IWF Change For Rio Tinto Plc In The S&P European Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices, effective after the close of trading on Tuesday 12 February 2008:

• Rio Tinto Plc (UK, SEDOL: 0718875, GICS: Materials, GICS Code: 15104020), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices, IWF will change to 0.886, following the acquisition of an 11.4 p.c. stake by Shining Prospect Pte. Ltd, a Singapore based entity wholly owned by Chinalco.