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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)31 January 2008 FORM 38.5 (b) 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 INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 30-Jan-2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 32,756 0.007 1,516,711 0.332(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 32,756 0.007 1,516,711 0.332 (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(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 3 114.34Purchase 1,676 114.34Purchase 3,000 114.34Purchase 321 114.34Purchase 569 114.34Purchase 186 114.34Purchase 74 114.34Purchase 259 114.34Purchase 40 114.34Purchase 300 114.34Purchase 206 114.34Purchase 3,366 114.34Purchase 3,545 114.00Purchase 271 114.00Purchase 366 114.00Purchase 300 114.00Purchase 192 114.00Purchase 3,463 114.00Purchase 44 113.93Purchase 200 113.90Purchase 164 113.90Purchase 395 115.20Purchase 145 115.20Purchase 17 115.79Purchase 14 115.79Purchase 13 115.79Purchase 4 115.79Purchase 4 115.79Purchase 1 115.79Purchase 2 115.79Purchase 1 115.79Purchase 17 115.79Purchase 396 115.78Purchase 432 116.48Purchase 90 116.40Purchase 360 116.40Purchase 432 117.18Purchase 432 116.90Purchase 14 116.88Purchase 14 116.88Purchase 291 116.89Purchase 4 116.89Purchase 4 116.89Purchase 133 116.89Purchase 360 116.80Purchase 91 116.75Purchase 64 116.75Purchase 205 116.75Purchase 476 117.19Purchase 4 117.19Purchase 96 117.19Purchase 4 117.21Purchase 334 117.28Purchase 134 117.28Purchase 279 117.21Purchase 149 117.21Purchase 378 117.56Purchase 100 117.36Purchase 100 117.36Purchase 100 117.29Purchase 22 117.29Purchase 9 117.29Purchase 30 117.29Purchase 89 117.29Purchase 77 117.28Purchase 282 117.28Purchase 1 117.28Purchase 10 117.73Purchase 101 117.73Purchase 13 117.73Purchase 13 117.73Purchase 305 117.73Purchase 350 117.65Purchase 160 117.73Purchase 200 117.73Purchase 171 117.90Purchase 396 117.85Purchase 261 117.70Purchase 360 117.30Purchase 360 118.11Purchase 360 117.70Purchase 103 117.00Purchase 1,797 117.00Purchase 332 116.88Purchase 270 116.40Purchase 575 115.79Purchase 23 118.40Purchase 183 115.66Sale -884 113.81Sale -600 116.34Sale -21 116.34Sale -15 116.34Sale -250 116.57Sale -44 117.01Sale -356 117.01Sale -100 117.03TOTAL BUYS:31487 TOTAL SELLS:2270 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) ExercisingProduct 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 INFORMATIONAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesNONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 31-Jan-2008Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISORNotesThe Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto