EPT Disclosure-Amendment

20th Nov 2007 12:46

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)20 November 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0016I RELEASED AT 12:55 ON 19 NOVEMBER 2007 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 16 November 2007 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 2,035,458 16.3700 15.8500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,347,801 16.3700 15.8700 (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 LONG 424,949 16.0200CFD SHORT 119,304 15.9800CFD SHORT 302,025 16.1945CFD LONG 305,000 16.0106CFD LONG 500,000 16.0200CFD LONG 139 16.0438CFD LONG 976 16.0438CFD LONG 1,471 16.0914CFD LONG 9,825 16.0914CFD LONG 139 16.0914CFD LONG 1,475 16.0914CFD LONG 23,961 16.0967CFD LONG 6,501 16.0967CFD LONG 4,604 16.1054CFD LONG 29,750 16.1054CFD LONG 16,827 16.1054CFD LONG 3,490 16.1087CFD LONG 147 16.1252CFD LONG 300 16.1252CFD LONG 67,992 16.1319CFD LONG 41,920 16.1319CFD LONG 24,000 16.2598CFD SHORT 381,000 15.9338CFD SHORT 76,000 15.9338CFD SHORT 25,533 15.9788CFD SHORT 10,443 15.9804CFD SHORT 262 15.9908CFD SHORT 5,180 15.9990CFD SHORT 3,954 16.0012CFD SHORT 1,622 16.0045CFD SHORT 100,658 16.0220CFD SHORT 71,002 16.0220CFD SHORT 300 16.0248CFD SHORT 147 16.0448CFD SHORT 75,000 16.0453CFD SHORT 210 16.0574CFD SHORT 1,471 16.0574CFD SHORT 1,201 16.0596CFD SHORT 3,173 16.0629CFD SHORT 21,000 16.0676CFD SHORT 68,000 16.0740CFD SHORT 342,000 16.0740CFD SHORT 15,274 16.0752CFD SHORT 11,192 16.0795CFD SHORT 26,730 16.1307CFD SHORT 18,370 16.1307CFD SHORT 64,900 16.1307CFD SHORT 7,759 16.1379CFD LONG 15,000 16.0763CFD LONG 29,687 16.0402CFD LONG 283,772 16.0200CFD SHORT 283,772 16.0200CFD LONG 1,141,250 16.0200 (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) PUT OPTION SELLING 200,000 15.0000 AMERICAN 21/12/2007 0.5500 (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. Date of disclosure 20 November 2007 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 Exchange

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