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Macquarie Bank Ld28 November 2007 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Bank Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: GB0007188757dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 27 November 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 416,269 0.04% (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 416,269 0.04% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) (GBP)Sale 377 51.65Sale 2,030 51.65Sale 377 51.65Sale 377 51.57Sale 3,634 51.48Sale 348 51.48Sale 331 51.54Sale 347 51.49Sale 6,664 51.48Sale 1,000 51.48Sale 761 51.48Sale 831 51.48Sale 599 51.48Sale 372 51.48Sale 321 51.48Sale 17 51.61Sale 379 51.61Sale 383 51.63Sale 382 51.6Purchase 345 50.99Purchase 1,742 51.23Purchase 429 50.93Purchase 396 50.98Purchase 1 51.08Purchase 400 50.95Purchase 17 50.9Purchase 400 50.9Purchase 349 50.62Purchase 327 50.65Purchase 40 50.65Purchase 362 50.61Purchase 292 50.83Purchase 49 50.83Purchase 366 50.95Purchase 457 51.11Purchase 1,067 51.23Purchase 751 51.44Purchase 500 51.44Purchase 40 51.44Purchase 300 51.44Purchase 66 51.38Purchase 300 51.38Purchase 352 51.4Purchase 353 51.38Purchase 83 51.38Purchase 16 51.38Purchase 259 51.38Purchase 48 51.43Purchase 300 51.43Purchase 329 51.41Purchase 2,356 51.4299Purchase 450 51.42Purchase 326 51.43Purchase 1,369 51.43Purchase 2,227 51.43Purchase 49 51.44Purchase 300 51.44Purchase 352 51.46Purchase 345 51.45Purchase 341 51.44Purchase 342 51.45Purchase 37 51.46Purchase 300 51.46TOTAL SALE 19,530TOTAL PURCHASE 19,530 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4)e.g. CFD (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 6) European etc. unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 28 November 2007 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) 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