17th Dec 2007 12:00
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)17 December 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 14 December 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 3,069,516 16.5991 15.2500 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,861,570 15.9600 15.2300 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFDCFD SHORT 15,050 16.2180CFD LONG 2,254 15.3935CFD LONG 48,000 15.4218CFD LONG 77,231 15.4620CFD LONG 966 15.4777CFD LONG 126 15.4777CFD LONG 326,257 15.7000CFD LONG 25,489 15.7413CFD LONG 4,000 15.8035CFD SHORT 1,733 15.2597CFD SHORT 12,983 15.3791CFD SHORT 1,692 15.3791CFD SHORT 29,800 15.4523CFD SHORT 2,170 15.4731CFD SHORT 1,351 15.4731CFD SHORT 778 15.7946CFD SHORT 370,315 15.8103CFD SHORT 360,000 16.5992 (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. Date of disclosure 17 December 2007 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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