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SG Option Europe09 May 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 SG Option Europe Company dealt in Rio Tinto plc Class of relevant security to which thedealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) 10p Ordinary Date of dealing 08 May 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 1,338,236 0.13 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1,338,236 0.13 (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 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales- Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per Unit Purchase 14,191 64.9739 Purchase 3,544 64.9014 Purchase 4 65.3200 Purchase 4,850 64.0373 Purchase 4,281 64.5147 Purchase 1,327 65.0000 Purchase 3,001 65.0000 Purchase 27,317 64.3611 Purchase 30 64.2500 Purchase 280 64.8000 Purchase 19,130 64.4866 Total Purchase 77,955 Sale 84,876 64.3480 Sale 8,530 65.0000 Sale 24,000 64.9637 Sale 25 65.1000 Sale 2,608 65.0000 Sale 60 65.0000 Sale 700 64.4420 Sale 389 64.9100 Sale 9,568 64.4851 Sale 3,000 65.1227 Sale 113,399 64.1174 Sale 84,310 64.4034 Sale 970 64.5695 Sale 5,850 64.0504 Total Sale 338,285 (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) NO Date of disclosure 09 May 2008Contact name Dan Batchelor Telephone number 0207 676 6936Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio TintoNature of connection (Note 9) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) 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