11th Apr 2008 13:09
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited11 April 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 0807S RELEASED AT 12:44 ON 10 APRIL 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 07 April 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 2,939,364 16.8600 16.4800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 3,551,884 16.8600 16.4800 (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 125 16.5016CFD LONG 297 16.5016CFD LONG 1,924 16.5071CFD LONG 1,967 16.5122CFD LONG 8,005 16.5122CFD LONG 302,000 16.5436CFD LONG 55,000 16.5751CFD LONG 69,515 16.6092CFD LONG 1,126 16.6129CFD LONG 3,169 16.6449CFD LONG 40,000 16.6633CFD LONG 20,000 16.6826CFD LONG 6,797 16.6907CFD LONG 69,257 16.7063CFD LONG 5,725 16.7063CFD LONG 15,575 16.7167CFD LONG 5,750 16.7167CFD LONG 3,675 16.7167CFD LONG 4,997 16.7668CFD LONG 74,974 16.7668CFD LONG 150,000 33.1405 USDCFD SHORT 1,126 16.5121CFD SHORT 20,000 16.5223CFD SHORT 3,169 16.5373CFD SHORT 11,752 16.5682CFD SHORT 467,000 16.6404CFD SHORT 30,400 16.6539CFD SHORT 14,900 16.6539CFD SHORT 38 16.6813CFD SHORT 3,347 16.6813CFD SHORT 415 16.6813CFD SHORT 13,122 16.7728CFD SHORT 7,877 16.7728CFD SHORT 1,924 16.8019CFD SHORT 45 16.8325CFD SHORT 549 16.8325CFD LONG 46,927 16.6889CFD LONG 43,293 16.7221CFD LONG 22,804 16.7221CFD LONG 6,067 16.8500CFD LONG 1,544 16.8500CFD SHORT 187,413 16.8500CFD SHORT 75 16.6813CFD SHORT 550 16.6813CFD SHORT 650 16.5347CFD SHORT 713 16.6813CFD SHORT 3,347 16.6813CFD SHORT 7,000 16.5347CFD SHORT 8,730 16.6813CFD LONG 50,000 32.9513 USDCFD LONG 139,048 16.8500CFD SHORT 139,048 16.8500CFD SHORT 467,000 16.6403CFD SHORT 16,600 16.6828 (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 11 April 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:
BHP Group