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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)05 December 2007 FORM 38.5 (b) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code)1. KEY INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 4-Dec-2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 1,493,651 0.327(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 1,493,651 0.327 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class Of Relevant Security Long Short (1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 39 143.1Purchase 199 143.1Purchase 500 143.1Purchase 81 143.1Purchase 500 143.1Purchase 500 143.1Purchase 530 143.1Purchase 361 143.1Purchase 361 143.1Purchase 361 143.1Purchase 332 143.38Purchase 100 143.38Purchase 360 143.38Purchase 360 143.37Purchase 360 143.5Purchase 432 143.38Purchase 396 143.49Purchase 360 143.48Purchase 33 143.75Purchase 23 143.75Purchase 117 143.75Purchase 146 143.75Purchase 598 143.75Purchase 83 143.74Purchase 56 143.85Purchase 396 144.02Purchase 360 144.05Purchase 317 144.14Purchase 396 144.21Purchase 11 144.14Purchase 11 144.14Purchase 50 144.14Purchase 7 144.14Purchase 989 144.32Purchase 88 144.32Purchase 25 144.32Purchase 126 144.31Purchase 10 144.3Purchase 251 144.3Purchase 11 144.3Purchase 1000 144.3Purchase 360 144.7Purchase 613 144.35Purchase 1652 143.8Purchase 100 143.8Purchase 20 143.8Purchase 500 143.8Purchase 200 143.8Purchase 12 143.79Purchase 15 143.79Purchase 1 143.78Purchase 1446 143.78Purchase 281 143.78Purchase 250 143.78Purchase 497 143.78Purchase 11 143.76Purchase 11 143.76Purchase 4 143.76Purchase 2500 143.77Purchase 598 143.78Purchase 100 143.78Purchase 614 143.78Purchase 1188 143.78Purchase 2177 143.78Purchase 11 143.77Purchase 11 143.77Purchase 51 143.77Purchase 250 143.77Purchase 112 143.5Purchase 100 143.5Purchase 250 143.5Purchase 1984 143.5Purchase 15 143.5Purchase 33 143.37Purchase 6 143.37Purchase 2252 143.43Purchase 225 143.42Purchase 23 143.4Purchase 1433 143.4Purchase 367 143.4Purchase 700 143.4Purchase 2487 143.39Purchase 13 143.38Purchase 1084 143.3Purchase 916 143.3Purchase 350 143.3Purchase 110 143.27Purchase 500 143.25Purchase 48 143.22Purchase 23 143.2Purchase 545 143.2Purchase 8 143.19Purchase 300 142.96Purchase 23 142.96Purchase 36 142.96Purchase 37 142.96Purchase 123 143.06Purchase 100 143.06Purchase 11 143.06Purchase 100 143.06Purchase 26 143.06Purchase 258 143.05Purchase 53 143.04Purchase 230 143.04Purchase 360 143.05Purchase 96 143.1Purchase 23 143.1Purchase 176 143.1Purchase 65 142.93Purchase 276 142.93Purchase 74 142.93Purchase 10 142.93Purchase 6 142.96Purchase 190 142.96Purchase 360 143Purchase 200 142.96Purchase 23 142.9Purchase 337 142.9Purchase 501 142.9Purchase 23 142.9Purchase 11 142.9Purchase 75 142.9Purchase 39 142.9Purchase 61 142.9Purchase 299 142.9Purchase 360 142.89Purchase 360 142.86Purchase 126 142.82Purchase 23 142.65Purchase 11 142.65Purchase 200 142.65Purchase 468 142.65Purchase 117 142.64Purchase 11 142.64Purchase 23 142.64Purchase 100 142.64Purchase 109 142.64Purchase 169 142.83Purchase 23 142.83Purchase 100 142.83Purchase 11 142.83Purchase 33 142.83Purchase 22 142.83Purchase 38 142.83Purchase 143 142.96Purchase 857 142.96Purchase 2000 143.2Purchase 131 142.8Purchase 258 142.79Purchase 5 142.79Purchase 43 143.94Purchase 360 143.6Purchase 20000 145.8234Sale -3432 143.1Sale -396 144.21Sale -1559 143.1Sale -350 143.1Sale -139 143.1Sale -207 143.1Sale -245 143.1Sale -143 143.1Sale -159 143.1Sale -698 143.1Sale -1302 143.1Sale -1282 143.1Sale -427 143.1Sale -2073 143.1Sale -2500 143.1Sale -2500 143.1Sale -2500 143.1Sale -2500 143.1Sale -2500 143.1Sale -2500 143.1Sale -2500 143.1Sale -2067 143.1Sale -433 143.1Sale -10 144.21TOTAL BUYS:68896 TOTAL SELLS:32422 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) ExercisingProduct name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3)Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. OTHER INFORMATIONAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesFull 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 5-Dec-2007Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISORNotesThe Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto