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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited10 April 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 09 April 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 894,562 60.6007 57.5800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 943,807 60.4700 57.6100 (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 29,987 59.4240CFD LONG 8,428 59.5644CFD LONG 742 60.0000CFD SHORT 331 60.0000CFD LONG 20,000 57.7509CFD LONG 1,000 57.7849CFD LONG 50,000 58.0006CFD LONG 261 58.7636CFD LONG 5,239 58.9453CFD LONG 4,250 58.9973CFD LONG 750 58.9973CFD LONG 300 59.2114CFD LONG 751 59.5289CFD LONG 18,047 59.7860CFD LONG 1,492 59.7860CFD LONG 1,600 59.9760CFD LONG 2,300 59.9880CFD LONG 6,230 59.9880CFD LONG 1,470 59.9880CFD SHORT 261 57.9672CFD SHORT 751 57.9701CFD SHORT 10,500 57.9850CFD SHORT 14,978 57.9979CFD SHORT 26,309 58.4510CFD SHORT 739 59.3591CFD SHORT 8,939 59.3591CFD SHORT 500 59.3775CFD SHORT 42,000 59.4128CFD SHORT 2,217 60.0180CFD SHORT 4,800 60.0600CFD SHORT 5 60.0865CFD SHORT 40,000 60.6007 (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, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) price GBP European etc. 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 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 10 April 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:
Rio Tinto