EPT Disclosure-Amendment

29th Nov 2007 13:47

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)29 November 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6866I RELEASED AT 13:39 ON 28 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 27 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 1,088,727 15.5300 14.9500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,767,614 15.5600 14.9200 (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 4,875 15.1249CFD LONG 50,619 15.1800CFD LONG 4,211 15.1800CFD LONG 702,850 15.2105CFD SHORT 18,736 15.0000CFD SHORT 5,538 15.2105CFD LONG 40,000 15.0545CFD LONG 1,601 15.0555CFD LONG 11,966 15.0624CFD LONG 2,430 15.0770CFD LONG 1,670 15.0770CFD LONG 5,900 15.0770CFD LONG 6,337 15.1743CFD LONG 44,338 15.1743CFD LONG 19,200 15.1777CFD LONG 1,543,551 15.1813CFD LONG 2,000 15.1813CFD LONG 4,000 15.1813CFD LONG 6,500 15.1813CFD LONG 118,258 15.1813CFD LONG 33,406 15.2174CFD LONG 167,600 15.2271CFD LONG 33,000 15.2271CFD LONG 160,500 15.2549CFD LONG 80,000 15.4346CFD LONG 465 15.5153CFD SHORT 150,000 15.0049CFD SHORT 40,000 15.0472CFD SHORT 2,026 15.0901CFD SHORT 290 15.0901CFD SHORT 227 15.1537CFD SHORT 44,406 15.1584CFD SHORT 136 15.1846CFD SHORT 15,000 15.2519CFD SHORT 102 15.2546CFD SHORT 19,400 15.2839CFD SHORT 162 15.2931CFD SHORT 82 15.2931CFD SHORT 131 15.2931CFD SHORT 67 15.2931CFD SHORT 50,000 15.3631CFD SHORT 15,000 15.3711CFD LONG 3,971 15.3410CFD LONG 404 15.3410CFD LONG 90,802 15.1800CFD SHORT 90,802 15.1800 (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) 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. Date of disclosure 29 November 2007 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 Exchange

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