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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited20 March 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 19 March 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 474,553 53.9500 50.4300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 399,216 53.7249 50.5942 (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 163 50.7000CFD LONG 34,446 52.3629CFD SHORT 4,663 50.7000CFD SHORT 4,362 50.7000CFD SHORT 25,087 50.7000CFD SHORT 74,859 52.2600CFD LONG 100,000 50.6221CFD LONG 6,286 50.6949CFD LONG 38 50.7000CFD LONG 30,000 51.9569CFD LONG 20 51.9922CFD LONG 161 51.9922CFD LONG 3,987 52.3414CFD LONG 363 52.3414CFD LONG 10,217 52.3414CFD LONG 1,212 52.3414CFD LONG 466 52.3414CFD LONG 535 52.3414CFD LONG 2,818 52.3414CFD LONG 4,974 53.2572CFD LONG 1 53.2572CFD LONG 16,225 53.2572CFD LONG 3,800 53.2572CFD LONG 7,500 53.2575CFD SHORT 50,000 50.7000CFD SHORT 1,830 50.7359CFD SHORT 223 50.7359CFD SHORT 55,279 51.7550CFD SHORT 258 51.7550CFD SHORT 85 51.9476CFD SHORT 3,987 52.5100CFD SHORT 570 52.5100CFD SHORT 248 52.5100CFD SHORT 5,078 52.5100CFD SHORT 1,000 53.1262 (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 20 March 2008 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