Credit Suisse (Eur) - EPT Disclosure

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Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:44am EST

RNS Number:8010L
Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd
15 January 2008


                                                                                                          FORM 38.5 (b)
                                    DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS
                               WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS
                                     BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
                                          (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code)
1.  KEY INFORMATION
Name of exempt principal trader                             Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
Company dealt in                                            Rio Tinto Plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being      Ordinary Shares
disclosed relate (Note 1)
Date of dealing                                             14-Jan-2008

2.  INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2)
                                            Long                               Short
                                            Number               (%)           Number                (%)
(1) Relevant securities                                                        -473381               -0.047
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total                                                                          -473381               -0.047

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)
Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares ( AU000000RIO1 Long                          Short
)
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total                                                       0 ( 0 % )                     0 ( 0 % )

(c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 2)
Class of relevant security:                                                                  Details


3.  DEALINGS (Note 3)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale              Number of securities                       Price per unit (Note 4)
Buy                        4473                                       50.95 (GBP)
Buy                        4434                                       50.97 (GBP)
Buy                        3201                                       51.8 (GBP)
Buy                        2706                                       50.97 (GBP)
Buy                        2539                                       51.44 (GBP)
Buy                        1867                                       51.8 (GBP)
Buy                        1681                                       51.3 (GBP)
Buy                        1387                                       51.31 (GBP)
Buy                        1203                                       51.26 (GBP)
Buy                        1182                                       51.7 (GBP)
Buy                        1161                                       51.44 (GBP)
Buy                        1108                                       51.42 (GBP)
Buy                        1000                                       51.3 (GBP)
Buy                        1000                                       51.31 (GBP)
Buy                        1000                                       51.04 (GBP)
Buy                        961                                        50.9 (GBP)
Buy                        961                                        50.9 (GBP)
Buy                        960                                        51.32 (GBP)
Buy                        951                                        51.44 (GBP)
Buy                        844                                        51.74 (GBP)
Buy                        800                                        51.14 (GBP)
Buy                        761                                        51.3 (GBP)
Buy                        650                                        51.59 (GBP)
Buy                        650                                        51 (GBP)
Buy                        634                                        51.79 (GBP)
Buy                        600                                        51.1 (GBP)
Buy                        600                                        51.21 (GBP)
Buy                        600                                        51.21 (GBP)
Buy                        600                                        51.21 (GBP)
Buy                        595                                        50.96 (GBP)
Buy                        512                                        51.49 (GBP)
Buy                        483                                        51.21 (GBP)
Buy                        480                                        51.51 (GBP)
Buy                        473                                        51.11 (GBP)
Buy                        459                                        51.15 (GBP)
Buy                        454                                        51.15 (GBP)
Buy                        450                                        51.31 (GBP)
Buy                        450                                        51.3 (GBP)
Buy                        423                                        51.26 (GBP)
Buy                        423                                        51.21 (GBP)
Buy                        417                                        51.44 (GBP)
Buy                        389                                        51.49 (GBP)
Buy                        360                                        51.27 (GBP)
Buy                        354                                        51.69 (GBP)
Buy                        346                                        51.55 (GBP)
Buy                        346                                        51.29 (GBP)
Buy                        339                                        51.51 (GBP)
Buy                        337                                        51.07 (GBP)
Buy                        315                                        51.41 (GBP)
Buy                        310                                        51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        268                                        51.49 (GBP)
Buy                        268                                        50.97 (GBP)
Buy                        268                                        51.22 (GBP)
Buy                        268                                        51.31 (GBP)
Buy                        268                                        51.41 (GBP)
Buy                        266                                        51.77 (GBP)
Buy                        252                                        51.31 (GBP)
Buy                        250                                        51.7 (GBP)
Buy                        240                                        51.66 (GBP)
Buy                        240                                        51.42 (GBP)
Buy                        214                                        51.69 (GBP)
Buy                        213                                        51.49 (GBP)
Buy                        170                                        51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        158                                        51.86 (GBP)
Buy                        156                                        51.73 (GBP)
Buy                        150                                        51.77 (GBP)
Buy                        120                                        51.13 (GBP)
Buy                        120                                        51.15 (GBP)
Buy                        119                                        51.31 (GBP)
Buy                        117                                        51.7 (GBP)
Buy                        110                                        51.76 (GBP)
Buy                        105                                        51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        101                                        51.67 (GBP)
Buy                        101                                        51.93 (GBP)
Buy                        100                                        51.11 (GBP)
Buy                        99                                         51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        99                                         51.715 (GBP)
Buy                        95                                         51.15 (GBP)
Buy                        94                                         51.79 (GBP)
Buy                        94                                         51.15 (GBP)
Buy                        93                                         51.845 (GBP)
Buy                        91                                         51.21 (GBP)
Buy                        88                                         51.87 (GBP)
Buy                        79                                         50.9 (GBP)
Buy                        77                                         51.79 (GBP)
Buy                        71                                         51.2 (GBP)
Buy                        71                                         51.71 (GBP)
Buy                        71                                         51.2 (GBP)
Buy                        70                                         51 (GBP)
Buy                        69                                         51.69 (GBP)
Buy                        67                                         51.7 (GBP)
Buy                        62                                         51.75 (GBP)
Buy                        59                                         51.71 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.4 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.43 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.35 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         50.94 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.12 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.06 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.31 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.19 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.81 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.62 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.61 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.61 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.66 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.57 (GBP)
Buy                        58                                         51.3 (GBP)
Buy                        57                                         51.74 (GBP)
Buy                        57                                         51.86 (GBP)
Buy                        57                                         51.76 (GBP)
Buy                        57                                         51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        57                                         51.82 (GBP)
Buy                        56                                         51.79 (GBP)
Buy                        53                                         51.7 (GBP)
Buy                        53                                         51.25 (GBP)
Buy                        52                                         51.06 (GBP)
Buy                        51                                         50.95 (GBP)
Buy                        51                                         51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        51                                         51.69 (GBP)
Buy                        49                                         51.14 (GBP)
Buy                        49                                         50.93 (GBP)
Buy                        48                                         51.11 (GBP)
Buy                        47                                         51.15 (GBP)
Buy                        45                                         51.75 (GBP)
Buy                        45                                         51.06 (GBP)
Buy                        44                                         51.06 (GBP)
Buy                        43                                         51.84 (GBP)
Buy                        42                                         51.72 (GBP)
Buy                        42                                         51.82 (GBP)
Buy                        42                                         51.81 (GBP)
Buy                        41                                         51.86 (GBP)
Buy                        41                                         51.87 (GBP)
Buy                        38                                         51.25 (GBP)
Buy                        37                                         51.06 (GBP)
Buy                        37                                         51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        37                                         50.95 (GBP)
Buy                        36                                         51.14 (GBP)
Buy                        36                                         50.93 (GBP)
Buy                        35                                         51.11 (GBP)
Buy                        31                                         51.71 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.3 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.35 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.4 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         50.96 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.87 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.43 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.61 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.61 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.66 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.57 (GBP)
Buy                        29                                         51.62 (GBP)
Buy                        28                                         51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        28                                         51.76 (GBP)
Buy                        28                                         51.68 (GBP)
Buy                        20                                         51.56 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         51.35 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         51.4 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         50.96 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         51.62 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         51.57 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         51.61 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         51.76 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         51.66 (GBP)
Buy                        19                                         51.61 (GBP)
Buy                        17                                         51.75 (GBP)
Buy                        16                                         51.81 (GBP)
Buy                        16                                         51.72 (GBP)
Buy                        15                                         51.71 (GBP)
Buy                        15                                         51.87 (GBP)
Buy                        15                                         51.86 (GBP)
Buy                        15                                         51.82 (GBP)
Buy                        14                                         51.06 (GBP)
Buy                        14                                         51.55 (GBP)
Buy                        14                                         51.25 (GBP)
Buy                        13                                         51.43 (GBP)
Buy                        13                                         51.22 (GBP)
Buy                        13                                         50.95 (GBP)
Buy                        13                                         51.11 (GBP)
Buy                        13                                         50.93 (GBP)
Buy                        12                                         51.67 (GBP)
Buy                        10                                         51.3 (GBP)
Buy                        10                                         51.49 (GBP)
Buy                        3                                          51.51 (GBP)
Buy                        3                                          51.4 (GBP)
Buy                        2                                          51.12 (GBP)
Buy                        1                                          51.36 (GBP)
Sell                       5068                                       52 (GBP)
Sell                       4547                                       51.1 (GBP)
Sell                       4033                                       51.14 (GBP)
Sell                       3316                                       51 (GBP)
Sell                       2534                                       51.6 (GBP)
Sell                       1792                                       51.21 (GBP)
Sell                       1784                                       51.08 (GBP)
Sell                       1603                                       51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       1560                                       51.67 (GBP)
Sell                       1331                                       51.38 (GBP)
Sell                       1274                                       51.39 (GBP)
Sell                       1000                                       51.74 (GBP)
Sell                       1000                                       51 (GBP)
Sell                       1000                                       51.13 (GBP)
Sell                       992                                        51.1 (GBP)
Sell                       804                                        51.6 (GBP)
Sell                       742                                        51.18 (GBP)
Sell                       700                                        51.8 (GBP)
Sell                       665                                        51.66 (GBP)
Sell                       620                                        51.81 (GBP)
Sell                       543                                        51.03 (GBP)
Sell                       515                                        51.08 (GBP)
Sell                       500                                        51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       500                                        51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       500                                        51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       500                                        51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       500                                        51.67 (GBP)
Sell                       500                                        51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       500                                        51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       500                                        51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       484                                        51.81 (GBP)
Sell                       480                                        51.67 (GBP)
Sell                       458                                        51.71 (GBP)
Sell                       446                                        51.77 (GBP)
Sell                       400                                        51.63 (GBP)
Sell                       360                                        51.67 (GBP)
Sell                       360                                        51.81 (GBP)
Sell                       360                                        51.67 (GBP)
Sell                       300                                        51.65 (GBP)
Sell                       278                                        51.17 (GBP)
Sell                       268                                        51.15 (GBP)
Sell                       268                                        51.09 (GBP)
Sell                       262                                        51.39 (GBP)
Sell                       252                                        51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       251                                        51.17 (GBP)
Sell                       242                                        51.07 (GBP)
Sell                       232                                        51 (GBP)
Sell                       232                                        51.01 (GBP)
Sell                       227                                        51.65 (GBP)
Sell                       220                                        51.63 (GBP)
Sell                       200                                        51.71 (GBP)
Sell                       200                                        51.63 (GBP)
Sell                       179                                        51.01 (GBP)
Sell                       177                                        51.38 (GBP)
Sell                       163                                        51.32 (GBP)
Sell                       157                                        51.81 (GBP)
Sell                       155                                        51 (GBP)
Sell                       150                                        51.74 (GBP)
Sell                       150                                        51.39 (GBP)
Sell                       145                                        51.81 (GBP)
Sell                       144                                        51.12 (GBP)
Sell                       138                                        51.09 (GBP)
Sell                       134                                        51.65 (GBP)
Sell                       128                                        51.68 (GBP)
Sell                       120                                        52 (GBP)
Sell                       120                                        51.66 (GBP)
Sell                       120                                        51.67 (GBP)
Sell                       110                                        51.34 (GBP)
Sell                       108                                        51.725 (GBP)
Sell                       100                                        51.21 (GBP)
Sell                       97                                         50.97 (GBP)
Sell                       94                                         51.19 (GBP)
Sell                       87                                         51.67 (GBP)
Sell                       87                                         51.12 (GBP)
Sell                       70                                         51.65 (GBP)
Sell                       67                                         51.01 (GBP)
Sell                       61                                         51.65 (GBP)
Sell                       59                                         51.13 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         50.96 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         51.25 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         51.16 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         51.04 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         51.04 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         51.14 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         50.96 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         50.98 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         50.92 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         51.02 (GBP)
Sell                       58                                         51.08 (GBP)
Sell                       56                                         51.1 (GBP)
Sell                       50                                         51.65 (GBP)
Sell                       50                                         51.32 (GBP)
Sell                       48                                         51.38 (GBP)
Sell                       45                                         51.09 (GBP)
Sell                       45                                         51.75 (GBP)
Sell                       45                                         51.04 (GBP)
Sell                       43                                         51.07 (GBP)
Sell                       40                                         51.09 (GBP)
Sell                       40                                         51.32 (GBP)
Sell                       37                                         51.05 (GBP)
Sell                       36                                         51.19 (GBP)
Sell                       31                                         51.13 (GBP)
Sell                       30                                         51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       29                                         51.13 (GBP)
Sell                       29                                         51.24 (GBP)
Sell                       27                                         51.07 (GBP)
Sell                       27                                         51.5 (GBP)
Sell                       24                                         51.13 (GBP)
Sell                       23                                         51.65 (GBP)
Sell                       22                                         51.13 (GBP)
Sell                       20                                         51.19 (GBP)
Sell                       20                                         51.1 (GBP)
Sell                       17                                         51.09 (GBP)
Sell                       15                                         51.09 (GBP)
Sell                       14                                         51.13 (GBP)
Sell                       13                                         51.51 (GBP)
Sell                       13                                         51.19 (GBP)
Sell                       13                                         51.67 (GBP)
Sell                       12                                         51.4 (GBP)
Sell                       12                                         51.65 (GBP)
Total buys:58558

Total sells:52887
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, e.g. CFD   Long/short (Note 5)     Number of securities (Note 6)          Price per unit (Note 4)


(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product        Writing, selling,    Number of securities to     Exercise Type, e.g.        Expiry Option money paid/
name,e.g. call purchasing, varying  which the option relates    price    American,         date   received per unit
option         etc.                 (Note 6)                             European etc.            (Note 4)


(ii)  Exercising
Product name, e.g. call option            Number of securities          Exercise price per unit (Note 4)


(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3)
Nature of transaction (Note 7)          Details       Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)


4.  OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
none


Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached?  (Note 8)   No

Date of disclosure                                          15-Jan-2008 11:21:32
Contact name                                                Collins,Carolyn
Telephone number                                            44 20 7888 0241
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected                Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)                               ADVISOR

Notes
The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/.





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