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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited20 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED 20 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 31 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 1,527,073 14.8300 14.2700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,101,072 14.7800 14.3100 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFDCFD SHORT 61,921 14.5746CFD SHORT 1,384 14.7625CFD SHORT 555 14.7625CFD SHORT 25,684 14.7625CFD SHORT 852 14.7700CFD SHORT 6,246 14.7700CFD SHORT 19,377 14.7700CFD SHORT 2,431 14.7700CFD SHORT 598,162 14.7700CFD LONG 514,500 14.3170CFD LONG 109,072 14.3656CFD LONG 142,536 14.3656CFD LONG 3,392 14.3656CFD LONG 70,000 14.5636CFD LONG 5,753 14.5637CFD LONG 442 14.5637CFD LONG 53,438 14.5759CFD LONG 8,152 14.5759CFD LONG 29,963 14.5759CFD LONG 12,503 14.6420CFD LONG 157,500 14.6453CFD LONG 47,100 14.6571CFD LONG 13,050 14.6571CFD LONG 14,850 14.6571CFD LONG 13,866 14.6672CFD LONG 52,874 14.6885CFD LONG 91,000 29.2450CFD SHORT 15,000 14.3234CFD SHORT 75,000 14.4528CFD SHORT 42,649 14.4773CFD SHORT 13,050 14.5729CFD SHORT 47,100 14.5729CFD SHORT 14,850 14.5729CFD SHORT 6,477 14.6050CFD SHORT 605 14.7138CFD SHORT 4,064 14.7138CFD LONG 844 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 844 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 880 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 894 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 1,455 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 1,455 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 1,646 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 1,649 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 2,309 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 2,312 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 2,407 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 2,407 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 3,684 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 3,688 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 10,129 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 10,137 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 22,128 29.2453 USDCFD LONG 22,132 29.2453 USDCFD SHORT 3,330 14.3961CFD LONG 152,992 12.3500CFD SHORT 152,992 12.3500 (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 20 February 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