20th Mar 2008 12:26
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited20 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 4765Q RELEASED AT 12:38 ON 19 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 18 March 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 1,104,907 15.2500 14.5254 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,841,548 15.2439 14.5400 (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 441,110 14.8951CFD LONG 163,754 14.8951CFD SHORT 90,738 15.1500CFD SHORT 5,927 15.1500CFD SHORT 7,722 15.1500CFD SHORT 50,057 15.1500CFD LONG 745 14.8123CFD LONG 10,831 14.8123CFD LONG 1,995 14.8123CFD LONG 1,496 14.8123CFD LONG 923 14.8123CFD LONG 13,910 14.8123CFD LONG 1,680 14.8123CFD LONG 85 14.8123CFD LONG 695 14.8123CFD LONG 38 14.8123CFD LONG 2,048 14.8502CFD LONG 156 14.8555CFD LONG 65,000 14.8786CFD LONG 2,227 14.8858CFD LONG 127 15.0155CFD LONG 410 15.0410CFD LONG 50 15.0410CFD LONG 423 15.0593CFD LONG 44,599 15.0857CFD SHORT 25,168 14.6178CFD SHORT 24,842 14.8317CFD SHORT 4,000 14.8957CFD SHORT 1,386 14.9326CFD SHORT 675 14.9326CFD SHORT 805 14.9326CFD SHORT 9,330 15.0864CFD SHORT 1,136 15.0864CFD SHORT 156 15.1545CFD LONG 139,048 15.1500CFD SHORT 139,048 15.1500 (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) GBP 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) 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 20 March 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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