10th Dec 2007 12:00
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)10 December 2007 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 07 December 2007 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 493,942 57.9000 56.0400 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 598,618 57.6700 56.1800 (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 118 57.4600CFD LONG 3,733 57.4610CFD LONG 17,771 57.4610CFD SHORT 43,899 57.5872CFD LONG 2,000 56.3757CFD LONG 1,255 56.4887CFD LONG 2,885 56.4887CFD LONG 860 56.4887CFD LONG 800 56.8951CFD LONG 1,588 56.8951CFD LONG 2,500 56.8951CFD LONG 58,800 56.9997CFD LONG 11,200 56.9997CFD LONG 354 57.1751CFD LONG 46 57.1751CFD LONG 10,000 57.2562CFD LONG 24,930 57.4513CFD LONG 68,690 57.4528CFD LONG 456 115.5827 USDCFD LONG 482 115.5827 USDCFD LONG 167 115.5827 USDCFD LONG 327 115.5827 USDCFD LONG 172 115.5827 USDCFD LONG 290 115.5827 USDCFD LONG 737 115.5827 USDCFD LONG 4,374 115.5827 USDCFD LONG 1,995 115.5827 USDCFD SHORT 40 56.2634CFD SHORT 56 56.2634CFD SHORT 32 56.2634CFD SHORT 23,295 56.9704CFD SHORT 168 56.9796CFD SHORT 526 57.2305CFD SHORT 68 57.2305CFD SHORT 5,000 57.7611 (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 SELLING 1,300 26.0000 AMERICAN 12/07/2007 0.0000 (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. Date of disclosure 10 December 2007 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