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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited16 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 15 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 329,441 60.3500 58.4200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 378,513 60.3300 58.6800 (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 2,317 59.2785CFD SHORT 318 60.0700CFD LONG 431 59.6997CFD LONG 906 59.8573CFD LONG 10,958 59.8573CFD LONG 1,000 60.0394CFD LONG 1,470 60.0580CFD LONG 6,230 60.0580CFD LONG 2,300 60.0580CFD SHORT 431 58.4273CFD SHORT 5,651 59.0717CFD SHORT 982 59.3368CFD SHORT 5,942 59.3368CFD SHORT 15,467 59.3368CFD SHORT 4,212 59.3368CFD SHORT 743 59.3368CFD SHORT 1,269 59.3368CFD SHORT 136 59.3368CFD SHORT 75 59.3368CFD SHORT 9 59.9461CFD SHORT 117 59.9461CFD SHORT 60,000 60.2903 (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 GBP European etc. date paid/received per 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 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 16 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