14th Feb 2008 10:14
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)14 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9061N RELEASED AT 11:25 ON 13 FEBRUARY 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 12 February 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 1,021,713 55.2700 52.8200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 384,260 55.2400 52.7300 (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 8,606 55.2300CFD SHORT 16,220 54.6352CFD SHORT 58 55.2300CFD SHORT 90,063 55.2300CFD LONG 1,834 53.1541CFD LONG 20,000 53.4173CFD LONG 25,000 53.5158CFD LONG 300 53.5772CFD LONG 39,952 54.1400CFD LONG 4,488 54.1400CFD LONG 18,524 54.1400CFD LONG 25,036 54.1400CFD LONG 11,000 54.1897CFD LONG 1 54.4200CFD LONG 1,623 54.7815CFD LONG 132 54.7815CFD LONG 2,000 55.0879CFD LONG 107,000 55.2231CFD LONG 500,000 107.6260 USDCFD SHORT 10,000 52.8645CFD SHORT 8,000 52.9293CFD SHORT 50 53.1265CFD SHORT 7,000 53.4841CFD SHORT 25,036 54.1400CFD SHORT 18,524 54.1400CFD SHORT 4,488 54.1400CFD SHORT 39,952 54.1400CFD SHORT 2,100 54.2035CFD SHORT 44 54.3348CFD SHORT 195,000 54.3390CFD SHORT 228,000 54.4138CFD SHORT 1 54.4200CFD SHORT 56 54.9896CFD SHORT 691 54.9896CFD SHORT 200,000 55.2300CFD SHORT 500,000 107.6260 USDCFD SHORT 500,000 107.6260 USD (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 14 February 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