EPT Disclosure

7th Dec 2007 10:27

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)07 December 2007 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 06 December 2007 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 391,438 57.0200 55.0100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 259,510 56.9700 55.0500 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFDCFD LONG 31,400 55.7701CFD LONG 10,591 55.8300CFD LONG 1,684 55.8300CFD SHORT 4,325 55.8300CFD SHORT 5,399 55.8300CFD LONG 1,710 116.1258 USDCFD LONG 5,800 55.5550CFD LONG 1,700 55.5550CFD LONG 3,400 55.5550CFD LONG 396 55.6735CFD LONG 52 55.6735CFD LONG 81 55.8449CFD LONG 5,580 56.0122CFD LONG 50,000 56.1295CFD LONG 90 56.2533CFD LONG 18 56.8030CFD LONG 65,631 56.8346CFD LONG 1,200 57.2000CFD SHORT 1,489 55.4718CFD SHORT 93 55.5467CFD SHORT 145 55.6093CFD SHORT 261 55.6093CFD SHORT 197 55.6093CFD SHORT 1,509 55.6093CFD SHORT 1,509 55.6093CFD SHORT 1,604 55.6093CFD SHORT 16,800 55.6146CFD SHORT 23,200 55.6146CFD SHORT 45,395 55.8704CFD SHORT 65,631 56.0472CFD SHORT 50,000 56.0870CFD SHORT 7,000 56.1983CFD SHORT 7,000 56.2843CFD SHORT 50,000 56.3845CFD SHORT 4,192 56.4174CFD SHORT 189 57.0371CFD SHORT 1,200 57.2000CFD SHORT 17,500 114.6125 USD (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. 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. Date of disclosure 07 December 2007 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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