12th Nov 2007 14:43
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)12 November 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 5083H RELEASED AT 13:40 ON 12 OCTOBER 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 09 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 6,123,764 17.5800 16.1400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 9,015,076 17.6400 16.1700 (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 811,231 16.5600CFD LONG 129,839 17.1248CFD LONG 227,250 17.4804CFD SHORT 1,017 16.2800CFD LONG 40,000 16.1767CFD LONG 100,000 16.2019CFD LONG 1,034,071 16.2400CFD LONG 12,906 16.2780CFD LONG 142,351 16.2780CFD LONG 40 16.4201CFD LONG 23,580 16.5566CFD LONG 500,000 16.5566CFD LONG 3,495 16.6402CFD LONG 24,460 16.6402CFD LONG 200,000 16.7248CFD LONG 6,712 16.8237CFD LONG 8,580 16.8483CFD LONG 138,600 16.8860CFD LONG 50,000 16.9454CFD LONG 1,760 16.9467CFD LONG 200,000 16.9782CFD LONG 30,000 16.9785CFD LONG 40,000 16.9949CFD LONG 166 17.0249CFD LONG 250 17.0249CFD LONG 6,075 17.0266CFD LONG 14,750 17.0266CFD LONG 4,175 17.0266CFD LONG 758 17.0279CFD LONG 16,529 17.0943CFD LONG 90,000 17.2441CFD LONG 37,000 17.2702CFD LONG 296,790 17.3426CFD LONG 50,000 17.4065CFD LONG 130,000 17.4195CFD LONG 190,000 17.5102CFD LONG 218,556 17.5302CFD LONG 15,194 17.5302CFD LONG 1,056 17.5302CFD LONG 15,194 17.5302CFD LONG 139,176 35.3034CFD LONG 132,818 35.3034CFD LONG 115,960 35.9994CFD SHORT 9,000 16.2235CFD SHORT 8,276 16.2581CFD SHORT 724 16.2581CFD SHORT 250 16.2849CFD SHORT 6,476 16.3297CFD SHORT 2,224 16.3976CFD SHORT 15,566 16.3976CFD SHORT 76,000 16.4648CFD SHORT 100,000 16.8829CFD SHORT 166 16.9201CFD SHORT 20,200 16.9322CFD SHORT 50,000 17.0589CFD SHORT 233,750 17.0856CFD SHORT 16,250 17.0856CFD SHORT 25,098 17.1168CFD SHORT 191,625 17.1168CFD SHORT 33,277 17.1168CFD SHORT 67,544 17.1254CFD SHORT 525 17.1475CFD SHORT 668 17.1475CFD SHORT 373 17.1475CFD SHORT 288 17.1475CFD SHORT 28,000 17.2058CFD SHORT 28,361 17.3948CFD SHORT 100,000 17.5033CFD SHORT 40,000 17.5033 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. 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 12 November 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