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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited09 May 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 08 May 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 292,592 65.4000 62.8100 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 618,751 65.3100 62.8100 (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 2,786 63.9656CFD LONG 13,118 64.7788CFD LONG 12,026 64.9500CFD LONG 156 64.9847CFD LONG 183 64.9919CFD LONG 200 64.9925CFD LONG 350,000 65.0000CFD LONG 671 65.0313CFD LONG 56 65.0313CFD SHORT 45,000 64.0923CFD SHORT 525 64.4372CFD SHORT 300 64.8555CFD SHORT 265 65.0507CFD SHORT 22 65.0507CFD SHORT 4,500 65.0650CFD SHORT 4,500 65.2579CFD SHORT 5,500 65.2579CFD LONG 1,451 64.3154CFD SHORT 18,021 65.0000 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) GBP European etc. 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE Date of disclosure 09 May 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