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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited15 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 14 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 769,530 17.3900 17.0400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 709,542 17.3900 17.0000 (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 8,900 17.0785CFD LONG 27,540 17.1113CFD SHORT 725 17.0600CFD SHORT 44,014 17.0785CFD LONG 58,459 17.1213CFD LONG 3,497 17.1213CFD LONG 6,700 17.1486CFD LONG 26,600 17.1931CFD LONG 54,751 17.2448CFD LONG 5,212 17.2641CFD SHORT 1,230 17.0621CFD SHORT 58,459 17.0621CFD SHORT 200 17.1101CFD SHORT 10,000 17.1185CFD SHORT 10,000 17.1223CFD SHORT 5,243 17.1385CFD SHORT 3,675 17.1534CFD SHORT 5,750 17.1534CFD SHORT 15,575 17.1534CFD SHORT 23,067 17.1537CFD SHORT 4,408 17.1765CFD SHORT 53,313 17.1765CFD SHORT 112,385 17.2087CFD SHORT 1,767 17.2592CFD SHORT 7,000 17.2655CFD SHORT 15,000 17.2814 (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) GBPN/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) GBP 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 15 April 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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:
BHP Group