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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc28 March 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 & Co. International plc Company dealt in Rio Tinto Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 27 March 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) AUD Lowest price paid (Note 3) AUD 134,049 124.0000 120.1600 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) AUD Lowest price received (Note 3) AUD 125,665 124.0000 120.4100 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) AUDe.g. CFD N/A N/A N/A N/A (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) AUD European etc. unit (Note 3) PUT OPTION SELLING 100,000 124.0000 EUROPEAN 27/03/2008 0.0001CALL OPTION SELLING 100,000 140.0000 EUROPEAN 27/03/2008 0.0001 (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3)CALL OPTION 100,000 140.0000 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 28 March 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