8th Oct 2008 12:00
FORM 38.5(b) 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 \* TName of exempt principal trader ABN AMRO Equities Australia Limited---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Company dealt in RIO TINTO LIMITED---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Shares dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of dealing 7 October 2008---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) \* T Long Short------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- --------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- ---------------------------------(1) Relevant securities 469,643 0.102807927 1846080 0.404119------------------------------------------ --------------- --------------- ---------------- ----------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 1,666,602 0.364830087 333594 0.0730259------------------------------------------ --------------- --------------- ---------------- ----------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 313,000 0.068517749 140000 0.0306469------------------------------------------ --------------- --------------- ---------------- ----------------Total 2,449,245 0.536155762 2319674 0.5077918------------------------------------------ --------------- --------------- ---------------- ----------------\* T (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 2) \* T Class of relevant security: Long Short-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Relevant securities 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) \* TClass of relevant security: Details---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales \* TPurchases Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)Purchase 4 80.71Purchase 26 81.12Purchase 35 81.13Purchase 36 81.14Purchase 105 81.19Purchase 99 81.28Purchase 566 81.36Purchase 1085 81.5Purchase 8 81.56Purchase 501 81.61Purchase 391 81.62Purchase 429 81.65Purchase 143 81.66Purchase 158 81.68Purchase 199 81.75Purchase 153 81.77Purchase 13 81.79Purchase 4434 81.8Purchase 93 81.83Purchase 450 81.86Purchase 1250 81.9Purchase 471 81.91Purchase 182 81.92Purchase 1061 81.94Purchase 2100 81.95Purchase 1800 81.96Purchase 3889 81.97Purchase 69 81.98Purchase 5 81.99Purchase 512 82Purchase 11 82.01Purchase 123 82.06Purchase 146 82.08Purchase 214 82.11Purchase 872 82.12Purchase 15 82.14Purchase 786 82.15Purchase 23 82.16Purchase 626 82.18Purchase 224 82.19Purchase 403 82.2Purchase 13 82.23Purchase 300 82.39Purchase 156 82.4Purchase 574 82.55Purchase 69 82.6Purchase 333 82.76Purchase 389 82.77Purchase 8 82.79Purchase 124 82.8Purchase 626 82.9Purchase 4 82.91Purchase 9 82.92Purchase 1310 82.93Purchase 468 82.94Purchase 50 82.95Purchase 218 82.98Purchase 290 82.99Purchase 520 83Purchase 200 83.02Purchase 17 83.03Purchase 331 83.05Purchase 17 83.07Purchase 174 83.6Purchase 1500 83.88Purchase 31 84.34Purchase 1 84.36Purchase 968 84.39Purchase 56 84.44Purchase 48 84.62Purchase 47 84.64Purchase 51 84.67Purchase 24 84.68Purchase 15 84.73Purchase 117 84.76Purchase 319 84.79Purchase 14 84.86Purchase 17 84.88Purchase 200 84.99Purchase 61 85Purchase 10 85.14Purchase 9 85.18Purchase 54 85.2Purchase 43 85.21Purchase 1000 85.3Purchase 13 85.32Purchase 168 85.35Purchase 65 85.45Purchase 315 85.46Purchase 70 85.65Purchase 354 85.69Purchase 420 85.7Purchase 80 85.78Purchase 59 86.43Purchase 39 86.44Purchase 234 86.45Purchase 1019 86.46Purchase 91 86.48Purchase 47 86.49Purchase 1254 86.5Purchase 441 86.52Purchase 1118 86.54Purchase 138 86.55Purchase 373 86.56Purchase 1 86.57Purchase 1447 86.58Purchase 491 86.59Purchase 2227 86.6Purchase 253 86.62Purchase 330 86.69Purchase 959 86.7Purchase 99 86.72Purchase 196 86.77Purchase 257 86.78Purchase 2131 86.79Purchase 2114 86.8Purchase 903 86.81Purchase 702 86.82Purchase 2 86.83Purchase 80 86.85Purchase 584 86.87Purchase 1014 86.88Purchase 1 86.94Purchase 387 86.96Purchase 2911 86.97Purchase 3 86.98Purchase 626 87Purchase 1 87.01Purchase 162 87.03Purchase 100 87.05Purchase 85 87.06Purchase 35 87.07Purchase 360 87.08Purchase 361 87.09Purchase 1369 87.1Purchase 169 87.11Purchase 590 87.12Purchase 62 87.15Purchase 931 87.25Purchase 316 87.29Purchase 1341 87.55Purchase 107 87.56Purchase 320 87.68Purchase 2221 87.77Purchase 11 88.02Purchase 1 88.08Purchase 32 88.1Purchase 94 88.14Purchase 746 88.15Purchase 74 88.16Purchase 1 88.34Purchase 29 88.38 68029\* T \* TSales Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)Sale 5000 80.79Sale 1075 80.8Sale 10000 80.81Sale 3958 81Sale 1042 81.14Sale 1037 81.5Sale 1500 81.6Sale 300 81.61Sale 1000 81.62Sale 125 81.73Sale 2375 81.74Sale 2000 81.8Sale 84 82.12Sale 715 82.22Sale 1185 82.28Sale 8100 82.5Sale 201 82.72Sale 2 82.99Sale 800 84.07Sale 700 84.25Sale 2146 84.77Sale 964 84.88Sale 356 84.94Sale 44 84.95Sale 500 85.43Sale 500 85.44Sale 100 85.84Sale 100 85.85Sale 1329 86.54Sale 29 86.55Sale 7 86.56Sale 5 86.57Sale 430 86.59Sale 47 86.78Sale 17 86.8Sale 500 86.92Sale 253 86.96Sale 47 86.97Sale 714 87Sale 480 87.01Sale 148 87.05Sale 91 87.06Sale 1369 87.25Sale 21 87.26Sale 98 87.28Sale 471 87.55Sale 2061 87.6Sale 1 87.61Sale 55 87.7Sale 327 87.75Sale 574 87.77Sale 450 87.84Sale 9 87.86Sale 98 87.91Sale 143 87.95Sale 150 88.03Sale 1281 88.06Sale 98 88.08Sale 218 88.13Sale 36 88.2Sale 91 88.28Sale 69 88.58 57626\* T (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) \* TProduct name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) AUDe.g. CFD---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZS Long (buy) 499 85.51---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZS Long (buy) 1 85.57---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZS Long (buy) 500 85.89---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZS Short (sell) 100 86.67---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZS Short (sell) 900 86.68---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZS Short (sell) 500 86.76---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZS Short (sell) 500 88.25---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZS Short (sell) 500 88.26---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZD Long (buy) 1800 4.56---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZJ Long (buy) 2000 11.26---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZJ Long (buy) 800 13.53---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZJ Long (buy) 700 13.71---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZJ Long (buy) 1369 16.71---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZJ Short (sell) 5000 11.22---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZJ Short (sell) 1500 13.35---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------RIOKZJ Short (sell) 1369 16.57---------------------- --------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------\* T (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying \* TProduct name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option moneye.g. call option selling, securities to price American, date paid/received purchasing, which the option European per unit varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc. (Note 4)------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 10 Call Purchasing 5000 140.00 American 23/12/10 8.30------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 10 Call Purchasing 5000 140.00 American 23/12/10 8.30------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 10 Call Purchasing 30000 140.00 American 23/12/10 8.30------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 08 Put Selling 12000 64.00 American 18/12/08 3.22------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 08 Put Selling 60000 72.00 American 18/12/08 5.68------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 11 Put Purchasing 15000 68.00 American 22/12/11 12.62------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 11 Put Purchasing 3000 68.00 American 22/12/11 12.62------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 11 Put Purchasing 14000 68.00 American 22/12/11 12.62------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 11 Put Selling 14000 85.00 American 22/12/11 20.92------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 10 Call Purchasing 40000 140.00 American 23/12/10 8.30------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------Dec 11 Put Purchasing 18000 68.00 American 22/12/11 12.62------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ --------------\* T (ii) Exercising \* TProduct name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) \* TNature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives \* TFull details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO \* TDate of disclosure 8 October 2008------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------Contact name Oliver Bainbridge - Kirit Devshi------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------Telephone number (020) 7678 5898------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------Name of offeree/offeror with which connected RIO TINTO------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------\* T Notes: The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's websiteat www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) \* TProduct name, Written or Number of Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry datee.g. call option purchased securities to (Note 2) American, which the option European or derivative etc. relates------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 25,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 20,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 3,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 8,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 4,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 22,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 2,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 5,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 29,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call purchased 1,000 180.00 American 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Dec 08 Call Purchased 163,000 0.01 European 18/12/08------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- --------------------- ------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------Jun 09 Call Written 140,000 146.00 European 25/06/09------------------------ ------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ---------------------\* T Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreementsto purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Copyright Business Wire 2008Related Shares:
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