18th Feb 2008 10:04
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 February 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9116N RELEASED AT 11:51 ON 13 FEBRUARY 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 LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PlcClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 04 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 2,647,830 56.6750 54.4116 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,657,539 55.9000 54.8300 (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. CFDCFD LONG 16,774 54.9700CFD SHORT 1,839 54.9700CFD SHORT 15,502 55.6103CFD LONG 252 54.9715CFD LONG 371 54.9715CFD LONG 30 54.9715CFD LONG 21 54.9715CFD LONG 683 55.0226CFD LONG 1,709 55.0226CFD LONG 384 55.0226CFD LONG 90 55.0226CFD LONG 41,000 55.2015CFD LONG 230,000 55.2015CFD LONG 5,200 55.2617CFD LONG 2,500 55.2617CFD LONG 55,250 55.2631CFD LONG 1,988 55.3989CFD LONG 3,577 55.3989CFD LONG 2,338 55.3989CFD LONG 4,207 55.3989CFD LONG 8,174 55.3989CFD LONG 14,716 55.3989CFD LONG 163 55.4217CFD LONG 3,815 55.4217CFD LONG 128 55.4217CFD LONG 805 55.4217CFD LONG 17,119 55.4217CFD LONG 705 55.4217CFD LONG 6,849 55.4217CFD LONG 282 55.4217CFD LONG 3,579 55.4634CFD LONG 10,276 55.4634CFD LONG 26,001 55.4634CFD LONG 40,000 55.4687CFD LONG 25,858 55.5409CFD LONG 7,879 55.5409CFD LONG 2,842 55.5409CFD LONG 92,000 55.6097CFD LONG 17,000 55.6097CFD SHORT 45,000 54.4117CFD SHORT 64 55.1930CFD SHORT 21 55.1930CFD SHORT 783 55.1930CFD SHORT 252 55.1930CFD SHORT 473,684 55.2700CFD SHORT 16,679 55.4044CFD SHORT 19,077 55.4510CFD SHORT 40,000 55.8661CFD SHORT 2,532 55.8661CFD SHORT 19,619 55.9724CFD LONG 3,681 55.1569CFD SHORT 6,839 55.9724CFD LONG 6,876 55.1569CFD LONG 120,000 108.3725 USDCFD SHORT 1,160,813 55.2700 (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) PUT OPTION SELLING 1,000,000 40.0000 AMERICAN 15/02/2008 0.0800 (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 18 February 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:
Rio Tinto