Morgan Stanley Secs. - EPT Disclosure - Replace

RNS Number:8069L
Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)
15 January 2008

AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 6908L RELEASED AT 11:05 ON 14 JANUARY 2008

DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS

WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS

DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

(Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of exempt principal trader Morgan Stanley Securities Limited

Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc

Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Shares
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)

Date of dealing 11 January 2008

2. DEALINGS (Note 2)

(a) Purchases and sales

Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) GBP Lowest price paid (Note 3) GBP

2,692,845 15.2400 14.7900

Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP

1,838,594 15.2800 14.7700

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP

e.g. CFD
CFD SHORT 423,718 15.0771
CFD SHORT 18,647 15.1300
CFD SHORT 28,736 15.1300
CFD LONG 320,000 15.0174
CFD LONG 320,000 15.0174
CFD LONG 340,000 15.0274
CFD LONG 11,242 15.0560
CFD LONG 70,000 15.0634
CFD LONG 91,705 15.1043
CFD LONG 51,786 15.1043
CFD LONG 14,020 15.1043
CFD LONG 98 15.1769
CFD LONG 798 15.1769
CFD SHORT 32,953 14.9957
CFD SHORT 181,585 15.0594
CFD SHORT 26,975 15.0755
CFD SHORT 2,200 15.0794
CFD SHORT 4,400 15.0794
CFD SHORT 7,500 15.0794
CFD SHORT 270,000 15.1102
CFD SHORT 500,000 15.1300
CFD SHORT 18,500 15.1322
CFD SHORT 3,859 15.1481
CFD SHORT 474 15.1481
CFD SHORT 250,000 15.2003
CFD SHORT 3,000 15.2053

(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 5) price AUD European etc. date paid/received per
unit (Note 3)

PUT OPTION PURCHASING 200 100.0000 AMERICAN 13/01/2009 0.0000

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3)

N/A N/A N/A

3. 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 relating
to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting
rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.

NONE

Date of disclosure 15 January 2008

Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy

Telephone number 020 7677 1871

Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 6) Advisor

Notes

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

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