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EPT Disclosure - Amendment

30th Oct 2008 12:30

RNS Number : 0528H
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited
30 October 2008
 



AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0247H RELEASED AT 09:55 ON 30 OCTOBER 2008

(Please see Section 2(b))

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 dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)

Ordinary Shares

Date of dealing

28 October 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

3,320,014

9.2150

8.0950

Total number of securities sold

Highest price received (Note 3) GBP

Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP

3,711,466

9.2050

8.0800

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, 

e.g. CFD

Long/short (Note 4)

Number of securities (Note 5)

Price per unit (Note 3) GBP

CFD

LONG

1,048

8.6967

CFD

SHORT

2,369

8.4110

CFD

SHORT

6,605

8.4250

CFD

SHORT

7,653

8.4250

CFD

LONG

23,366

8.3348

CFD

LONG

8,978

8.4077

CFD

LONG

6,798

8.4126

CFD

LONG

5,872

8.4247

CFD

LONG

35,000

8.4250

CFD

LONG

197,442

8.7451

CFD

LONG

137,336

8.7828

CFD

LONG

945

8.9567

CFD

LONG

4,537

8.9567

CFD

LONG

1,827

8.9567

CFD

LONG

704

8.9567

CFD

LONG

11,000

8.9670

CFD

SHORT

19,492

8.4258

CFD

SHORT

1,422

8.4659

CFD

SHORT

102

8.4659

CFD

SHORT

428,649

8.8503

CFD

SHORT

55,007

8.8503

CFD

SHORT

6,798

9.1511

CFD

LONG

56,000

8.7831

CFD

LONG

30,000

8.9025

CFD

SHORT

3,000

8.4275

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,

e.g. call option

Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 5)

Exercise

price 

GBP

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry 

date

Option money

paid/received per unit (Note 3)

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.135

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.135

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.14

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

30,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.14

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.145

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.155

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.16

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.16

CALL OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

920.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.16

PUT OPTION

PURCHASING

10,000

840.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.32

PUT OPTION

PURCHASING

10,000

840.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.32

PUT OPTION

PURCHASING

10,000

840.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.32

PUT OPTION

PURCHASING

10,000

840.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.32

PUT OPTION

PURCHASING

5,000

840.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.32

PUT OPTION

PURCHASING

15,000

840.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.32

PUT OPTION

PURCHASING

30,000

840.0000

AMERICAN

19/12/2008

1.32

(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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

NONE

Date of disclosure

30 October 2008

Contact name

Andrew Fernando

Telephone number

020 7677 1760

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 at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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