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RMB Morgan Stanley Limited05 February 2008 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 RMB Morgan Stanley Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 04 February 2008 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 400,558 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell N/A N/A Total 400,558 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) (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 N/A N/A (2) Derivatives (other than options) N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell N/A N/A Total N/A N/A (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details N/A N/A 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) ZAR PURCHASE 175 237.0000PURCHASE 347 237.0000PURCHASE 2,000 237.0000PURCHASE 278 237.0000PURCHASE 2,200 237.0000PURCHASE 4,000 237.0000PURCHASE 1,000 237.5000PURCHASE 888 237.5000PURCHASE 5,000 237.5000PURCHASE 1,800 237.5000PURCHASE 3,000 237.5000PURCHASE 312 237.5000PURCHASE 4,000 237.5000PURCHASE 5,000 237.5000PURCHASE 4,928 237.5000PURCHASE 40 237.5000PURCHASE 32 237.5000PURCHASE 1,505 237.5000PURCHASE 3,396 237.5000PURCHASE 99 237.5000PURCHASE 250 238.0000PURCHASE 12 238.0000PURCHASE 11 238.0000PURCHASE 2,000 238.0000PURCHASE 2,000 238.0000PURCHASE 5,727 238.0000PURCHASE 200 196.3000SALE 29,200 195.0000SALE 50,000 237.5100 TOTAL NUMBER OF BUYS HIGH PRICE LOW PRICE50,200 238.0000 196.3000TOTAL NUMBER OF SELLS HIGH PRICE LOW PRICE79,200 237.5100 195.0000 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) ZARe.g. CFD CFD LONG 50,000 237.5100CFD SHORT 1,000 239.9900CFD LONG 1,000 234.5000FUTURES PURCHASE 1,500 236.2400FUTURES SALE 7,000 237.0000FUTURES SALE 500 240.5000 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 Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 05 February 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor 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:
BHP Group