Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC 26 March 2008 Rio Tinto plc 26 March 2008 SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY On 24 March 2008 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following Directors and/or persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') had completed transactions under the Rio Tinto America Savings Plan, to acquire or dispose of units in the Rio Tinto plc Stock Fund. Each unit represents one ADR and each ADR represents four Ordinary shares of 10p each in Rio Tinto plc. These are non-discretionary transactions. Director/PDMR Date and place of transaction No. of units acquired Price per unit (US$) Mr B.K. Clayton 24 March 2008 8.858 395.143 Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p (including Stock Fund units, ADRs and ordinary shares) and the total percentage holding for Mr Clayton is 8,243.344 (0.000826%). Mr Clayton also has an interest in 879 shares as potential beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust. This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R(1) (a) and DTR 3.1.4 R (1)(b). Enquiries: Kerrene Nicholas Secretarial Assistant Rio Tinto plc Tel: 020 7781 1769 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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