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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited20 March 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 19 March 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 1,234,910 15.4200 14.4100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,527,198 15.2900 14.4100 (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 76,047 15.0470CFD SHORT 20,598 14.4100CFD SHORT 56,797 14.4100CFD SHORT 168,704 15.0375CFD LONG 4,254 14.4100CFD LONG 200,000 14.4800CFD LONG 5,578 14.4800CFD LONG 237,000 14.7774CFD LONG 10,000 14.8700CFD LONG 28,379 15.0652CFD LONG 11,082 15.0652CFD LONG 7,321 15.0652CFD LONG 125 15.0652CFD LONG 7 15.0652CFD LONG 1,328 15.0652CFD LONG 35,000 15.0717CFD LONG 220,000 15.0874CFD LONG 2,438 15.0908CFD LONG 210,000 15.1672CFD LONG 220,000 15.2272CFD SHORT 18,000 14.4899CFD SHORT 8,953 14.5133CFD SHORT 1,090 14.5133CFD SHORT 26,752 14.7067CFD SHORT 65,000 14.8026CFD SHORT 5,985 14.8517CFD SHORT 55,525 14.9684CFD SHORT 10,102 15.1129CFD SHORT 12,880 15.1129CFD SHORT 1,458 15.1129CFD SHORT 653 15.1129 (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) GBPN/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) GBP 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 20 March 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