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Macquarie Group Limited30 January 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 29 January 2008 - AMENDED 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0% 0% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 0% (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0% 0% (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Fully Paid Ordinary ISIN: AU000000RIO1 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (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 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 30 January 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/Sale Securities Price per unit(AUD)PURCHASE 3518 118.5PURCHASE 137 118.5PURCHASE 491 118.5PURCHASE 49236 113.4538SALE 1236 115.8SALE 1000 115.68SALE 364 115.67SALE 227 115.65SALE 500 115.64SALE 6 115.64SALE 364 115.51SALE 121 115.51SALE 357 115.53SALE 34 115.49SALE 1 115.3SALE 33 115.3SALE 1 115.3SALE 1 115.3SALE 200 115.3SALE 128 115.29SALE 1 115.61SALE 206 115.61SALE 97 115.57SALE 1 115.28SALE 1 115.28SALE 3 115.28SALE 2 115.28SALE 3 115.28SALE 75 115.28SALE 1 115.28SALE 42 115.28SALE 697 114.68SALE 141 114.75SALE 65 114.75SALE 177 114.65SALE 297 114.65SALE 4 113.56SALE 357 113.56SALE 27 114.03SALE 137 114.03SALE 209 114.03SALE 24 114.05SALE 251 113.97SALE 117 113.97SALE 418 114.36SALE 40 114.11SALE 15 114.11SALE 687 114.02SALE 100 114.03SALE 5 114.03SALE 379 114.03SALE 90 113.99SALE 262 113.99SALE 165 113.99SALE 553 113.99SALE 733 114.24SALE 613 114.21SALE 199 114.08SALE 22 114.02SALE 556 114.02SALE 762 113.87SALE 776 114.07SALE 743 113.8SALE 155 113.8SALE 101 113.8SALE 300 113.65SALE 250 113.65SALE 200 113.65SALE 87 113.65SALE 222 113.65SALE 210 113.06SALE 136 112.25SALE 710 112.25SALE 960 112.74SALE 202 113.13SALE 648 113SALE 54 113.24SALE 200 113.24SALE 587 113.24SALE 1000 113.34SALE 311 113.34SALE 1017 113SALE 931 112.3SALE 1171 112.7SALE 283 112.7SALE 500 112.41SALE 52 112.11SALE 667 112.11SALE 1064 112.2SALE 64 112.2SALE 450 112.35SALE 228 112.33SALE 724 112.33SALE 188 112.33SALE 252 112.45SALE 577 112.45SALE 39 112.45SALE 236 112.45SALE 250 112.45SALE 8 112.28SALE 2242 112.1SALE 2077 112.1SALE 2000 112.71SALE 104 112.71SALE 114 113.18SALE 500 113.18SALE 100 113.18SALE 300 113.18SALE 1551 113.18SALE 1312 112.66SALE 1243 112.66SALE 5861 113.57SALE 677 113.57SALE 1495 113.57TOTAL SALE -49236TOTAL PURCHASE 53382 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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