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Macquarie Group Limited20 March 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 19 March 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Fully Paid Ordinary ISIN: AU000000RIO1 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (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 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 20 March 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/Sale Quantity Price in AUDPurchase 48 125.56Purchase 98 127.19Purchase 45 127.19Purchase 95 126.58Purchase 82 125.63Purchase 77 125.04Purchase 58 124.91Purchase 41 125.69Purchase 44 125.48Purchase 64 125.33Purchase 90 125.23Purchase 1 125.54Purchase 101 125.54Purchase 78 125.43Purchase 79 125.86Sale 1001 125.7867 Total Buy 1001Total Sell 1001 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto