Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1947B

Rio Tinto PLC

12 August 2008

 



Rio Tinto plc

12 August 2008

Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ('SOP')

The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved Share Incentive Plan (SIP), operated through Capita AESOP Trustees Limited, under which employees are able to purchase ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each ('ordinary shares'), using monthly deductions from salary, and are allocated an equivalent number of free ordinary shares ('matching shares').  

On 12 August 2008, Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 11 August 2008 in London, the following persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a price of £45.66 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of charge:

	No of shares acquired	Total ordinary shares held	Percentage of issued share capital
G R Elliott	6	60,091	0.006021
K B Johnson	6	25,284	0.002533

The above PDMRs also have an interest in 885 shares as potential beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

Enquiries:    

Matthew Whyte

Assistant Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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