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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 December 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0547K RELEASED AT 11:43 ON 17 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 14 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 918,565 53.5200 51.2000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,186,309 53.5700 51.1700 (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 SHORT 6,295 54.7250CFD LONG 1,632 51.3205CFD LONG 73,000 51.3205CFD LONG 9,500 51.4877CFD LONG 551 51.7854CFD LONG 71 51.7854CFD LONG 48,179 51.9539CFD LONG 2,500 52.3900CFD LONG 136,441 52.9400CFD LONG 175,000 53.0179CFD SHORT 3,399 51.6179CFD SHORT 442 51.6179CFD SHORT 7,176 51.6330CFD SHORT 1,645 51.6592CFD SHORT 95 51.6592CFD SHORT 5,000 51.6681CFD SHORT 7,176 51.6693CFD SHORT 1,000 51.7310CFD SHORT 4,160 52.0300CFD SHORT 23,000 52.2828CFD SHORT 50,000 52.3759CFD SHORT 5,580 52.3759CFD SHORT 18,129 52.5107CFD SHORT 25,000 53.2647CFD SHORT 2,790 53.2647CFD SHORT 1,200 53.2959CFD SHORT 4,212 53.2959CFD SHORT 17 53.2519CFD SHORT 29 53.2519CFD SHORT 36 53.2519CFD SHORT 37 53.2519 (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 18 December 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto