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Morgan Stanley Australia Sec Ltd.16 November 2007 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 person dealing (Note 1) Morgan Stanley Australia Securities Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 09 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 3) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 13,600 97,068 (0.00%) (0.00%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0 N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0 N/A N/A Total 13,600 97,068 (0.00%) (0.00%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 0 0 N/A N/A (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0 N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0 N/A N/A Total 0 0 N/A N/A (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details N/A N/A 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) GBP SALE 100 137.9900SALE 15 137.9900SALE 117 137.9600SALE 61 136.9900SALE 61 136.9900SALE 37 136.4400SALE 61 136.4300SALE 67 133.5000SALE 1 133.5000SALE 5 133.4200SALE 7 133.4500SALE 4 132.0000SALE 1 132.0000SALE 2 132.0000SALE 1 132.0000SALE 2 132.0000SALE 1 132.0000SALE 3 132.0000SALE 1 132.0000SALE 1 132.0000SALE 3 132.0000SALE 63 132.0000SALE 2 132.1600SALE 61 132.6000SALE 3 133.6900SALE 3 133.7000SALE 67 133.7900SALE 1 133.8000SALE 10 134.4400SALE 6 134.4400SALE 4 134.4400SALE 4 134.4400SALE 2 134.4400SALE 2 134.4400SALE 2 134.4400SALE 3 134.4400SALE 6 134.4400SALE 3 134.4400SALE 69 134.3900SALE 2 134.4000SALE 9 132.8000SALE 1 132.8000SALE 4 132.8000SALE 5 132.7000SALE 10 132.2000SALE 5 132.2000SALE 5 132.2000SALE 5 132.2000SALE 26 132.2900SALE 63 132.1000SALE 4 131.2100SALE 2 131.2100SALE 10 131.3900SALE 4 131.2600SALE 2 131.2600SALE 1 131.2600SALE 7 131.3500SALE 8 131.6900SALE 9 131.7000SALE 59 131.9900SALE 1 131.7000SALE 60 131.7000SALE 12 131.7100SALE 68 131.8000SALE 7 131.9000SALE 64 131.6300SALE 58 131.5200SALE 68 130.7600SALE 5 130.7500SALE 33 130.9400SALE 60 130.8000SALE 1 130.8400SALE 12 130.8500 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5) e.g. CFDN/A N/A N/A N/A (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 7) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 5) 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 5)N/A N/A N/A (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) N/A N/A N/A 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.N/A Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 16 November 2007 Contact name Darren Adam Telephone number 020 7677 2471 Name of offeree/offeror with which associated Rio Tinto PlcSpecify category and nature of associate status (Note 10) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 8.1 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