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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)05 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2345N RELEASED AT 14:21 ON 04 FEBRUARY 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 30 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 1,669,776 14.8200 14.2000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,259,542 14.8300 14.0800 (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 35,501 14.2000CFD LONG 1,134 14.4600CFD LONG 10,016 14.5204CFD LONG 800 14.1012CFD LONG 8,000 14.1012CFD LONG 1,037 14.4453CFD LONG 363 14.5864CFD LONG 2,952 14.5864CFD LONG 20,800 14.6850CFD LONG 110,458 14.6874CFD LONG 46,218 28.8823CFD SHORT 1,037 14.2025CFD SHORT 476 14.4522CFD SHORT 59 14.4522CFD SHORT 98,103 14.5090CFD SHORT 83,852 14.5596CFD SHORT 56,983 14.5596CFD LONG 100,154 14.5504CFD LONG 107,619 14.6578CFD LONG 111,211 14.5504CFD LONG 145,331 14.5504CFD LONG 182,381 14.6578CFD LONG 2,383 14.5504CFD LONG 283,772 14.4600CFD SHORT 283,772 14.4600CFD LONG 3,220 15.8340CFD SHORT 3,220 15.8340CFD LONG 3,458 14.5504CFD LONG 35,000 14.5147CFD LONG 3,716 15.8137CFD SHORT 3,716 15.8137CFD LONG 6,806 15.6540CFD SHORT 6,806 15.6540CFD LONG 6,869 15.8585CFD SHORT 6,869 15.8585CFD LONG 76,640 14.5504CFD SHORT 150,000 14.6219CFD SHORT 165,000 14.6219CFD SHORT 315,000 14.6219 (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. NONE Date of disclosure 05 February 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