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Shining Prospect Pte Ltd05 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) Shining Prospect Pte Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of Aluminum Corporation of China Company dealt in Rio Tinto Plc (1) Class of relevant security to which Ordinary Sharesthe dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) (2) Date of dealing 4th February 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the classof relevant security dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 119,705,134 (12.00%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 119,705,134 (12.00%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of thecompany, 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) (3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) Buy 5,970,845 GBP 47.291 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities Price per unite.g. CFD (Note 7) (Note 5) Total Return Swap Short 5,970,845 GBP 47.291 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, securities to price American, Date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. which the option European etc. unit (Note 5) relates (Note 7) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) (c) 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. None Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 5th February 2008 Contact name Wang Wenfu Telephone number + 861082298506 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected N/A If a connected EFM, state nature of connection N/A(Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk 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) Shining Prospect Pte Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of Aluminum Corporation of China Company dealt in Rio Tinto Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings Ordinary Sharesbeing disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 4th February 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the classof relevant security dealt in (Note 3) 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/ n/a n/asell Total n/a n/a (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of thecompany, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) 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/ n/a n/asell Total n/a n/a (b) 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) n/a n/a n/a (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities Price per unit (Note 7) (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 Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, securities to price American, Date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. which the option European etc. unit (Note 5) relates (Note 7) 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) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. None Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 5th February 2008 Contact name Wang Wenfu Telephone number + 861082298506 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which N/Aconnected If 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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto