29th Jan 2008 12:33
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)29 January 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6621M RELEASED AT 11:59 ON 28 JANUARY 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 25 January 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 3,944,506 14.4700 12.6117 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,555,620 14.4800 12.4318 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFDCFD LONG 263,276 14.1700CFD LONG 83,266 27.7665 USDCFD SHORT 106,369 14.0644CFD SHORT 25,769 14.0644CFD SHORT 171,419 14.1305CFD SHORT 335,282 14.1305CFD SHORT 5,961 14.1700CFD LONG 15,000 14.0782CFD LONG 798 14.1052CFD LONG 276,000 14.1387CFD LONG 35,000 14.1556CFD LONG 47,500 14.1693CFD LONG 30,000 14.1702CFD LONG 14,265 14.1752CFD LONG 261,000 14.1863CFD LONG 189,000 14.1863CFD LONG 2,100 14.2610CFD LONG 571 14.2667CFD LONG 4,645 14.2667CFD LONG 164,657 14.3058CFD LONG 13,000 14.3537CFD LONG 5,600 14.3537CFD LONG 1,500 14.3537CFD LONG 5,700 14.3537CFD LONG 65,000 14.3781CFD LONG 6,401 14.4047CFD LONG 166,261 14.4047CFD LONG 83,266 27.7665 USDCFD LONG 8,014 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 17,511 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 1,905 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 1,827 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 668 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 707 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 1,302 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 2,915 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 1,151 28.1401 USDCFD LONG 1,152 28.1402 USDCFD LONG 2,918 28.1402 USDCFD LONG 1,305 28.1402 USDCFD LONG 696 28.1402 USDCFD LONG 668 28.1402 USDCFD LONG 1,829 28.1402 USDCFD LONG 1,904 28.1402 USDCFD LONG 17,508 28.1402 USDCFD LONG 8,020 28.1402 USDCFD SHORT 55,000 13.7379CFD SHORT 18,000 13.9014CFD SHORT 798 13.9824CFD SHORT 1,029 14.1628CFD SHORT 47,500 14.1707CFD SHORT 30,709 14.2075CFD SHORT 175,283 14.2075CFD SHORT 20,149 14.2075CFD SHORT 45,687 14.2580CFD SHORT 641 14.2621CFD SHORT 79 14.2621CFD SHORT 10,472 14.3463CFD SHORT 500,000 14.3972CFD SHORT 32,850 14.3972CFD SHORT 500,000 14.4169CFD SHORT 30,000 14.4638CFD LONG 600 14.0498CFD LONG 3,300 14.0888CFD LONG 5,202 12.4293CFD LONG 6,900 14.0888CFD LONG 7,000 14.0888CFD LONG 8,610 12.4293CFD SHORT 9,855 13.6373CFD LONG 11,900 14.0498CFD SHORT 12,890 14.2743CFD LONG 13,600 14.0888CFD LONG 28,200 14.0498CFD LONG 34,740 12.4293CFD LONG 40,000 12.4699CFD SHORT 140,000 12.6117CFD SHORT 150,000 13.6373CFD SHORT 300,000 13.9409 (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) 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 29 January 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