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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited06 May 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 BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 02 May 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 967,109 18.8700 17.9300 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,681,396 18.8300 18.0000 (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 SHORT 84,496 18.2881CFD SHORT 2,430 18.4644CFD LONG 36 17.9974CFD LONG 38 17.9974CFD LONG 7,300 18.0643CFD LONG 10,650 18.0643CFD LONG 32,050 18.0643CFD LONG 3,746 18.1794CFD LONG 1,432 18.2380CFD LONG 10,868 18.2380CFD LONG 40,000 18.2726CFD LONG 175,287 18.2749CFD LONG 534 18.3548CFD LONG 321,355 18.4501CFD LONG 37,724 18.4501CFD LONG 51,421 18.4501CFD LONG 87,500 18.4631CFD LONG 60,000 18.4631CFD LONG 2,814 18.4782CFD LONG 19,703 18.5265CFD LONG 14,455 18.5265CFD LONG 123,138 18.5265CFD LONG 40,430 18.5998CFD LONG 36,528 18.5998CFD LONG 1,215 18.6542CFD LONG 103 18.6542CFD LONG 109 18.6563CFD LONG 9,847 18.7576CFD LONG 200 18.7578CFD SHORT 20,000 17.9989CFD SHORT 60,000 18.0112CFD SHORT 3,746 18.1243CFD SHORT 335 18.1313CFD SHORT 82 18.3919CFD SHORT 2,496 18.4759CFD SHORT 1 18.5025CFD SHORT 6,958 18.6813CFD SHORT 758 18.6937CFD SHORT 35,023 18.7253CFD SHORT 33,705 18.7253CFD SHORT 372 18.7623 (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) GBPN/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) GBP 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 06 May 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group