The following amendment has been made to the Director / PDMR Shareholding announcement released today at 15:46 under RNS No. 9502P.
Mr Clayton purchased the shares in the open market and not as part of the Rio Tinto American Savings Plan.
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended text is shown below.
Rio Tinto plc
01 April 2009
SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
On Tuesday, 31 March 2009 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following person discharging managerial responsibility had acquired Rio Tinto plc American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) as follows:
PDMR |
No. of ADRs acquired |
Price per ADR (USD) |
|
|
|
Bret Clayton |
500 |
135.20 |
Note: Each ADR represents four Ordinary shares of 10p each in Rio Tinto plc.
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R.
Enquires:
Kerrene Nicholas
Secretarial Assistant
Rio Tinto plc
Tel: 020 7781 1769