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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)13 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 12 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 4,952,178 17.8170 15.9100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 4,324,648 16.9600 15.9500 (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 601 16.0089CFD SHORT 42,267 16.0089CFD SHORT 811,231 16.2800CFD SHORT 18,433 16.7247CFD SHORT 19,603 16.7747CFD LONG 258 15.9681CFD LONG 1,803 15.9681CFD LONG 225,500 16.0119CFD LONG 12,906 16.0680CFD LONG 158,754 16.0680CFD LONG 823,922 16.0700CFD LONG 182,120 16.1325CFD LONG 131,880 16.1325CFD LONG 10,300 16.2045CFD LONG 20,900 16.2045CFD LONG 518 16.2951CFD LONG 18,232 16.4136CFD LONG 262,268 16.4136CFD LONG 18,232 16.4136CFD LONG 1,268 16.4136CFD LONG 10,902 16.5226CFD LONG 200,000 16.5336CFD LONG 9,432 16.5336CFD LONG 14,216 16.5484CFD LONG 1,803 16.5484CFD LONG 2,031 16.5484CFD LONG 258 16.5484CFD LONG 140,200 16.6538CFD LONG 18,000 16.7049CFD LONG 8,501 16.7174CFD LONG 7,900 16.7481CFD LONG 29,448 16.7662CFD LONG 2,358 16.7740CFD LONG 25,580 33.0509 USDCFD LONG 124,990 33.0509 USDCFD LONG 173,430 33.0509 USDCFD LONG 3,540 33.5910 USDCFD LONG 11,090 33.5910 USDCFD LONG 10,470 33.5910 USDCFD LONG 5,320 33.5910 USDCFD LONG 6,670 33.5910 USDCFD LONG 15,210 33.5910 USDCFD LONG 6,030 33.5910 USDCFD LONG 44,000 33.5910 USDCFD LONG 97,670 33.5910 USDCFD SHORT 200,000 34.8900 USDCFD SHORT 1,803 15.9912CFD SHORT 41,480 15.9912CFD SHORT 10,697 15.9912CFD SHORT 14,216 15.9912CFD SHORT 1,271 15.9912CFD SHORT 2,289 15.9912CFD SHORT 258 15.9912CFD SHORT 5,928 15.9912CFD SHORT 5,110 16.0129CFD SHORT 12,150 16.0492CFD SHORT 8,350 16.0492CFD SHORT 29,500 16.0492CFD SHORT 25,500 16.0513CFD SHORT 823,922 16.0700CFD SHORT 518 16.0748CFD SHORT 35,672 16.1542CFD SHORT 17,576 16.1932CFD SHORT 9,969 16.1932CFD SHORT 6,075 16.1932CFD SHORT 14,750 16.1932CFD SHORT 4,175 16.1932CFD SHORT 2,641 16.1932CFD SHORT 77,917 16.2265CFD SHORT 69,700 16.2503CFD SHORT 53,337 16.2503CFD SHORT 1,963 16.2503CFD SHORT 320 16.4278CFD SHORT 211 16.4278CFD SHORT 400 16.4278CFD SHORT 182 16.4278CFD SHORT 40 16.4300CFD SHORT 16,960 16.4300CFD SHORT 142,351 16.4332CFD SHORT 12,906 16.4332CFD SHORT 14,000 16.5185CFD SHORT 283,772 16.5287CFD SHORT 6,002 16.5704CFD SHORT 100,000 16.6165CFD SHORT 1,074,279 16.7311CFD SHORT 100,000 16.7893CFD SHORT 80,000 16.8069CFD SHORT 5,000 16.9169CFD SHORT 3,460 16.9628CFD SHORT 2,104 17.0183CFD SHORT 14,166 17.8206 (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 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 13 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:
BHP Group