4th Mar 2008 14:03
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited04 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 1970P RELEASED AT 11:51 ON 03 MARCH 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 28 February 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 1,312,172 16.6900 16.2600 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,652,832 16.7000 16.3000 (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 SHORT 48,897 16.5200CFD SHORT 43,903 16.5200CFD SHORT 62,362 16.5267CFD LONG 40,219 16.3762CFD LONG 26,594 16.3762CFD LONG 229,461 16.3762CFD LONG 140 16.4517CFD LONG 50 16.4517CFD LONG 130 16.4517CFD LONG 277 16.4517CFD LONG 50,000 16.5422CFD LONG 15,000 16.5567CFD LONG 145 16.5649CFD LONG 8 16.5649CFD LONG 1,778 16.5649CFD LONG 100 16.5649CFD LONG 22 16.5805CFD LONG 99,972 16.6193CFD LONG 61,601 16.6573CFD LONG 43,275 32.9726CFD SHORT 100,456 16.4491CFD SHORT 22 16.4629CFD SHORT 8 16.5797CFD SHORT 280 16.5797CFD SHORT 100 16.5797CFD SHORT 23 16.5797CFD SHORT 695,000 16.6191CFD SHORT 1,964 16.6233CFD SHORT 19,636 16.6233CFD SHORT 11,122 16.7050CFD LONG 401 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 401 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 418 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 425 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 692 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 692 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 783 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 784 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 1,098 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 1,099 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 1,145 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 1,145 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 1,752 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 1,754 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 4,817 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 4,821 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 10,523 32.9725 USDCFD LONG 10,525 32.9724 USDCFD LONG 700,000 16.4845 (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 04 March 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group