4th 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) LimitedCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Fully Paiddealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 01 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 7,964,455 1.74 (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 20,000 0.13 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) SALE -44 AUD127.52SALE -2,382 AUD127.52SALE -823 AUD127.52SALE -222 AUD127.52SALE -78 AUD127.52SALE -314 AUD127.52SALE -32 AUD127.52SALE -1,847 AUD127.52SALE -235 AUD127.52SALE -17 AUD127.52SALE -32 AUD127.52SALE -287 AUD127.52SALE -11 AUD127.52SALE -136 AUD127.52SALE -243 AUD122.83SALE -21 AUD122.83SALE -117 AUD127.52SALE -3,158 AUD122.83SALE -1,062 AUD127.52SALE -95 AUD127.52SALE -1,535 AUD127.52SALE -1,061 AUD127.52SALE -4,181 AUD127.52SALE -1,003 AUD127.52SALE -71 AUD127.52SALE -6,289 AUD127.52SALE -319 AUD122.83SALE -192 AUD127.52SALE -513 AUD127.52SALE -577 AUD127.52SALE -251 AUD127.52SALE -253 AUD127.52SALE -1,760 AUD127.52SALE -1,020 AUD122.83SALE -639 AUD122.83SALE -1,553 AUD127.52SALE -285 AUD127.52SALE -2,687 AUD127.52SALE -1,291 AUD127.52SALE -250 AUD127.52SALE -342 AUD127.52SALE -330 AUD127.52SALE -260 AUD127.52PURCHASE 52 AUD127.63SALE -724 AUD127.52SALE -2,858 AUD127.52 (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