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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited03 April 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 02 April 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 224,679 53.7700 51.6200 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 257,065 53.7900 51.1761 (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 26,309 51.1761CFD LONG 1,000 51.7853CFD LONG 591 51.9529CFD LONG 402 51.9529CFD LONG 5,000 52.2515CFD LONG 38 52.4276CFD LONG 111 52.6042CFD LONG 24,199 53.1473CFD LONG 5,000 53.4412CFD LONG 7,076 53.4676CFD LONG 7,076 53.4818CFD LONG 41,192 53.5933CFD SHORT 60 52.3261CFD SHORT 12 52.3261CFD SHORT 2,310 52.4055CFD SHORT 149 52.4292CFD SHORT 38,449 53.2275CFD SHORT 56,000 53.4307CFD SHORT 3,989 53.4530CFD SHORT 330 53.4530CFD SHORT 9,000 53.5168CFD SHORT 71 53.6405CFD SHORT 198 53.6405CFD SHORT 184 53.6405CFD SHORT 593 53.6405CFD SHORT 169 53.6405CFD SHORT 1,892 53.6405CFD SHORT 4,086 53.6405CFD LONG 8,029 53.3200CFD SHORT 9,439 52.9606CFD SHORT 11,110 53.3200CFD SHORT 16,453 53.3200CFD SHORT 207 53.6000 (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 03 April 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:
Rio Tinto