EPT Disclosure

23rd Jan 2008 11:07

Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)23 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 22 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 2,086,876 44.0026 38.8200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,416,300 43.0000 39.0183 (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 4,384 40.9795CFD LONG 85,798 40.9795CFD SHORT 5,102 41.2000CFD SHORT 2,871 41.3030CFD SHORT 2,126 42.9500CFD LONG 130,000 39.0105CFD LONG 12,546 39.0105CFD LONG 95,000 39.8637CFD LONG 3,179 40.1450CFD LONG 125,000 40.7284CFD LONG 8,633 40.7284CFD LONG 6,832 40.8914CFD LONG 3,087 40.9664CFD LONG 9,793 40.9664CFD LONG 2,713 40.9664CFD LONG 300 40.9795CFD LONG 65,000 41.0234CFD LONG 6,273 41.0234CFD LONG 145,379 41.6142CFD LONG 55,250 41.6920CFD LONG 3,260 41.7593CFD LONG 1,530 41.7593CFD LONG 210 41.7593CFD LONG 100,000 41.9160CFD LONG 90,000 41.9370CFD LONG 140,000 42.1862CFD LONG 50 42.3495CFD LONG 2,571 42.3495CFD LONG 406 42.3495CFD LONG 6,202 42.3495CFD LONG 20,927 42.3495CFD LONG 762 42.3495CFD LONG 19,164 42.4131CFD LONG 13,877 42.4131CFD LONG 30,000 42.4712CFD LONG 14,625 42.5407CFD LONG 210,375 42.5407CFD LONG 932 42.5535CFD LONG 47,010 42.9446CFD LONG 35,865 42.9446CFD LONG 2,900 42.9821CFD SHORT 3,179 39.2028CFD SHORT 32 40.1358CFD SHORT 287 40.1358CFD SHORT 143 40.1358CFD SHORT 159 40.1358CFD SHORT 307 40.1358CFD SHORT 391 41.1114CFD SHORT 53,699 41.1718CFD SHORT 65,769 41.1718CFD SHORT 27,214 41.1735CFD SHORT 80 41.2076CFD SHORT 2,571 41.2076CFD SHORT 20,927 41.2076CFD SHORT 654 41.2076CFD SHORT 3,472 41.7337CFD SHORT 25,078 41.7337CFD SHORT 6,000 42.5146CFD SHORT 8,430 42.5192CFD SHORT 1,054 42.5192CFD SHORT 373 42.5370CFD SHORT 103 42.5370CFD SHORT 117 42.5370CFD SHORT 9,168 42.5389CFD SHORT 6,890 42.5389CFD SHORT 100,000 42.9159CFD SHORT 80,000 43.0645CFD SHORT 7,997 44.0026CFD SHORT 421 44.0026 (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 GBP 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 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 23 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 Exchange

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