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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited03 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 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 29 February 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 206,860 58.7400 56.6300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 187,819 58.6500 56.6987 (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 5,672 57.2557CFD SHORT 41,300 57.2000CFD SHORT 17,433 57.2000CFD SHORT 66,505 57.2000CFD LONG 100 56.8429CFD LONG 49,268 57.1929CFD LONG 70,119 57.3472CFD LONG 37,518 57.6958CFD LONG 1 58.0470CFD LONG 18 58.0470CFD LONG 1,032 58.0470CFD LONG 84 58.0470CFD LONG 219 58.3006CFD LONG 200 58.4420CFD SHORT 157 56.8528CFD SHORT 13 56.8528CFD SHORT 200 57.2000CFD SHORT 4,013 58.0976CFD SHORT 2,834 58.2284CFD SHORT 2,413 58.2949CFD SHORT 8,704 58.2949CFD SHORT 3,455 58.2949CFD SHORT 362 58.2949CFD SHORT 43,000 58.3678 (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 GBP 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. NONE Date of disclosure 03 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