Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8059U

Rio Tinto PLC

21 October 2010

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

21 October 2010

Rio Tinto Share Option Plan ("SOP"),

The SOP is a discretionary share option plan under which eligible employees are granted an option to purchase a number of Rio Tinto plc shares in the future at a price set at the date of grant provided certain performance conditions are met.

Rio Tinto plc announces that, on 20 October 2010, Bret Clayton, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") of the Company exercised options over ordinary shares and sold the resulting shares.

No of Shares Acquired	Purchase Price per Share	No of Shares Sold	Sale Price per Share
16,117	£10.979	16,117	£39.92
13,967	£15.086	13,967	£39.92

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

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

END

 

 

RDSEFLFLBBFBFBV