20th Mar 2008 12:18
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited20 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2400Q RELEASED AT 11:03 ON 17 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 Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 14 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 581,740 16.0700 15.5000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 726,713 16.0800 15.5000 (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 6,394 15.7090CFD SHORT 57,361 15.7658CFD SHORT 6,632 15.7658CFD SHORT 37,620 15.9000CFD LONG 993 15.4973CFD LONG 15,000 15.6730CFD LONG 35,000 15.6730CFD LONG 5,068 15.7656CFD LONG 8,360 15.7656CFD LONG 1,537 15.8185CFD LONG 12,618 15.8185CFD LONG 245,948 15.8419CFD SHORT 46,618 15.5742CFD SHORT 58,000 15.6564CFD SHORT 2,962 15.6732CFD SHORT 1,542 15.8169CFD SHORT 28 15.8487CFD SHORT 55 15.8724CFD SHORT 7 15.8724CFD SHORT 993 15.8849CFD SHORT 31,500 15.8971CFD SHORT 20,199 15.9015CFD SHORT 5,000 16.0352CFD LONG 827,000 15.3400CFD SHORT 827,000 15.3400 (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) GBPN/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) GBP 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 20 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:
BHP Group