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Macquarie Bank Ld14 December 2007 PURCHASE 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 INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 13 December 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0% 0 0% (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 Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Fully Paid Ordinary ISIN: AU000000RIO1 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (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 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product 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 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 14 December 2007 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (AUD) SALE 300 142.5SALE 10 142SALE 157 142SALE 25 142.14SALE 162 141.99SALE 145 142.14SALE 9 142SALE 123 142SALE 105 141.93SALE 1 141.96SALE 1 141.96SALE 137 141.96SALE 108 142SALE 70 142.19SALE 14 142.19SALE 58 142.13SALE 134 142.07SALE 100 142.14SALE 34 141.93SALE 128 141.93SALE 112 142.01SALE 7 142.02SALE 107 142.02SALE 96 142.05SALE 6 142.05SALE 145 141.98SALE 113 141.98SALE 133 141.92SALE 92 141.7SALE 229 141.4SALE 91 141.59SALE 80 141.67SALE 83 141.72SALE 83 141.7SALE 67 141.73SALE 37 141.74SALE 39 141.63SALE 57 141.73SALE 51 141.62SALE 51 141.66SALE 40 141.7SALE 57 141.73SALE 49 141.82SALE 48 141.85SALE 30 141.83SALE 7 141.83SALE 49 141.8SALE 44 141.81SALE 19 141.8SALE 28 141.8SALE 30 141.88SALE 3 141.88SALE 28 141.88SALE 56 141.87SALE 32 141.9SALE 49 141.9SALE 80 141.99SALE 74 141.97SALE 83 141.89SALE 1 141.89SALE 89 141.94SALE 2 142.07SALE 102 142.02SALE 88 142.03SALE 89 141.94SALE 133 141.88SALE 32 141.85SALE 13 141.85SALE 86 141.85SALE 9 141.81SALE 7 141.81SALE 19 141.81SALE 18 141.81SALE 23 141.81SALE 60 141.81SALE 100 141.83SALE 33 141.83SALE 35 141.81SALE 67 141.81SALE 124 141.83SALE 147 141.73SALE 137 141.78SALE 122 141.81SALE 172 141.75SALE 159 141.69SALE 186 141.66SALE 64 141.61SALE 94 141.61SALE 202 141.57SALE 210 141.57SALE 82 141.57SALE 43 141.57SALE 65 141.57SALE 228 141.37SALE 253 141.23SALE 263 141.36SALE 299 141.34SALE 177 141.41SALE 896 141.2PURCHASE 8935 141.7011TOTAL SALES 9235TOTAL PURCHASES 8935 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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