Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2485O

Rio Tinto PLC

17 September 2013

Rio Tinto plc

17 September 2013

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMR)

UK Share Plan ('UKSP') and Global Employee Share Plan ('GESP') Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRP")

The UKSP is an HMRC approved Share Incentive Plan under which qualifying UK employees are able to purchase on a quarterly basis Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each ('Ordinary shares') out of monthly deductions from salary and are allocated an equivalent number of shares free of charge ('Matching shares'). Qualifying UK employees are also awarded Free shares once a year.

Under the GESP employees are able to purchase on a quarterly basis Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each ('Ordinary shares') out of monthly deductions from salary and are allocated an equivalent number of shares free of charge ('Matching shares').

Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares held in the UKSP and the GESP are subject to the Rio Tinto plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan whereby cash dividends are used to buy Rio Tinto plc shares in the market. The Plan is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. These are non-discretionary transactions.

On 17 September 2013, Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following PDMRs acquired ordinary shares in Rio Tinto plc under the Rio Tinto Dividend Reinvestment Plan, on ordinary shares held in the UKSP and GESP:

PDMR	Date acquired	No. of shares acquired	Price per share (GBP)

Bague, Hugo	12/09/2013	8.4371	31.80
Côté, Jacynthe	12/09/2013	0.9528	31.80
Elliott, Guy	12/09/2013	50.4367	31.80
Harding, Andrew	12/09/2013	5	31.80
Jacques, Jean-Sébastien	12/09/2013	6.4371	31.80
Kenyon-Slaney, Harry	12/09/2013	29.3660	31.80