EPT Disclosure

18th Jan 2008 11:33

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 January 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 17 January 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 1,716,706 14.3800 13.4600 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 4,686,765 15.1746 13.4700 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFDCFD LONG 133 13.6959CFD LONG 161,329 14.0600CFD SHORT 14,021 13.3097CFD SHORT 29,096 13.4900CFD SHORT 35,510 13.6959CFD LONG 150,000 13.5896CFD LONG 59,954 13.6044CFD LONG 65,240 13.6044CFD LONG 567,903 13.6044CFD LONG 898,546 13.6044CFD LONG 99,547 13.6044CFD LONG 40,454 13.6642CFD LONG 126,946 13.6642CFD LONG 150,000 13.6795CFD LONG 17,519 13.6836CFD LONG 12,686 13.6836CFD LONG 4,199 13.7994CFD LONG 34,180 13.7994CFD LONG 20,330 13.8104CFD LONG 150,000 13.8492CFD LONG 150,377 13.8983CFD LONG 13,267 14.1755CFD LONG 6,295 14.1755CFD LONG 198,845 14.1755CFD LONG 54,802 14.1755CFD LONG 9,606 14.1755CFD LONG 150,000 14.2839CFD LONG 150,000 14.2985CFD LONG 784 14.3075CFD LONG 3,076 15.1715CFD SHORT 25,188 13.4917CFD SHORT 491 13.5799CFD SHORT 40,858 13.5859CFD SHORT 88,961 13.5859CFD SHORT 6,678 13.5859CFD SHORT 821 13.5859CFD SHORT 5,020 13.5859CFD SHORT 10,930 13.5859CFD SHORT 11,800 13.6089CFD SHORT 784 13.6617CFD SHORT 24,200 13.7578CFD SHORT 7,200 13.7578CFD SHORT 14,300 13.7578CFD SHORT 2,387 13.8480CFD SHORT 10,560 13.8480CFD SHORT 3,701 13.8480CFD SHORT 2,970 14.2929CFD SHORT 2,610 14.2929CFD SHORT 9,420 14.2929CFD SHORT 535 14.3796 (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 PURCHASING 1,000,000 45.0000 AMERICAN 26/06/2008 1.1150CALL OPTION SELLING 1,000,000 50.0000 AMERICAN 26/06/2008 0.5000 (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 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. NONE Date of disclosure 18 January 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 Exchange

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