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Macquarie Group Limited24 April 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 23 April 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 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0% 0 0% (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 Fully Paid Ordinary ISIN: AU000000RIO1 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (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 American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date paid/received per 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 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 24 April 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: RIO Purchase 348 145.1902 RIO Sale 14 142.88RIO Sale 8 142.87RIO Sale 9 143.32RIO Sale 8 143.32RIO Sale 6 143.54RIO Sale 6 143.52RIO Sale 4 143.29RIO Sale 5 143.32RIO Sale 4 143.37RIO Sale 5 143.5RIO Sale 4 143.48RIO Sale 4 143.47RIO Sale 3 143.84RIO Sale 4 144.16RIO Sale 3 143.95RIO Sale 4 144.09RIO Sale 4 144.08RIO Sale 4 144.14RIO Sale 4 144RIO Sale 3 143.97RIO Sale 4 143.89RIO Sale 4 144.13RIO Sale 4 144.39RIO Sale 4 144.69RIO Sale 3 144.77RIO Sale 3 144.63RIO Sale 3 144.59RIO Sale 2 144.78RIO Sale 3 144.69RIO Sale 3 144.66RIO Sale 2 144.81RIO Sale 2 144.9RIO Sale 2 144.81RIO Sale 2 144.84RIO Sale 2 144.93RIO Sale 2 145RIO Sale 2 144.88RIO Sale 2 144.87RIO Sale 2 144.87RIO Sale 2 144.8RIO Sale 2 144.75RIO Sale 2 144.7RIO Sale 2 144.83RIO Sale 2 145.04RIO Sale 2 145.04RIO Sale 2 145.37RIO Sale 3 145.3RIO Sale 3 145.61RIO Sale 3 145.7RIO Sale 3 145.71RIO Sale 4 145.5RIO Sale 3 145.77RIO Sale 4 145.58RIO Sale 4 145.53RIO Sale 5 145.58RIO Sale 4 145.71RIO Sale 4 145.68RIO Sale 5 145.73RIO Sale 4 145.8RIO Sale 6 145.88RIO Sale 4 145.92RIO Sale 1 145.92RIO Sale 5 145.89RIO Sale 6 146.1RIO Sale 3 146.24RIO Sale 4 146.24RIO Sale 6 146.76RIO Sale 7 146.94RIO Sale 7 146.79RIO Sale 8 146.91RIO Sale 8 146.86RIO Sale 9 146.83RIO Sale 9 146.59RIO Sale 10 146.57RIO Sale 5 146.78RIO Sale 30 147.19 Total Sale 348 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto