Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2325A

Rio Tinto PLC

18 December 2014

 



Rio Tinto plc

18 December 2014

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMR)

UK Share Plan ('UKSP') dividend reinvestment plan

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.

Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares held in the UKSP and the GESP are subject to a dividend reinvestment plan whereby cash dividends are used to buy Rio Tinto plc shares in the market.  These are non-discretionary transactions.

Due to an administrative oversight, Rio Tinto plc was only notified on 18 December 2014, that the following PDMRs acquired ordinary shares in Rio Tinto plc under a dividend reinvestment plan, on ordinary shares held in the UKSP:

PDMR	Date acquired	No. of shares acquired	Price per share (GBP)
Kenyon-Slaney, Harry	11/04/2014	35	33.8127
Lynch, Christopher	11/09/2014	1	32.1223

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.

Enquiries:       

Vaughn Walton

Assistant Company Secretary

Rio Tinto plc

Tel: [phone]

 

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