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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited04 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED ON 12 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 07 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 358,505 56.6200 55.3800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 402,975 56.6200 55.4100 (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 25,530 55.8152CFD LONG 1,916 55.9400CFD LONG 36,689 55.9400CFD LONG 67,000 55.4923CFD LONG 200 55.5808CFD LONG 200 55.5808CFD LONG 1,275 55.9386CFD LONG 5,000 55.9392CFD LONG 5,000 55.9398CFD LONG 77 56.0222CFD LONG 637 56.0222CFD LONG 40,000 56.0501CFD LONG 1,352 56.0501CFD LONG 3,000 56.2100CFD SHORT 886 55.9050CFD SHORT 108 55.9050CFD SHORT 72,240 55.9470CFD SHORT 425 56.0823CFD SHORT 3,447 56.1597CFD SHORT 1 56.2055CFD SHORT 16,224 56.2055CFD SHORT 4,975 56.2055CFD SHORT 3,800 56.2055CFD SHORT 2,938 73.3845 EURCFD LONG 452 73.3624 EURCFD LONG 2,486 73.3624 EUR (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)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. NONE Date of disclosure 04 April 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