EPT Disclosure

9th May 2008 10:31

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited09 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 08 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 1,117,516 20.0400 19.2900 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 589,094 20.0400 19.2300 (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 10,000 19.3172CFD LONG 130,000 19.3410CFD LONG 1,200 19.3784CFD LONG 216 19.5465CFD LONG 409 19.5465CFD LONG 1,144 19.5465CFD LONG 153,000 19.6887CFD LONG 302 19.7355CFD LONG 159 19.7355CFD LONG 843 19.7355CFD LONG 20,000 19.7541CFD LONG 65,898 19.8017CFD LONG 1,325 19.8437CFD LONG 1,437 19.8437CFD LONG 3,195 19.9460CFD LONG 9,615 19.9460CFD LONG 2,190 19.9460CFD LONG 5,013 19.9554CFD LONG 422 19.9554CFD LONG 200 19.9677CFD SHORT 3,000 19.6200CFD SHORT 3,000 19.6417CFD SHORT 52,000 19.6695CFD SHORT 17,517 19.6823CFD SHORT 610 19.6923CFD SHORT 12,940 19.7090CFD SHORT 1,662 19.7582CFD SHORT 2,779 19.7996CFD SHORT 1,325 19.8815CFD SHORT 2,208 19.8815CFD SHORT 1,705 19.9146CFD SHORT 144 19.9146CFD SHORT 4,518 19.9513CFD SHORT 10,000 19.9527CFD SHORT 736 19.9569CFD SHORT 99,362 19.9668CFD SHORT 500,000 19.9700CFD SHORT 193,576 19.9982CFD LONG 5,312 19.6940CFD SHORT 40,763 19.9700 (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 09 May 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 Exchange

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