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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)19 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 1790K RELEASED AT 12:51 ON 18 DECEMBER 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 11 December 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 705,464 58.7800 56.0500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 894,805 58.5400 56.0500 (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 629 56.3000CFD LONG 10,789 56.8224CFD SHORT 189,726 56.3000CFD SHORT 3,734 56.3000CFD LONG 1,129 56.1412CFD LONG 50,000 56.1412CFD LONG 19 56.4231CFD LONG 126 56.5640CFD LONG 389 56.6252CFD LONG 50 56.6252CFD LONG 2,088 56.7171CFD LONG 74,162 56.7171CFD LONG 56,750 56.7171CFD LONG 500,000 56.8000CFD LONG 3,488 56.8311CFD LONG 5,580 57.0299CFD LONG 1,255 57.8796CFD LONG 860 57.8796CFD LONG 2,885 57.8796CFD LONG 1,000 58.0021CFD SHORT 36 56.1604CFD SHORT 6,645 56.4493CFD SHORT 6,645 56.4642CFD SHORT 26,880 56.5000CFD SHORT 10,750 56.5000CFD SHORT 36,000 56.5000CFD SHORT 11,000 56.5731CFD SHORT 4,200 56.6218CFD SHORT 5,800 56.6218CFD SHORT 6,750 56.6570CFD SHORT 1,255 56.6613CFD SHORT 2,885 56.6613CFD SHORT 860 56.6613CFD SHORT 200 56.6828CFD SHORT 1,538 56.6828CFD SHORT 15,000 56.7150CFD SHORT 65,000 56.8538CFD SHORT 126 57.0071CFD SHORT 125,000 57.0855CFD SHORT 5,345 57.4419CFD SHORT 60,000 58.0880CFD SHORT 13,500 56.8108CFD LONG 20,000 56.3412CFD SHORT 25,668 56.1931CFD LONG 3,130 56.1988CFD LONG 32,970 56.1988 (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 19 December 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto