CFD SHORT 3,000 18.0812CFD SHORT 15,000 18.0857CFD SHORT 300,000 18.2304CFD LONG 189,609 17.9014CFD LONG 3,063 18.1191CFD LONG 15,918 18.0049CFD LONG 15,918 18.0837CFD LONG 200,000 18.0049CFD LONG 200,000 18.0837CFD SHORT 215,000 17.8857CFD SHORT 220,000 17.7566CFD LONG 2,219,149 19.5935CFD SHORT 2,219,149 19.5935CFD SHORT 47,000 16.5666 (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) GBPPUT OPTION SELLING 1,109,574 14.2700 EUROPEAN 18/04/2008 0.0000CALL OPTION SELLING 2,219,149 15.5000 EUROPEAN 18/04/2008 0.0000 (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 24 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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