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BNP Paribas London22 February 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 BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE SNC Company dealt in RIO TINTO PLC Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21 February 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 1,937,798 0.1943 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1,937,798 0.1943 (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 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Buy/Sell Quantity PriceBuy 268 56.99Buy 530 57.09Buy 528 57.33Buy 257 57.58Buy 37 57.62Buy 180 57.64Buy 690 57.67Buy 1755 57.71Buy 155 57.73Buy 11 57.74Buy 1563 57.75Buy 743 57.77Buy 772 57.78Buy 880 57.79Buy 870 57.8Buy 1771 57.81Buy 1453 57.82Buy 324 57.84Buy 1306 57.85Buy 1441 57.86Buy 5 57.87Buy 870 57.88Buy 255 57.9Buy 880 57.93Buy 653 58.13Buy 65 58.14Buy 900 58.15Buy 1764 58.17Buy 1798 58.18Buy 914 58.19Buy 869 58.2Buy 22039 58.22Buy 792 58.23Buy 278 58.24Buy 54 58.26Buy 290 58.27Buy 2050 58.28Buy 783 58.31Buy 222 58.33Buy 600 58.35Buy 811 58.36Buy 1810 58.37Buy 500 58.39Buy 242 58.4Buy 936 58.43Buy 600 58.44Buy 19 58.45Buy 14 58.5Buy 844 58.51Buy 750 58.53Buy 40 58.54Buy 240 58.55Buy 315 58.56Buy 200 58.63Buy 648 58.64Buy 278 58.66Buy 228 58.68Buy 5 58.79Buy 1301 58.84Buy 2078 58.85Buy 252 58.87Buy 485 58.88Buy 528 58.9Buy 31 58.92Buy 1081 58.93Buy 548 58.94Buy 21 59Buy 1233 59.01Buy 87 59.03Buy 1605 59.04Buy 426 59.05Buy 12 59.07Buy 177 59.08Buy 2121 59.09Buy 861 59.1Buy 33 59.13Total 72975 Sell 268 57.12Sell 37 57.6Sell 1730 57.67Sell 252 57.68Sell 78 57.69Sell 230 57.7Sell 1390 57.72Sell 2346 57.74Sell 110 57.79Sell 695 57.8Sell 40 57.81Sell 11 57.83Sell 312 57.84Sell 700 57.93Sell 556 58.08Sell 556 58.09Sell 908 58.13Sell 707 58.14Sell 293 58.15Sell 245 58.16Sell 350 58.17Sell 2 58.19Sell 770 58.2Sell 27342 58.22Sell 304 58.29Sell 54 58.34Sell 1128 58.36Sell 187 58.37Sell 147 58.38Sell 331 58.43Sell 3741 58.44Sell 300 58.45Sell 741 58.46Sell 490 58.48Sell 46 58.49Sell 640 58.55Sell 444 58.56Sell 315 58.59Sell 648 58.67Sell 239 58.79Sell 30 58.8Sell 929 58.83Sell 229 58.84Sell 34 58.86Sell 45 58.87Sell 2366 58.9Sell 632 58.91Sell 577 58.92Sell 1089 58.93Sell 36 58.94Sell 761 58.95Sell 1463 58.98Sell 14 58.99Sell 1136 59Sell 982 59.01Sell 151 59.02Sell 680 59.03Sell 1066 59.04Sell 186 59.05Sell 759 59.07Sell 1079 59.08Sell 1927 59.09Total 65854 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) European etc. 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. None Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 22 February 2008 Contact name Darren Clarke Telephone number 020 7595 4821 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) 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