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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited05 March 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 March 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 128,121 57.3547 55.9200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 154,939 57.3800 55.9600 (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 90,935 56.2900CFD LONG 4,656 56.2900CFD LONG 21,416 56.6730CFD LONG 63,583 56.6730CFD LONG 92,443 56.7106CFD LONG 5,416 56.7106CFD LONG 2,000 56.1547CFD LONG 194 56.6700CFD LONG 1,591 56.6700CFD LONG 1,000 56.7346CFD LONG 1,468 56.8201CFD LONG 5,000 57.3399CFD SHORT 920 56.1059CFD SHORT 112 56.1059CFD SHORT 100 56.8671CFD SHORT 5,000 56.8698CFD SHORT 5 57.0630CFD SHORT 61 57.0630CFD SHORT 59 57.0630CFD SHORT 61 57.0630CFD SHORT 2,422 57.3661CFD SHORT 40,000 57.3661 (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) N/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)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 05 March 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