22nd Nov 2007 13:31
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)22 November 2007 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 8901H RELEASED AT 11:44 ON 16 NOVEMBER 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 09 November 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 3,603,873 58.3000 53.4400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,655,263 58.1400 53.4600 (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 274,346 52.9600CFD LONG 55,591 55.4241CFD LONG 21,910 56.0870CFD SHORT 205 56.2400CFD LONG 52 53.9838CFD LONG 78 53.9838CFD LONG 7,083 55.0579CFD LONG 10,000 55.2820CFD LONG 2,759 55.8420CFD LONG 241 55.8420CFD LONG 16,000 56.0799CFD LONG 1,539 56.0891CFD LONG 54,645 56.0891CFD LONG 41,816 56.0891CFD LONG 8,520 56.1678CFD LONG 793 56.1835CFD LONG 4,856 56.1877CFD LONG 2,809 56.1898CFD LONG 3,665 56.1910CFD LONG 56,967 56.2330CFD LONG 325 56.2546CFD LONG 931 56.2550CFD LONG 5,000 56.2727CFD LONG 2,055 56.2727CFD LONG 1,701 56.3062CFD LONG 23,000 56.3133CFD LONG 50,000 56.3819CFD LONG 28,765 56.4263CFD LONG 21,235 56.4263CFD LONG 717 56.4263CFD LONG 1,641 56.4263CFD LONG 554 56.5814CFD LONG 418 56.5887CFD LONG 1,475 56.5887CFD LONG 607 56.5887CFD LONG 374 56.5920CFD LONG 669 56.5920CFD LONG 10,000 56.6302CFD LONG 5,990 56.7870CFD LONG 41,915 56.7870CFD LONG 46,750 56.8772CFD LONG 3,250 56.8772CFD LONG 2,500 56.8931CFD LONG 4,093 56.9145CFD LONG 19,923 56.9145CFD LONG 1,384 56.9145CFD LONG 100,000 56.9359CFD LONG 30,000 57.1156CFD LONG 1,415 57.1156CFD LONG 10,000 57.1156CFD LONG 25,000 57.2367CFD LONG 50,000 57.2735CFD LONG 70,000 57.5158CFD LONG 5,000 57.5158CFD LONG 3,301 57.5158CFD LONG 21,000 58.0156CFD LONG 29,000 58.0156CFD SHORT 100,000 43.5757CFD SHORT 10,000 49.1835CFD SHORT 785 54.1964CFD SHORT 27,880 54.1964CFD SHORT 21,335 54.1964CFD SHORT 100,000 54.3709CFD SHORT 10,000 54.8109CFD SHORT 5,000 55.3513CFD SHORT 4,000 55.3513CFD SHORT 63,000 55.8815CFD SHORT 117,000 55.8815CFD SHORT 43,000 56.0326CFD SHORT 761 56.0446CFD SHORT 109 56.0446CFD SHORT 2,220 56.0765CFD SHORT 78 56.2569CFD SHORT 90,000 56.3355CFD SHORT 60,000 56.4058CFD SHORT 5,518 56.4616CFD SHORT 20,500 56.4662CFD SHORT 4,763 56.5530CFD SHORT 52 56.8220CFD SHORT 75,000 57.1130CFD SHORT 3,590 57.1332CFD SHORT 1,510 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 3,800 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 1,670 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 1,330 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 2,620 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 880 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 2,770 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 11,000 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 24,420 121.7482 USDCFD SHORT 278 56.2681CFD SHORT 50,000 121.7482 USD (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) CALL OPTION SELLING 250,000 60.0000 AMERICAN 18/01/2008 3.1000CALL OPTION PURCHASING 42,500 62.9200 EUROPEAN 12/10/2007 1.1825CALL OPTION PURCHASING 42,500 62.9200 EUROPEAN 12/10/2007 1.1825 (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 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 22 November 2007 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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto