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Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd04 December 2007 FORM 38.5 (b) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code)1. KEY INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PlcClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 3-Dec-2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 432349 0.043(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 432349 0.043 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares ( AU000000RIO1 Long Short)(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Buy 97 54.28Buy 48 54.29Buy 153 54.36Buy 235 54.38Buy 21 54.38Buy 89 54.38Buy 69 54.4Buy 644 54.4Buy 90 54.4Buy 91 54.4Buy 202 54.4Buy 47 54.4Buy 90 54.42Buy 315 54.42Buy 247 54.42Buy 68 54.42Buy 110 54.42Buy 127 54.42Buy 63 54.42Buy 141 54.43Buy 82 54.43Buy 105 54.43Buy 583 54.44Buy 45 54.44Buy 4 54.45Buy 1 54.45Buy 2098 54.45Buy 35 54.45Buy 35 54.46Buy 13 54.465Buy 400 54.465Buy 1246 54.47Buy 1438 54.48Buy 447 54.48Buy 140 54.5Buy 1695 54.5Buy 496 54.5Buy 3118 54.5Buy 495 54.5Buy 36 54.5Buy 13 54.5Buy 34 54.5Buy 2723 54.52Buy 808 54.52Buy 34 54.52Buy 35 54.54Buy 13 54.54Buy 300 54.54Buy 1121 54.55Buy 155 54.55Buy 1500 54.55Buy 500 54.55Buy 1069 54.55Buy 545 54.55Buy 35 54.55Buy 335 54.55Buy 517 54.55Buy 46 54.55Buy 1453 54.55Buy 119 54.56Buy 1109 54.56Buy 1324 54.57Buy 1702 54.58Buy 254 54.58Buy 1635 54.58Buy 428 54.58Buy 674 54.58Buy 877 54.58Buy 1205 54.59Buy 1205 54.59Buy 1204 54.6Buy 1499 54.6Buy 42 54.6Buy 989 54.61Buy 269 54.62Buy 440 54.62Buy 1500 54.63Buy 3000 54.63Buy 614 54.63Buy 143 54.63Buy 640 54.64Buy 14 54.66Buy 579 54.67Buy 650 54.67Buy 20 54.68Buy 382 54.68Buy 890 54.68Buy 1593 54.68Buy 79 54.68Buy 3614 54.68Buy 129 54.68Buy 2116 54.69Buy 27 54.69Buy 2615 54.69Buy 104 54.69Buy 868 54.69Buy 48 54.7Buy 18 54.7Buy 2000 54.7Buy 38 54.71Buy 1510 54.71Buy 720 54.71Buy 50 54.71Buy 1745 54.71Buy 1099 54.71Buy 149 54.73Buy 796 54.73Buy 1450 54.74Buy 1219 54.74Buy 100 54.76Buy 2013 54.78Buy 19 54.78Buy 1000 54.78Buy 400 54.78Buy 82 54.79Buy 1836 54.79Buy 1 54.8Buy 17 54.81Buy 18 54.81Buy 17 54.81Buy 18 54.81Buy 18 54.83Buy 18 54.83Buy 18 54.83Buy 18 54.84Buy 18 54.84Buy 18 54.84Buy 3 54.85Buy 1 54.86Buy 18 54.86Buy 500 54.86Buy 500 54.87Buy 105 54.87Buy 603 54.87Buy 13 54.87Buy 947 54.88Buy 159 54.88Buy 960 54.88Buy 605 54.89Buy 1079 54.89Buy 457 54.895Buy 415 54.895Buy 637 54.91Buy 103 54.91Buy 687 54.91Buy 12 54.91Buy 1053 54.91Buy 736 54.91Buy 1046 54.91Buy 424 54.91Buy 250 54.92Buy 23 54.95Buy 857 54.95Buy 445 54.96Buy 246 54.96Buy 294 54.99Buy 1126 55Buy 884 55.01Buy 37 55.01Buy 120 55.03Buy 258 55.03Buy 26 55.03Buy 797 55.03Buy 720 55.03Buy 1 55.03Buy 243 55.05Buy 33 55.06Buy 2 55.06Buy 474 55.07Buy 565 55.08Buy 18 55.08Buy 1146 55.08Buy 698 55.09Buy 252 55.09Buy 341 55.1Buy 252 55.1Buy 45 55.1Buy 33 55.2Buy 12 55.2Buy 337 55.26Buy 742 55.3Buy 13 55.31Buy 1077 55.31Buy 850 55.33Buy 195 55.33Buy 944 55.33Buy 1090 55.33Buy 1096 55.34Buy 831 55.34Buy 284 55.34Buy 85 55.34Buy 1119 55.34Buy 895 55.34Buy 967 55.34Buy 1062 55.36Buy 458 55.37Buy 491 55.37Buy 1136 55.37Buy 1084 55.38Buy 415 55.41Buy 276 55.42Buy 199 55.43Buy 250 55.44Buy 92 55.46Buy 114 55.46Buy 144 55.46Buy 144 55.54Buy 1424 55.66Buy 637 55.75Sell 118 54.31Sell 498 54.31Sell 378 54.38Sell 500 54.41Sell 7 54.41Sell 73 54.41Sell 200 54.43Sell 200 54.44Sell 291 54.44Sell 500 54.44Sell 89 54.44Sell 46 54.45Sell 145 54.45Sell 389 54.45Sell 698 54.46Sell 624 54.48Sell 1163 54.48Sell 20 54.48Sell 1673 54.48Sell 200 54.48Sell 1136 54.48Sell 605 54.48Sell 650 54.48Sell 650 54.51Sell 535 54.51Sell 1200 54.51Sell 1000 54.51Sell 1909 54.51Sell 1658 54.51Sell 200 54.51Sell 82 54.51Sell 425 54.51Sell 687 54.51Sell 784 54.51Sell 1436 54.51Sell 47 54.51Sell 54 54.51Sell 2000 54.51Sell 857 54.51Sell 656 54.52Sell 32 54.52Sell 994 54.52Sell 1000 54.52Sell 679 54.52Sell 321 54.52Sell 254 54.52Sell 300 54.52Sell 300 54.52Sell 300 54.52Sell 623 54.52Sell 1642 54.53Sell 82 54.53Sell 367 54.53Sell 762 54.53Sell 1666 54.53Sell 1186 54.54Sell 1210 54.54Sell 200 54.54Sell 89 54.54Sell 500 54.54Sell 800 54.55Sell 1974 54.55Sell 1164 54.55Sell 994 54.55Sell 1422 54.55Sell 13 54.55Sell 300 54.55Sell 71 54.55Sell 399 54.55Sell 593 54.55Sell 1786 54.55Sell 800 54.55Sell 795 54.55Sell 233 54.57Sell 80 54.57Sell 2710 54.57Sell 824 54.57Sell 220 54.58Sell 425 54.58Sell 400 54.58Sell 400 54.59Sell 400 54.59Sell 400 54.59Sell 51 54.59Sell 219 54.59Sell 206 54.59Sell 669 54.6Sell 500 54.61Sell 400 54.61Sell 401 54.61Sell 400 54.61Sell 400 54.61Sell 368 54.61Sell 315 54.62Sell 309 54.62Sell 264 54.62Sell 303 54.62Sell 307 54.62Sell 134 54.62Sell 187 54.63Sell 299 54.63Sell 5 54.64Sell 143 54.64Sell 263 54.64Sell 309 54.64Sell 299 54.64Sell 291 54.64Sell 145 54.64Sell 41 54.64Sell 50 54.64Sell 400 54.64Sell 1600 54.65Sell 400 54.65Sell 400 54.65Sell 467 54.65Sell 297 54.65Sell 3614 54.65Sell 445 54.65Sell 303 54.65Sell 290 54.66Sell 291 54.66Sell 271 54.66Sell 310 54.67Sell 242 54.67Sell 235 54.68Sell 1227 54.68Sell 1065 54.68Sell 12 54.69Sell 759 54.69Sell 1807 54.69Sell 18 54.69Sell 18 54.69Sell 18 54.7Sell 18 54.7Sell 18 54.7Sell 18 54.7Sell 18 54.7Sell 18 54.71Sell 18 54.71Sell 18 54.71Sell 880 54.71Sell 17 54.71Sell 18 54.71Sell 18 54.71Sell 18 54.71Sell 18 54.71Sell 18 54.71Sell 808 54.71Sell 681 54.71Sell 403 54.72Sell 558 54.73Sell 456 54.73Sell 18 54.73Sell 323 54.735Sell 1135 54.74Sell 285 54.74Sell 200 54.74Sell 473 54.74Sell 11 54.74Sell 804 54.74Sell 277 54.74Sell 1142 54.74Sell 1000 54.74Sell 121 54.75Sell 250 54.78Sell 186 54.79Sell 300 54.79Sell 80 54.79Sell 293 54.8Sell 144 54.8Sell 491 54.8Sell 378 54.8Sell 227 54.8Sell 364 54.81Sell 520 54.81Sell 463 54.81Sell 200 54.81Sell 888 54.81Sell 1061 54.82Sell 1129 54.82Sell 1052 54.82Sell 238 54.83Sell 5 54.84Sell 266 54.84Sell 726 54.85Sell 200 54.85Sell 981 54.85Sell 467 54.86Sell 347 54.86Sell 1060 54.87Sell 1025 54.87Sell 2 54.87Sell 145 54.87Sell 1126 54.87Sell 18 54.88Sell 287 54.88Sell 300 54.89Sell 190 54.9Sell 10 54.9Sell 703 54.9Sell 18 54.9Sell 288 54.9Sell 603 54.9Sell 393 54.92Sell 13 54.92Sell 400 54.92Sell 2 54.92Sell 400 54.92Sell 400 54.92Sell 8 54.93Sell 1045 54.93Sell 373 54.93Sell 74 54.94Sell 215 54.95Sell 88 54.96Sell 108 54.96Sell 263 54.97Sell 54 54.97Sell 207 54.97Sell 469 54.98Sell 19 54.98Sell 287 54.99Sell 400 54.99Sell 4 55Sell 315 55Sell 18 55Sell 18 55Sell 18 55.01Sell 377 55.01Sell 888 55.01Sell 500 55.01Sell 599 55.02Sell 18 55.02Sell 18 55.03Sell 3 55.03Sell 315 55.04Sell 484 55.04Sell 18 55.04Sell 244 55.05Sell 18 55.05Sell 18 55.05Sell 1000 55.05Sell 29 55.05Sell 351 55.08Sell 240 55.08Sell 190 55.09Sell 318 55.1Sell 150 55.1Sell 374 55.13Sell 120 55.13Sell 120 55.15Sell 443 55.16Sell 543 55.16Sell 897 55.21Sell 945 55.21Sell 120 55.21Sell 800 55.22Sell 500 55.22Sell 720 55.4Sell 900 55.4Sell 671 55.4Sell 166 55.41Sell 674 55.41Sell 300 55.41Sell 133 55.44Sell 400 55.44Sell 1000 55.5Sell 743 55.5Sell 197 55.51Sell 134 55.51Sell 269 55.51Sell 720 55.6Sell 400 55.6Sell 120 55.62Sell 49070 55.62Total Buys:117430 Total Sells:175547(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) ExercisingProduct name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3)Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. OTHER INFORMATIONAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesFull 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No Date of disclosure 04-Dec-2007Contact name Burford, GlendaTelephone number 44 20 7888 3599Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISOR NotesThe Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto