26th Mar 2008 11:39
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited26 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6791Q RELEASED AT 10:08 ON 25 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 LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PlcClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 20 March 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 1,124,820 49.2000 47.5900 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 711,846 49.3900 43.0000 (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 109,519 48.0000CFD SHORT 15,954 48.2753CFD SHORT 134,577 48.3933CFD SHORT 23,643 48.7085CFD SHORT 2,766 48.7085CFD LONG 3,287 48.2000CFD LONG 517 48.2000CFD LONG 2,196 48.2000CFD LONG 100 48.3360CFD LONG 824 48.3360CFD LONG 388 48.3440CFD LONG 454 48.4238CFD LONG 66,000 48.9739CFD LONG 10,000 48.9847CFD LONG 228,000 48.9893CFD SHORT 107,000 48.0060CFD SHORT 5,000 48.0809CFD SHORT 394 48.3585CFD SHORT 100,000 48.3654CFD SHORT 8,852 48.3654CFD SHORT 60 48.3695CFD SHORT 1,331 48.3831CFD SHORT 507 48.3831CFD SHORT 8,163 48.3831CFD SHORT 62 48.3831CFD SHORT 162 48.3831CFD SHORT 994 48.3831CFD SHORT 225 48.4239CFD SHORT 10,000 48.5799CFD SHORT 24,199 48.6498CFD SHORT 395,000 48.8500CFD SHORT 388 48.8966CFD SHORT 38 48.9519CFD SHORT 8,852 49.1495CFD SHORT 100,000 49.1495CFD LONG 8,238 48.1871CFD LONG 19,762 48.1871 (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)CALL OPTION 271,000 43.0000PUT OPTION 195,000 35.0000CALL OPTION 250,000 52.0000PUT OPTION 95,000 30.0000CALL OPTION 200,000 62.0000 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 26 March 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