EPT Disclosure

25th Jan 2008 11:24

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)25 January 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 24 January 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 807,332 45.3300 42.3100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,032,524 45.3300 42.5800 (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 2,702 45.1900CFD SHORT 51,142 44.1252CFD SHORT 289 45.1900CFD SHORT 1,127 45.1900CFD LONG 103 42.7472CFD LONG 3,960 43.0917CFD LONG 3,480 43.0917CFD LONG 12,560 43.0917CFD LONG 2,957 43.5282CFD LONG 166 43.5446CFD LONG 167 43.5846CFD LONG 285,000 43.9770CFD LONG 110 44.2853CFD LONG 147 44.2853CFD LONG 64,196 44.3935CFD LONG 57,600 44.5017CFD LONG 122,400 44.5017CFD LONG 53,031 44.6491CFD LONG 120,000 44.6914CFD LONG 29,000 44.8747CFD LONG 21,000 44.8747CFD LONG 1,492 45.0958CFD LONG 184 45.0958CFD SHORT 6,408 42.6841CFD SHORT 333 43.6255CFD SHORT 37,369 43.6735CFD SHORT 142 44.3845CFD SHORT 802 44.3845CFD SHORT 326 44.3845CFD SHORT 6,526 44.3845CFD SHORT 2,649 44.3845CFD SHORT 1,157 44.3845CFD SHORT 4,928 44.6339CFD SHORT 75,000 44.6339CFD SHORT 103 44.6551CFD SHORT 48,824 44.8394CFD SHORT 1,515 44.8394CFD SHORT 10,292 44.8394CFD SHORT 325,000 45.1900 (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 GBP European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) N/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)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 25 January 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 Exchange

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