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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)17 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8951L RELEASED AT 11:37 ON 16 JANUARY 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 15 January 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 1,053,303 15.5500 14.8400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,283,766 15.5900 14.8400 (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 49,980 14.8500CFD LONG 54,889 15.3313CFD LONG 105,804 15.3313CFD SHORT 49,362 14.8500CFD SHORT 155,067 15.5400CFD LONG 10,074 14.9459CFD LONG 1,238 14.9459CFD LONG 45,000 15.1527CFD LONG 1,267 15.1874CFD LONG 55,085 15.2824CFD LONG 2,970 15.3269CFD LONG 2,610 15.3269CFD LONG 9,420 15.3269CFD LONG 19,541 15.3597CFD LONG 30,000 15.3804CFD LONG 8,572 15.3981CFD LONG 1,714 15.3981CFD LONG 300,000 15.4550CFD SHORT 156,352 14.8419CFD SHORT 11,048 14.8419CFD SHORT 176 14.9557CFD SHORT 1,432 14.9557CFD SHORT 84,367 15.0370CFD SHORT 1,304 15.1905CFD SHORT 10,286 15.4896CFD LONG 5,000 14.8400CFD SHORT 5,000 14.8400CFD SHORT 69,210 15.3904CFD SHORT 6,890 15.3904 (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. NONE Date of disclosure 17 January 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