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BT Investment Management (RE) Ltd28 March 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) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Fully Paiddealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 27 March 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 7,902,334 1.73 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 70,000 0.02 Total 7,902,334 70,000 1.73 0.02 (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 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 340 AUD119.03PURCHASE 4,823 AUD119.03PURCHASE 480 AUD119.03PURCHASE 1,390 AUD119.03PURCHASE 145 AUD119.03PURCHASE 631 AUD119.03PURCHASE 166 AUD119.03PURCHASE 12,043 AUD119.03PURCHASE 1,290 AUD119.03PURCHASE 140 AUD119.03PURCHASE 56 AUD119.03PURCHASE 774 AUD119.03PURCHASE 37 AUD119.03PURCHASE 790 AUD119.03PURCHASE 1,872 AUD118.92PURCHASE 160 AUD118.92PURCHASE 780 AUD119.03PURCHASE 23,526 AUD118.92PURCHASE 1,755 AUD119.03PURCHASE 865 AUD119.03PURCHASE 805 AUD119.03PURCHASE 1,627 AUD119.03PURCHASE 170 AUD119.08PURCHASE 75 AUD118.92SALE -410 AUD120.3PURCHASE 6,062 AUD119.03PURCHASE 1,316 AUD119.03PURCHASE 8 AUD119.03PURCHASE 4,398 AUD119.03PURCHASE 1,493 AUD118.92PURCHASE 1,456 AUD119.03SALE -139 AUD119.07SALE -220 AUD120.3SALE -360 AUD120.3SALE -400 AUD120.3SALE -290 AUD120.3SALE -20 AUD120.3SALE -115 AUD120.3SALE -100 AUD120.3PURCHASE 1,411 AUD119.03PURCHASE 908 AUD119.03PURCHASE 341 AUD119.03PURCHASE 793 AUD119.03SALE -105 AUD120.3PURCHASE 4,769 AUD117.63SALE -90 AUD120.3PURCHASE 6,769 AUD118.92PURCHASE 2,191 AUD118.92SALE -90 AUD120.3SALE -195 AUD120.3SALE -200 AUD120.3PURCHASE 4,586 AUD117.63PURCHASE 1,260 AUD119.03PURCHASE 12,645 AUD117.63PURCHASE 4,345 AUD119.03PURCHASE 1,695 AUD119.03SALE -1,865 AUD120.29PURCHASE 933 AUD119.03SALE -1,867 AUD120.29PURCHASE 1,710 AUD119.03SALE -1,867 AUD120.29PURCHASE 1,783 AUD119.03SALE -1,833 AUD120.29SALE -95 AUD120.3PURCHASE 3,459 AUD119.03SALE -50 AUD120.3PURCHASE 4,185 AUD119.03PURCHASE 1,812 AUD118.03PURCHASE 100 AUD119.41PURCHASE 2,434 AUD118.92PURCHASE 250 AUD120.36 (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 Date of disclosure 28 March 2008 (GMT +11) Contact name Ash Falzon Telephone number +61 2 9220 2073 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected N/AIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) N/A Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date purchased to which the option or (Note 2) American,e.g. call option derivative relates European etc. Rio Tinto Call Written 70,000 AUD0.01 European 26-6-2008Options Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existingagreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. 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