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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited02 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 01 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 3,090,490 15.0000 14.5400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,334,861 14.9900 14.5300 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFD CFD LONG 236,173 14.6180CFD LONG 13,827 14.6180CFD LONG 1,100 14.6361CFD LONG 15,541 14.7067CFD LONG 30,000 14.7512CFD LONG 1,218 14.7756CFD LONG 300,000 14.8333CFD LONG 50 14.8578CFD LONG 600 14.8578CFD LONG 1,874 14.9081CFD LONG 47,944 14.9317CFD LONG 19,864 14.9317CFD LONG 74,000 14.9500CFD LONG 77,000 14.9500CFD LONG 200 14.9500CFD SHORT 30,000 14.5820CFD SHORT 95,200 14.6274CFD SHORT 44,800 14.6274CFD SHORT 30,949 14.6586CFD SHORT 51,730 14.6586CFD SHORT 700 14.6676CFD SHORT 28,200 14.7206CFD SHORT 5,000 14.7323CFD SHORT 15,000 14.7344CFD SHORT 300,000 14.7621CFD SHORT 1,874 14.7926CFD SHORT 11,162 14.8080CFD SHORT 1,389 14.8080CFD SHORT 900,000 14.8576CFD SHORT 79,668 14.8576CFD SHORT 74,000 14.9500CFD SHORT 200 14.9500CFD SHORT 77,000 14.9500CFD LONG 15,138 14.6683CFD LONG 171,212 14.7304CFD LONG 168,079 14.9500CFD SHORT 4,258 14.9500 (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 European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) GBPN/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) GBP 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 02 April 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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:
BHP Group