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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)09 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 2985L RELEASED AT 11:31 ON 08 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 07 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 1,462,518 15.4700 14.6600 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,935,145 15.4500 14.6700 (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 453,770 14.9200CFD LONG 82,382 15.3245CFD SHORT 1,203 14.9100CFD LONG 200,000 14.8084CFD LONG 13,524 14.8084CFD LONG 799 15.0456CFD LONG 6,501 15.0456CFD LONG 120,578 15.1348CFD LONG 29,819 15.3162CFD LONG 160,000 15.3508CFD LONG 90,000 15.3526CFD LONG 8,686 15.3526CFD LONG 58 20.3937CFD SHORT 12,400 14.8032CFD SHORT 1,524 14.8032CFD SHORT 34,881 14.8044CFD SHORT 32,431 14.8862CFD SHORT 100,000 14.9404CFD SHORT 1,062 15.0801CFD SHORT 6,106 15.0801CFD SHORT 3,389 15.0801CFD SHORT 105,491 15.1066CFD SHORT 10,000 15.3810CFD SHORT 6,280 15.4131CFD SHORT 1,740 15.4131CFD SHORT 1,980 15.4131CFD SHORT 135,000 15.4409CFD LONG 283,772 14.9100CFD SHORT 283,772 14.9100 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. unit (Note 3) PUT OPTION PURCHASING 240,000 65.0000 AMERICAN 16/02/2008 3.1719PUT OPTION SELLING 240,000 65.0000 AMERICAN 16/02/2008 3.1719 (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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 09 January 2008 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group