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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)13 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 7271N RELEASED AT 11:53 ON 11 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 LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PlcClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 08 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 577,491 53.3200 51.9000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,864,293 54.1054 52.1500 (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 9,669 52.7874CFD LONG 2,727 53.3200CFD SHORT 10,764 52.7874CFD SHORT 80,792 52.8949CFD LONG 2,387 52.7493CFD LONG 100 52.8841CFD LONG 1,461 52.9314CFD LONG 16,000 52.9986CFD LONG 12,300 52.9986CFD LONG 22 53.1845CFD LONG 2 53.1845CFD LONG 284 53.2688CFD LONG 1,281,076 53.3200CFD SHORT 300 52.0556CFD SHORT 50,000 52.1481CFD SHORT 50,000 52.2282CFD SHORT 284 52.2591CFD SHORT 50,000 52.2783CFD SHORT 16,000 52.3435CFD SHORT 14,185 52.4211CFD SHORT 1,000 52.4657CFD SHORT 30,000 52.6467CFD SHORT 23,149 52.7234CFD SHORT 237 52.9321CFD SHORT 744 53.0941CFD SHORT 61 53.0941CFD SHORT 17,076 53.1872 (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 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 13 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:
Rio Tinto