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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)21 December 2007 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 20 December 2007 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 2,052,322 15.1000 14.7700 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,314,422 15.0500 14.7000 (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 11,184 14.9102CFD SHORT 6,935 14.9102CFD SHORT 9,045 15.2439CFD LONG 140,000 14.8297CFD LONG 15,624 14.8297CFD LONG 120,000 14.8438CFD LONG 10,964 14.8848CFD LONG 1,541 14.8983CFD LONG 30,000 14.9190CFD LONG 119 14.9278CFD LONG 908 14.9278CFD LONG 8,000 14.9471CFD LONG 300,000 14.9875CFD LONG 1,586 15.0105CFD SHORT 300,000 14.7748CFD SHORT 120,000 14.8541CFD SHORT 80,000 14.8632CFD SHORT 802 14.8690CFD SHORT 2,227 14.8751CFD SHORT 291 14.8751CFD SHORT 150,000 15.0015CFD SHORT 27,000 15.0042CFD SHORT 150,000 15.0325 (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) PUT OPTION SELLING 184,000 44.5740 EUROPEAN 20/12/2007 0.0000PUT OPTION SELLING 46,000 44.5740 EUROPEAN 20/12/2007 0.0000 (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) PUT OPTION 300,000 36.0000CALL OPTION 300,000 43.0000CALL OPTION 1,000,000 52.0000 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. Date of disclosure 21 December 2007 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