27th Mar 2008 14:21
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited27 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6967Q RELEASED AT 12:10 ON 25 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 20 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 5,090,638 15.0000 13.5800 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,355,660 14.0500 13.5600 (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 SHORT 644,867 13.6100CFD SHORT 127,905 13.6100CFD SHORT 303,286 13.7533CFD SHORT 36,519 13.7556CFD SHORT 6,214 13.7751CFD SHORT 55,551 13.7751CFD LONG 10,712 13.6195CFD LONG 98,528 13.6195CFD LONG 68,051 13.6195CFD LONG 19,917 13.6195CFD LONG 91,358 13.6195CFD LONG 11,434 13.6195CFD LONG 31,500 13.7267CFD LONG 110,000 13.7297CFD LONG 1,365 13.7583CFD LONG 338 13.7879CFD LONG 2,774 13.7879CFD LONG 60,400 13.7898CFD LONG 28,200 13.7898CFD LONG 245,820 13.8409CFD LONG 1,598 13.8634CFD LONG 20,000 13.8691CFD LONG 40,000 13.8691CFD LONG 50,000 13.8872CFD LONG 516,000 13.8872CFD LONG 45,676 13.8872CFD LONG 100,000 13.8928CFD LONG 2,789 13.8928CFD LONG 74,460 13.9027CFD LONG 14,600 13.9291CFD SHORT 27,690 13.6565CFD SHORT 23,189 13.6938CFD SHORT 1,032 13.7220CFD SHORT 18,667 13.7290CFD SHORT 11,368 13.7290CFD SHORT 1,388 13.7624CFD SHORT 30,945 13.7643CFD SHORT 4,435 13.7643CFD SHORT 4,435 13.7643CFD SHORT 540 13.7643CFD SHORT 3,768 13.7643CFD SHORT 540 13.7643CFD SHORT 210 13.7841CFD SHORT 40,000 13.7844CFD SHORT 4,000 13.8200CFD SHORT 26,000 13.8207CFD SHORT 2,088 13.8247CFD SHORT 6,690 13.8247CFD SHORT 827,000 13.8500CFD SHORT 500,000 13.8956CFD SHORT 1,365 13.8967CFD SHORT 35,000 13.9503CFD SHORT 22,572 13.9818CFD SHORT 4,000 13.9912CFD SHORT 22,076 13.6113 (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) GBPPUT OPTION SELLING 4,414,385 13.0000 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000PUT OPTION SELLING 4,415,121 12.0000 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000CALL OPTION SELLING 600,000 18.0000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0000CALL OPTION PURCHASING 300,000 16.5000 AMERICAN 20/03/2008 0.0000PUT OPTION SELLING 2,537,500 14.3174 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000PUT OPTION PURCHASING 4,414,385 13.0000 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000PUT OPTION SELLING 4,414,385 13.0000 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000PUT OPTION PURCHASING 4,415,121 12.0000 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000PUT OPTION SELLING 4,415,121 12.0000 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000PUT OPTION PURCHASING 2,537,500 14.3174 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000PUT OPTION SELLING 2,537,500 14.3174 EUROPEAN 20/03/2008 0.0000 (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) GBP PUT OPTION 600,000 15.0000PUT OPTION 2,850,000 12.0000PUT OPTION 2,250,000 13.0000PUT OPTION 650,000 11.0000CALL OPTION 200,000 16.5000CALL OPTION 650,000 14.5000PUT OPTION 400,000 14.5000 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 27 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