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Macquarie Group Limited05 March 2008 PURCHASE 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) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000RIO1dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 04 March 2008 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 0 0 (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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 05 March 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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 24024 131.7208PURCHASE 97829 131.7104SALE 3218 132.22SALE 113 132.22SALE 32 132.22SALE 1 132.22SALE 94 132.22SALE 7 132.22SALE 1000 132.22SALE 312 132.22SALE 32 132.22SALE 214 132.22SALE 409 132.22SALE 250 132.22SALE 650 132.22SALE 18 132.85SALE 591 132.85SALE 1049 132.85SALE 1237 132.85SALE 500 132.72SALE 17 132.72SALE 1 132.49SALE 1 132.46SALE 300 132.46SALE 15 132.01SALE 8 132.01SALE 218 132SALE 1167 132.01SALE 2863 132.01SALE 1506 131.88SALE 414 131.89SALE 555 131.88SALE 185 131.88SALE 370 131.88SALE 448 131.88SALE 190 131.87SALE 231 131.87SALE 209 131.75SALE 25 131.6SALE 170 131.6SALE 105 131.6SALE 1077 131.6SALE 376 131.47SALE 316 131.46SALE 15 131.48SALE 15 131.48SALE 755 131.36SALE 502 131.36SALE 100 131.6SALE 200 131.6SALE 51 131.6SALE 349 131.6SALE 100 131.6SALE 43 131.6SALE 1 131.6SALE 145 131.6SALE 100 131.6SALE 300 131.6SALE 5 131.6SALE 5 131.6SALE 36 131.6SALE 500 131.98SALE 495 131.98SALE 235 131.88SALE 500 131.84SALE 2 131.84SALE 10 131.82SALE 59 131.82SALE 10 131.99SALE 5 131.99SALE 1257 131.97SALE 341 131.9SALE 291 131.71SALE 902 131.73SALE 186 131.71SALE 425 131.77SALE 601 131.77SALE 15 131.77SALE 532 131.71SALE 1160 131.71SALE 1 131.79SALE 267 131.79SALE 31 131.84SALE 200 131.84SALE 77 131.84SALE 300 131.84SALE 9 131.84SALE 5 131.84SALE 5 131.84SALE 83 131.84SALE 1 131.84SALE 180 131.84SALE 7 132.2SALE 363 132.2SALE 363 132.2SALE 362 132.2SALE 42 132.2SALE 302 132.2SALE 486 132.25SALE 871 132.25SALE 311 132.25SALE 108 131.95SALE 100 131.95SALE 5 131.95SALE 6 131.95SALE 100 131.95SALE 300 131.95SALE 171 131.72SALE 1035 131.72SALE 275 131.72SALE 42 131.72SALE 191 131.72SALE 1015 131.62SALE 2 131.62SALE 307 131.61SALE 5 131.61SALE 73 131.61SALE 7 131.61SALE 986 131.61SALE 170 131.63SALE 105 131.63SALE 4 131.62SALE 1147 131.63SALE 251 131.63SALE 300 131.23SALE 3 131.23SALE 395 131.26SALE 690 131.26SALE 230 131.26SALE 882 131.26SALE 968 131.28SALE 232 131.29SALE 15 131.48SALE 100 131.48SALE 132 131.48SALE 937 131.57SALE 802 131.4SALE 214 131.41SALE 630 131.15SALE 180 131.15SALE 196 131.18SALE 198 131.14SALE 27 131.16SALE 117 131.16SALE 10 131.21SALE 5 131.21SALE 173 131.21SALE 114 131.15SALE 112 131.17SALE 120 131.13SALE 100 131.61SALE 116 131.28SALE 100 131.27SALE 24 131.27SALE 13 131.24SALE 31 131.24SALE 5 131.24SALE 6 131.24SALE 15 131.24SALE 30 131.24SALE 107 131.27SALE 83 131.3SALE 81 131.33SALE 5 131.33SALE 5 131.33SALE 5 131.33SALE 137 131.32SALE 6 131.32SALE 59 131.32SALE 53 131.32SALE 127 131.37SALE 20 131.16SALE 191 131.16SALE 160 131.06SALE 5 131.06SALE 3 131.01SALE 5 131.01SALE 150 131.01SALE 2 131.01SALE 204 131.19SALE 146 131.48SALE 258 131.59SALE 400 131.61SALE 4344 131.6SALE 39 131.6SALE 217 131.6SALE 4998 131.57SALE 2 131.57SALE 205 131.58SALE 73 131.52SALE 3 131.52SALE 179 131.52SALE 5000 131.5SALE 236 131.45SALE 329 131.69SALE 182 131.86SALE 331 131.85SALE 4487 131.85SALE 282 131.58SALE 173 132.17SALE 53 132.17SALE 433 132.17SALE 173 132.16SALE 28 132.16SALE 10 132.16SALE 6 132.16SALE 300 132.15SALE 173 132.15SALE 200 132.15SALE 37 132.11SALE 8414 132.1SALE 578 131.16SALE 232 131.16SALE 167 131.24SALE 13 131.24SALE 465 131.24SALE 59 131.24SALE 9296 131.16SALE 1 131.2SALE 310 131.2SALE 379 131.35SALE 248 131.3SALE 224 131.41SALE 25 131.35SALE 118 131.35SALE 7857 131.35SALE 69 131.39SALE 47 131.39SALE 18 131.39SALE 433 131.39SALE 307 131.7SALE 470 131.9SALE 364 132SALE 535 131.51SALE 1354 131.62SALE 701 131.35SALE 157 131.41SALE 479 131.41SALE 819 131.47SALE 728 131.54SALE 1426 132.48SALE 906 132.48SALE 10314 131.701 Total Purchases 121853Total Sales 121853 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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