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Newedge Group23 April 2008 FORM 38.5(a) 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 NEWEDGE GROUP (UK BRANCH) Company dealt in RIO TINTO Class of relevant security to ORDINARY SHARES which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 22ND APRIL 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of Highest price Lowest price securities paid paid purchased (Note 3) (Note 3) 26200 63.25333 63.9737 Total number of Highest price Lowest price securities received received sold (Note 3) (Note 3) 156641 63.28 63.59517 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, (Note 4) securities unit e.g. CFD (Note 5) (Note 3) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g selling, securities price e.g. date money paidcall purchasing, to which American, /receivedoption varying etc the option European per unit relates etc. (Note 3) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of securities Exercise price pere.g. call unit option (Note 3) 3. 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. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Date of disclosure 23RD APRIL 2008 Contact name LEIGH ELLIS Telephone number 020 7676 8728 Name of offeree/offeror with RIO TINTO which connected Nature of connection (Note 6) AFFILIATE OF SG, ADVISER TO OFFEREE 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