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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)30 January 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 Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 29 January 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 3,271,565 14.5700 13.9500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,893,303 14.5401 13.9500 (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. CFD CFD LONG 181,422 14.2817CFD LONG 40,106 14.2879CFD LONG 734 14.4091CFD SHORT 546,779 14.4091CFD SHORT 20,965 14.4900CFD SHORT 13,033 14.4900CFD LONG 20,000 13.9568CFD LONG 1,972 14.0977CFD LONG 4,487 14.1443CFD LONG 5,609 14.1443CFD LONG 5,217 14.1443CFD LONG 12,939 14.1443CFD LONG 3,209 14.1443CFD LONG 9,261 14.1443CFD LONG 39,209 14.1443CFD LONG 89,843 14.1443CFD LONG 10,226 14.1443CFD LONG 1,600 14.2500CFD LONG 150,000 14.2586CFD LONG 250,000 14.2985CFD LONG 40,000 14.3013CFD LONG 1,768 14.3152CFD LONG 217 14.3152CFD LONG 875,139 14.3594CFD LONG 87,516 14.3956CFD LONG 90,329 14.4882CFD LONG 56,983 14.4882CFD SHORT 19,800 14.0383CFD SHORT 17,400 14.0383CFD SHORT 62,800 14.0383CFD SHORT 12,586 14.0606CFD SHORT 10,964 14.0606CFD SHORT 40,000 14.0653CFD SHORT 37,494 14.1517CFD SHORT 14,000 14.2214CFD SHORT 2,260 14.2380CFD SHORT 14,000 14.3121CFD SHORT 138,422 14.3271CFD SHORT 250,000 14.3415CFD SHORT 27 14.3529CFD SHORT 31 14.3529CFD SHORT 27 14.3529CFD SHORT 375 14.3988CFD SHORT 3,052 14.3988 (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) 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 30 January 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:
BHP Group