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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited07 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 04 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 537,546 56.9400 54.4600 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 497,070 56.9400 54.4600 (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 69,331 56.9400CFD LONG 2,600 56.9400CFD SHORT 100,170 55.8568CFD SHORT 6,030 56.9400CFD SHORT 5,986 56.9400CFD LONG 40,600 55.2534CFD LONG 3,700 55.3588CFD LONG 2,371 55.8250CFD LONG 35,314 55.8250CFD LONG 196 55.8250CFD LONG 2,919 55.8250CFD LONG 42,676 56.9329CFD SHORT 4,600 54.7488CFD SHORT 5,000 55.5267CFD SHORT 34,625 55.8374CFD SHORT 80,000 55.9059CFD SHORT 1,807 55.9059CFD SHORT 5,000 56.1617CFD SHORT 452 56.2572CFD SHORT 20,000 56.2572 (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 5) GBP European etc. 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 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 Date of disclosure 07 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