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Macquarie Group Limited18 April 2008 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) Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 17 April 2008 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 21 0.00% (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 21 0% 0.00% (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 18 April 2008 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:RIO Purchase 60 147RIO Purchase 12875 146.1076 Total 12935 PurchasesRIO Sale 507 147RIO Sale 50 146.46RIO Sale 281 146RIO Sale 276 145.73RIO Sale 112 145.47RIO Sale 204 145.43RIO Sale 196 145.6RIO Sale 38 145.6RIO Sale 182 145.69RIO Sale 195 146.04RIO Sale 168 146.59RIO Sale 209 145.67RIO Sale 154 145.56RIO Sale 146 145.91RIO Sale 142 145.7RIO Sale 151 145.88RIO Sale 114 146.19RIO Sale 130 146.16RIO Sale 128 146.43RIO Sale 140 146.53RIO Sale 35 146.48RIO Sale 109 146.48RIO Sale 153 146.37RIO Sale 116 146.55RIO Sale 1 146.55RIO Sale 137 146.56RIO Sale 68 146.59RIO Sale 86 146.59RIO Sale 140 146.5RIO Sale 127 146RIO Sale 50 145.92RIO Sale 302 145.88RIO Sale 25 146.06RIO Sale 92 145.94RIO Sale 98 145.66RIO Sale 104 145.8RIO Sale 102 146.18RIO Sale 14 146.04RIO Sale 86 146.04RIO Sale 15 146.18RIO Sale 14 146.13RIO Sale 40 146.13RIO Sale 68 146.15RIO Sale 15 146.18RIO Sale 60 146.18RIO Sale 77 146.16RIO Sale 70 146.15RIO Sale 5 146.15RIO Sale 1 146.15RIO Sale 64 146.21RIO Sale 61 146.28RIO Sale 44 146.1RIO Sale 43 146.1RIO Sale 64 146.1RIO Sale 63 146.11RIO Sale 77 146.03RIO Sale 67 146.02RIO Sale 69 146.06RIO Sale 21 146.04RIO Sale 48 146.04RIO Sale 13 146.03RIO Sale 80 146.03RIO Sale 92 146.11RIO Sale 105 146.09RIO Sale 102 146.05RIO Sale 3 146.05RIO Sale 118 146.21RIO Sale 129 146.22RIO Sale 132 146.22RIO Sale 1 146.33RIO Sale 127 146.3RIO Sale 10 146.3RIO Sale 155 146.15RIO Sale 15 146.21RIO Sale 157 146.21RIO Sale 171 146.23RIO Sale 160 146.18RIO Sale 146 146.14RIO Sale 138 146.1RIO Sale 28 146.16RIO Sale 129 146.16RIO Sale 11 146.17RIO Sale 201 146.17RIO Sale 14 146.26RIO Sale 136 146.26RIO Sale 19 146.26RIO Sale 123 146.35RIO Sale 104 146.17RIO Sale 13 146.23RIO Sale 196 146.22RIO Sale 258 146.34RIO Sale 212 146.53RIO Sale 23 146.57RIO Sale 34 146.57RIO Sale 50 146.57RIO Sale 168 146.57RIO Sale 256 146.42RIO Sale 186 146.09RIO Sale 79 146.08RIO Sale 2 146.08RIO Sale 297 145.7RIO Sale 272 145.81RIO Sale 116 145.81RIO Sale 20 145.74RIO Sale 5 145.74RIO Sale 150 145.74RIO Sale 8 145.74RIO Sale 27 145.73RIO Sale 112 145.73RIO Sale 188 145.74RIO Sale 1230 146 Total Sale 12875 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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