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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited18 April 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 17 April 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 311,911 65.0500 61.2200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 364,063 65.1300 61.3100 (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 2 61.3308CFD LONG 615 61.3693CFD LONG 100,000 61.4000CFD LONG 29,000 61.5084CFD LONG 23,632 62.7341CFD LONG 300 63.7376CFD LONG 10,000 64.3035CFD SHORT 19,721 62.2944CFD SHORT 1,630 62.2944CFD SHORT 38,246 62.6096CFD SHORT 461 63.7259CFD SHORT 1,207 63.7259CFD SHORT 77 63.7259CFD SHORT 10 63.7259CFD SHORT 5 63.7259CFD SHORT 100 63.7259CFD SHORT 330 63.7259CFD SHORT 59 63.7259CFD SHORT 40,000 63.8029CFD SHORT 2,788 63.9245CFD SHORT 2,205 64.7234CFD SHORT 9,345 64.7234CFD SHORT 3,450 64.7234CFD SHORT 197 61.6044CFD SHORT 182 61.6044CFD SHORT 1,218 62.2005CFD SHORT 1,480 62.7236 (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 GBP 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. NONE Date of disclosure 18 April 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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto