EPT Disclosure - Amendment

25th Jan 2008 12:35

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)25 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 3824M RELEASED AT 12:57 ON 23 JANUARY 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 January 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 5,797,222 15.0000 13.3700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 6,345,507 14.0600 13.3700 (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 8,975 13.7800CFD SHORT 36,164 13.5860CFD SHORT 4,100 13.5860CFD SHORT 28,870 13.7800CFD SHORT 1,526 13.7800CFD SHORT 171,734 13.7800CFD SHORT 13,754 14.5508CFD LONG 150,000 13.6379CFD LONG 14,477 13.6379CFD LONG 101,000 13.6478CFD LONG 115,380 13.6713CFD LONG 5,999 13.6773CFD LONG 515,141 13.6990CFD LONG 801,070 13.6990CFD LONG 59,265 13.6990CFD LONG 53,251 13.6990CFD LONG 90,186 13.6990CFD LONG 22,515 13.7638CFD LONG 2,673 13.7638CFD LONG 125,000 13.7923CFD LONG 92,313 13.8058CFD LONG 127,482 13.8058CFD LONG 150,000 13.8492CFD LONG 14,477 13.8492CFD LONG 179,310 13.8505CFD LONG 5,055 13.8642CFD LONG 41,143 13.8642CFD LONG 65,397 13.8820CFD SHORT 60 13.4767CFD SHORT 52 13.4767CFD SHORT 150,000 13.5203CFD SHORT 3,000 13.6340CFD SHORT 495,000 13.6591CFD SHORT 2,673 13.6613CFD SHORT 60,784 13.6613CFD SHORT 600,000 13.7007CFD SHORT 21,000 13.7229CFD SHORT 73,895 13.7409CFD SHORT 150,000 13.8207CFD SHORT 15,000 13.8808CFD SHORT 85,500 13.9111CFD SHORT 172,500 13.9111 (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) CALL OPTION 300,000 15.0000PUT OPTION 292,000 15.0000 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 25 January 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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