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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)23 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2639M RELEASED AT 10:42 ON 22 JANUARY 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21 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 2,171,596 45.0800 42.2800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,512,083 47.2701 42.2800 (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 34,387 42.2800CFD LONG 4,783 42.2800CFD LONG 10,543 42.2800CFD LONG 29,817 44.0266CFD SHORT 525 42.2800CFD LONG 5,582 42.2757CFD LONG 9,689 43.3354CFD LONG 1,190 43.3354CFD LONG 1,500 43.6000CFD LONG 20,940 43.6014CFD LONG 1,500 43.8008CFD LONG 2,045 43.8757CFD LONG 53,699 43.9790CFD LONG 5,077 43.9790CFD LONG 4,000 44.3205CFD LONG 120,000 44.3741CFD LONG 200,000 46.4473CFD SHORT 55,250 42.2853CFD SHORT 5,800 42.3434CFD SHORT 4,200 42.3434CFD SHORT 47 42.9399CFD SHORT 384 42.9399CFD SHORT 1,752 43.2831CFD SHORT 645,942 43.3754CFD SHORT 42,488 43.3754CFD SHORT 5,077 43.5239CFD SHORT 39,910 43.5239CFD SHORT 10,000 43.8008CFD SHORT 7,000 43.9249CFD SHORT 267 44.1050CFD SHORT 569 44.2700CFD SHORT 1,980 44.6649CFD SHORT 6,280 44.6649CFD SHORT 1,740 44.6649CFD SHORT 20,000 44.7470CFD LONG 100,000 43.6345CFD LONG 133,000 43.9274CFD LONG 1,990 43.8480CFD LONG 26,258 43.5571CFD LONG 48,742 43.5571CFD LONG 500 44.7276CFD LONG 80 43.8480CFD LONG 930 43.8480 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) GBP European etc. unit (Note 3) PUT OPTION PURCHASING 45,000 44.0000 AMERICAN 15/02/2008 2.9500PUT OPTION PURCHASING 200,000 44.0000 AMERICAN 15/02/2008 2.9500 (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 23 January 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto