Rule 8.3 - RIO TINTO LTD
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in RIO TINTO LIMITED
Class of relevant security NPV
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 23 January 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 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 14,689,217 3.22% 1,478,435 0.32%
securities
(2) Derivatives 0 0.00% 29,476 0.01%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 14,719,391 3.22% 1,484,380 0.32%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
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
(GBP)
Purchase 49 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 801 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 1,061 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 35 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 33 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 119 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 224 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 50 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 2,922 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 58 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 68 109.1700 AUD
Purchase 745 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 19 106.6837 AUD
Purchase 27,830 105.4282 AUD
Purchase 454 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 41 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 7,144 109.2462 AUD
Purchase 80 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 3,267 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 13,225 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 231 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 17 106.6842 AUD
Purchase 565 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 621 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 24,408 106.2326 AUD
Purchase 44 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 248 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 1,515 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 24,408 106.2326 AUD
Purchase 66 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 40,000 108.9341 AUD
Purchase 1,695 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 1,705 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 1,224 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 96 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 63 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 3,042 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 285 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 272 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 3,447 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 60 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 240 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 133 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 2,810 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 222 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 49 106.6839 AUD
Purchase 83,374 101.0000 AUD
Purchase 766 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 258 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 45 106.6840 AUD
Purchase 1,019 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 22 106.6841 AUD
Purchase 570 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 838 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 1,309 106.0100 AUD
Purchase 526 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 19 106.6837 AUD
Purchase 424 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 623 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 641 106.6881 AUD
Purchase 253 106.6882 AUD
Purchase 11,306 109.1500 AUD
Purchase 134 106.6839 AUD
Sale 11,306 109.1500 AUD
Sale 12,881 106.0100 AUD
Sale 7,517 106.0100 AUD
Sale 1,309 106.0100 AUD
Sale 40,000 108.9341 AUD
Sale 24,408 106.2326 AUD
Sale 3,516 106.6839 AUD
Sale 2,054 106.0100 AUD
Sale 68 106.0100 AUD
Sale 6,578 106.0100 AUD
Sale 53,705 104.7589 AUD
Sale 27,830 105.4282 AUD
Sale 11,306 109.1500 AUD
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 53705 104.7588
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
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.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 24 January 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If 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 at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk