5th Feb 2008 07:00
BT Investment Management (RE) Ltd04 February 2008 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) BT Investment Management (RE) Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Fully Paiddealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 4 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 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 7,995,170 1.75 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (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 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 590,363 0.13 20,000 0.00 Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) PURCHASE 44 AUD132.45PURCHASE 2,382 AUD132.45PURCHASE 823 AUD132.45PURCHASE 222 AUD132.45PURCHASE 78 AUD132.45PURCHASE 314 AUD132.45PURCHASE 32 AUD132.45PURCHASE 1,847 AUD132.45PURCHASE 235 AUD132.45PURCHASE 17 AUD132.45PURCHASE 32 AUD132.45PURCHASE 287 AUD132.45PURCHASE 11 AUD132.45PURCHASE 136 AUD132.45PURCHASE 117 AUD132.45PURCHASE 1,062 AUD132.45PURCHASE 95 AUD132.45PURCHASE 1,535 AUD132.45PURCHASE 1,061 AUD132.45PURCHASE 4,181 AUD132.45PURCHASE 1,003 AUD132.45PURCHASE 71 AUD132.45PURCHASE 6,289 AUD132.45PURCHASE 192 AUD132.45PURCHASE 513 AUD132.45PURCHASE 577 AUD132.45PURCHASE 251 AUD132.45PURCHASE 253 AUD132.45PURCHASE 285 AUD132.45PURCHASE 1,291 AUD132.45PURCHASE 250 AUD132.45PURCHASE 342 AUD132.45PURCHASE 330 AUD132.45PURCHASE 260 AUD132.45PURCHASE 78 AUD129.27PURCHASE 62 AUD131.09PURCHASE 200 AUD131.09PURCHASE 724 AUD132.45PURCHASE 100 AUD129.27PURCHASE 100 AUD131.09PURCHASE 75 AUD131.09PURCHASE 2,858 AUD132.45PURCHASE 100 AUD129.27 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5) 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 American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 7) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 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? (Note 9) YES/NO Date of disclosure Contact name Telephone number If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connectedIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 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