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EPT Disclosure

16th May 2008 11:13

RNS Number : 6391U
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited
16 May 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 dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)

Ordinary Shares

Date of dealing

15 May 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

1,631,110

21.8200

20.5100

Total number of securities sold

Highest price received (Note 3) GBP

Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP

948,707

21.8000

20.5100

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, 

e.g. CFD

Long/short (Note 4)

Number of securities (Note 5)

Price per unit (Note 3) GBP

CFD

LONG

395,310

21.7400

CFD

SHORT

25,284

21.0916

CFD

SHORT

1,186

21.7400

CFD

SHORT

844

21.7400

CFD

SHORT

59,613

21.7400

CFD

SHORT

24,533

21.7400

CFD

LONG

836

20.5397

CFD

LONG

247

20.6201

CFD

LONG

319

20.6201

CFD

LONG

105

20.6201

CFD

LONG

458

20.6201

CFD

LONG

65

20.6201

CFD

LONG

13,372

20.7104

CFD

LONG

51,445

20.9048

CFD

LONG

650

20.9385

CFD

LONG

8,402

21.0406

CFD

LONG

9,637

21.0406

CFD

LONG

2,261

21.0406

CFD

LONG

28,998

21.1082

CFD

LONG

1,002

21.1082

CFD

LONG

10,000

21.2436

CFD

LONG

1,145

21.3598

CFD

LONG

208

21.3763

CFD

LONG

1,218

21.4058

CFD

LONG

301

21.4058

CFD

LONG

57,335

21.4181

CFD

LONG

4,825

21.4181

CFD

LONG

1,145

21.4852

CFD

LONG

27,000

21.6769

CFD

LONG

9,000

21.7105

CFD

LONG

200

21.7374

CFD

SHORT

301

20.5536

CFD

SHORT

1,218

20.5536

CFD

SHORT

10,000

20.5634

CFD

SHORT

3,356

20.6089

CFD

SHORT

5,231

20.7037

CFD

SHORT

50,000

20.7122

CFD

SHORT

33

20.7362

CFD

SHORT

15

20.7362

CFD

SHORT

1

20.7362

CFD

SHORT

14

20.7362

CFD

SHORT

97

20.7362

CFD

SHORT

14

20.7362

CFD

SHORT

83

20.7362

CFD

SHORT

28,998

20.8121

CFD

SHORT

1,002

20.8121

CFD

SHORT

110,000

20.9004

CFD

SHORT

2,362

20.9004

CFD

SHORT

2,176

20.9059

CFD

SHORT

25,857

20.9059

CFD

SHORT

1,814

21.1062

CFD

SHORT

9,098

21.1097

CFD

SHORT

17,050

21.1097

CFD

SHORT

1,125

21.1097

CFD

SHORT

20,000

21.6665

CFD

SHORT

154,048

21.7070

CFD

SHORT

5,952

21.7070

CFD

SHORT

27,952

21.7115

CFD

SHORT

250,000

21.7400

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,

e.g. call option

Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 5)

Exercise

price 

GBP

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry 

date

Option money

paid/received per unit (Note 3)

PUT OPTION

PURCHASING

310,000

16.0000

AMERICAN

16/05/2008

0.0100

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option

Number of securities 

Exercise price per unit (Note 3) GBP

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 person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

NONE

Date of disclosure

16 May 2008

Contact name

Zafrhan Fahmy

Telephone number

020 7677 1871 

Name of offeree/offeror with which connected

Rio Tinto Plc

Nature of connection (Note 6)

Advisor

Notes

The Notes on Form 38.5(a) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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