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Macquarie Group Limited16 January 2008 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 Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 15 January 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Fully Paid Ordinary ISIN: AU000000RIO1 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4)e.g. CFD (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 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 16 January 2007 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/Sale Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)PURCHASE 51881 126.9541PURCHASE 500 126.8992SALE 237 127SALE 200 127SALE 85 126.55SALE 359 126.55SALE 169 126.56SALE 331 126.56SALE 1500 126.4SALE 1000 127SALE 3000 127SALE 732 127SALE 268 127SALE 322 126.9SALE 66 126.9SALE 66 126.9SALE 46 126.9SALE 2000 127SALE 6439 127.02SALE 61 127.05SALE 1 126.73SALE 175 126.73SALE 44 126.73SALE 55 126.68SALE 194 126.68SALE 3751 126.67SALE 249 126.67SALE 531 126.67SALE 93 127.05SALE 9 127.05SALE 20 127.05SALE 87 127.05SALE 41 127.05SALE 250 127.07SALE 250 127.15SALE 250 127.21SALE 474 127.25SALE 404 127.08SALE 22 127.08SALE 17 127.1SALE 456 127.1SALE 22 127.11SALE 90 127.11SALE 25 127.11SALE 517 127.11SALE 16 127.13SALE 106 127.13SALE 100 127.13SALE 126 127.13SALE 217 127.13SALE 375 127.19SALE 161 127.19SALE 40 127.22SALE 655 127.22SALE 101 127.16SALE 350 127.16SALE 35 127.15SALE 100 127.15SALE 69 127.15SALE 133 127.15SALE 39 127.15SALE 35 127.16SALE 744 127.16SALE 746 126.92SALE 622 127SALE 222 126.97SALE 200 126.97SALE 200 126.97SALE 94 126.9SALE 328 126.91SALE 9 126.91SALE 146 126.91SALE 80 126.91SALE 30 126.91SALE 330 126.91SALE 730 126.9SALE 5 126.77SALE 27 126.72SALE 6 126.72SALE 839 126.72SALE 98 126.8SALE 2 126.8SALE 1 126.8SALE 2 126.8SALE 92 126.8SALE 158 126.8SALE 91 126.8SALE 9 126.8SALE 100 126.8SALE 200 126.8SALE 20 126.8SALE 113 126.8SALE 69 126.77SALE 878 126.83SALE 100 126.99SALE 135 126.99SALE 394 126.97SALE 150 126.96SALE 43 126.96SALE 200 126.96SALE 44 126.96SALE 103 126.95SALE 119 126.95SALE 714 126.95SALE 150 126.94SALE 15 126.94SALE 40 126.93SALE 120 126.93SALE 814 126.93SALE 254 126.92SALE 9 126.92SALE 258 126.92SALE 4 126.92SALE 6 126.92SALE 500 126.92SALE 70 126.92SALE 35 126.92SALE 300 126.92SALE 57 126.92SALE 43 126.9SALE 1530 126.9SALE 68 126.9SALE 1138 126.9SALE 660 126.9SALE 385 126.93SALE 217 126.93SALE 1476 126.93SALE 1481 127.01SALE 4536 126.7SALE 1000 126.7SALE 456 126.7TOTAL SALE 52381TOTAL PURCHASE 52381 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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