EPT Disclosure-Amendment

5th Feb 2008 13:30

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)05 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2187N RELEASED AT 12:21 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 01 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 6,222,538 57.9800 53.0000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 9,391,822 59.9400 52.9473 (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 31,693 56.3942CFD LONG 162,609 56.3942CFD LONG 74,085 57.1047CFD SHORT 1,126 57.1047CFD LONG 487 49.5600CFD LONG 17,500 49.5600CFD LONG 2,000 53.0171CFD LONG 310 54.1366CFD LONG 1,890 54.1366CFD LONG 4,020 54.1366CFD LONG 13,934 54.2157CFD LONG 100,000 54.3910CFD LONG 26,500 54.8177CFD LONG 23,500 54.8177CFD LONG 70,000 54.8567CFD LONG 120,271 54.8567CFD LONG 673,100 54.8567CFD LONG 7,000 54.8790CFD LONG 747,901 54.9906CFD LONG 106,000 55.3834CFD LONG 94,000 55.3834CFD LONG 29 55.7976CFD LONG 354 55.7976CFD LONG 2,000 56.1132CFD LONG 37,369 56.2582CFD LONG 2,000 56.3740CFD LONG 13,121 56.4124CFD LONG 8,000 56.4424CFD LONG 12,300 56.4818CFD LONG 91,800 56.4818CFD LONG 35,000 56.7148CFD LONG 3,632 56.8531CFD LONG 6,589 56.8618CFD LONG 90,000 56.8945CFD LONG 3,000 56.9849CFD LONG 35,000 56.9965CFD LONG 50,000 57.1043CFD LONG 279 57.2428CFD LONG 5,000 57.3136CFD LONG 65,514 57.3629CFD LONG 4,147 57.3629CFD LONG 1,156,000 59.8800CFD LONG 544,000 59.8800CFD LONG 172,350 59.8980CFD LONG 623,190 59.9280CFD LONG 45,300 110.4194CFD SHORT 163 49.5600CFD SHORT 324 49.5600CFD SHORT 17,500 49.5600CFD SHORT 8,891 53.9744CFD SHORT 890 54.2925CFD SHORT 155 54.3430CFD SHORT 210 54.3430CFD SHORT 40,000 54.7319CFD SHORT 250 54.9244CFD SHORT 279 55.0069CFD SHORT 175,000 55.7164CFD SHORT 170,000 55.9729CFD SHORT 80,000 55.9729CFD SHORT 322,000 56.0840CFD SHORT 380,000 56.0840CFD SHORT 58,000 56.0840CFD SHORT 26,500 56.2122CFD SHORT 23,500 56.2122CFD SHORT 2,500 56.3632CFD SHORT 20,523 56.5101CFD SHORT 2,000 56.5283CFD SHORT 112,500 56.5747CFD SHORT 251,600 56.6084CFD SHORT 118,400 56.6084CFD SHORT 725 56.8533CFD SHORT 59 56.8533CFD SHORT 51 56.8533CFD SHORT 59 56.8533CFD SHORT 706 56.8533CFD SHORT 725 56.8533CFD SHORT 6,522 57.1831CFD SHORT 230,000 57.3273CFD SHORT 3,879 57.5471CFD SHORT 128 57.5471CFD SHORT 9,275 57.5471CFD SHORT 965 57.5471CFD SHORT 7,383 57.5471CFD SHORT 547 57.5471CFD SHORT 25,336 57.5471CFD SHORT 2,414 57.5471CFD LONG 8,000 52.9473CFD LONG 3,386 54.1514CFD LONG 757 54.1514CFD LONG 10,000 54.6604CFD LONG 84,963 54.8310CFD LONG 2,022 54.8310CFD LONG 65,015 54.8310CFD LONG 187 56.8781CFD LONG 2,532 57.2012CFD LONG 40,000 57.2012CFD SHORT 5,788 54.8583CFD SHORT 10,812 54.8583CFD SHORT 3,640 56.9351CFD SHORT 99,269 56.9962CFD SHORT 200,000 57.1390 (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 GBP 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 Exchange

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