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Deutsche Bank AG22 April 2008 FORM 8.1 DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS (Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt fund manager DWS Investments (Spain) SGIIC SA Company dealt in Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate 1 Date of dealing 21/04/2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in 2 Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 3 50,391 0.01 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 50,391 0.01 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in 2 Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 3 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe 2 Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS 4 (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit GBPSale 759 66.20 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short 6 Number of securities 7 Price per unit 5e.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 American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates 7 price European etc. date paid/received per unit 5 (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit 5 (d) Other dealings (including new securities) 4 Nature of transaction 7 Details Price per unit (if applicable) 5 4. 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. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? 9 YES/NO Date of disclosure 22/04/2008 Contact name Kelly-Jade Ledwich Telephone number 020 7545 7804 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection 10 Adviser to Offeree Notes 1. See the definition of "relevant securities" in the Definitions Section of the Code. 2. See Note 5 on Rule 8 and the definition of "interests in securities" in the Definitions Section of the Code. Rights to subscribe for new shares should be disclosed separately from interests and short positions in existing securities. Rights to subscribe include directors' and other executive options. 3. Where relevant securities are held within a fund in respect of which seed capital represents 10% or more of the funds under management, specify the percentage of seed capital in addition to the amount of stock held within that fund. 4. See the definition of "dealings" in the Definitions Section of the Code. 5. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. 6. If a long position has been increased or a short position reduced as a result of the dealing, write "long". If a short position has been increased or a long position reduced as a result of the dealing, write "short". If the dealing has not resulted in a long or short position being increased or reduced, give details of the variation or other dealing. 7. See Note 3 on the definition of "interests in securities" in the Definitions Section of the Code. 8. State type of dealing, e.g. "subscription", "conversion", "exercise" etc. 9. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (other than CFDs), or where there is an agreement to purchase or to sell, Supplemental Form 8 should be completed. 10. See the definition of "connected fund managers and principal traders" in the Definitions Section of the Code. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which 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