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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)18 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 Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 17 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 2,505,407 47.3100 44.2100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,803,995 47.3500 44.2100 (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 57 44.7345CFD SHORT 4,503 44.2737CFD SHORT 15,685 44.7345CFD SHORT 14,426 44.7900CFD LONG 19,147 44.8772CFD LONG 121 44.9471CFD LONG 992 44.9471CFD LONG 55,250 45.2024CFD LONG 18,855 45.5516CFD LONG 23,641 45.5516CFD LONG 8,500 45.6195CFD LONG 4,200 45.6195CFD LONG 34,402 45.8168CFD LONG 515,598 45.8168CFD LONG 2,000 45.8225CFD LONG 6,000 46.3263CFD LONG 500,000 60.3300CFD SHORT 12,000 44.7462CFD SHORT 50,000 44.8071CFD SHORT 1,035 44.9112CFD SHORT 50,000 44.9273CFD SHORT 8,648 44.9774CFD SHORT 23,244 44.9774CFD SHORT 7,656 44.9774CFD SHORT 1,062 44.9774CFD SHORT 941 44.9774CFD SHORT 2,856 44.9774CFD SHORT 5,000 45.0253CFD SHORT 2,191 45.1916CFD SHORT 50,000 45.3222CFD SHORT 4,826 45.3222CFD SHORT 246 45.3256CFD SHORT 50,000 45.4280CFD SHORT 10,000 45.6707CFD SHORT 25,000 45.9889CFD SHORT 24,128 46.3911CFD SHORT 250,000 46.3911CFD SHORT 3,140 47.1188CFD SHORT 870 47.1188CFD SHORT 990 47.1188CFD SHORT 50,000 47.2306CFD SHORT 50,000 47.2708 (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) PUT OPTION PURCHASING 300,000 44.0000 AMERICAN 18/01/2008 0.3000 (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 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 18 January 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:
Rio Tinto