Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9144C

Rio Tinto PLC

14 March 2011

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

14 March 2011

Rio Tinto Mining Companies Comparative Plan ("MCCP")

The MCCP is a performance based share plan which provides participants with the conditional right, subject to performance conditions being met, to receive ordinary shares of 10p each ("shares"). 

At the time of vesting, participants in this share plan can elect to receive their awards for nil consideration either as shares or as cash from the proceeds of a sale of shares.

Rio Tinto plc announces that, on 11 March 2011, Guy Elliott, a person discharging managerial responsibility of the Company, received his vested award in the form of shares of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Conditional Award Granted	No of Shares Lapsed	No of Shares Vested	No of Shares         Sold	Sale Price per Share	No of Shares Retained
37,328	23,741	13,587	7,097	£39.533	6,490

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

 

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