Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4287Y

Rio Tinto PLC

29 February 2012

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

29 February 2012

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 ordinary shares of 10p each in the future at a price set at the date of grant provided certain performance conditions are met.

On 28 February 2012, Rio Tinto plc was notified that Guy Elliott, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") of the Company, exercised options over ordinary shares, as detailed in the table below:

No of Shares Acquired	Purchase Price per Share	No of Shares Sold	Sale Price per Share
41,691	£12.050	41,691	£37.465

On Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following non-executive directors had acquired Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares as follows:

Name	No of Shares Acquired	Purchase Price per Share
Ann Godbehere	52	£37.3435
Richard Goodmanson	505	£37.3435
Paul Tellier	338	£37.3435

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

Share Plan Manager

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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