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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)24 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21 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 1,133,120 52.9700 43.0000 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 303,351 52.9300 51.6394 (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 SHORT 15,909 51.9458CFD SHORT 10,908 52.7800CFD SHORT 39,309 52.7800CFD SHORT 5,790 52.7800CFD SHORT 228,674 52.7800CFD LONG 4,200 51.7615CFD LONG 5,800 51.7615CFD LONG 6 52.8721CFD LONG 40 52.8721CFD SHORT 3,500 51.6373CFD SHORT 36,000 51.7000CFD SHORT 7 51.7344CFD SHORT 23 51.7344CFD SHORT 9 51.7344CFD SHORT 31 51.7344CFD SHORT 16 51.7344CFD SHORT 57 51.7344CFD SHORT 15 51.7344CFD SHORT 46 51.7344CFD SHORT 5,916 51.8187CFD SHORT 6,882 51.8187CFD SHORT 13,000 51.8500CFD SHORT 2,000 51.9851CFD SHORT 120 52.0613CFD SHORT 21,000 52.0665CFD SHORT 236 52.2556CFD SHORT 163 52.2556CFD SHORT 95,000 52.2560CFD SHORT 1,319 52.5296CFD SHORT 35,842 52.5296CFD SHORT 46,839 52.5296CFD SHORT 380 52.6551CFD SHORT 50 52.6551CFD SHORT 9 52.7906 (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 European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) CALL OPTION SELLING 150,000 4300.0000 AMERICAN 21/12/2007 0.0000CALL OPTION SELLING 86,000 4400.0000 AMERICAN 21/12/2007 0.0000 (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) PUT OPTION 30,660 2545.0000PUT OPTION 102,200 2740.0000CALL OPTION 250,000 3300.0000CALL OPTION 29,000 4800.0000PUT OPTION 150,000 5000.0000 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 24 December 2007 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