Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC 14 March 2007 Rio Tinto plc 14 March 2007 Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ('SOP') The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved trust arrangement, operated through Capita AESOP Trustees Limited, under which employees are able to purchase ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each ('ordinary shares'), using monthly deductions from salary, and are allocated an equivalent number of free ordinary shares (' matching shares'). On 13 March 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 12 March 2007 in London, the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a price of £27.1488 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of charge: No. of shares Total ordinary Percentage of issued share acquired capital shares held Director G.R. Elliott 8 48,061 0.004774% PDMRs K.Johnson 10 18,771 0.001865% A.V.Lawless 10 8,513 0.000846% A.Mackenzie 8 40,484 0.004022% M.Merton 10 3,483 0.000346% A. Vickerman 10 5,446 0.000541% The above directors/PDMRs also have an interest in 864 shares as potential beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust. This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4. Enquiries: Mrs A V Lawless Company Secretary Rio Tinto plc Tel: 020 7930 2399 Rio Tinto plc 14 March 2007 Rio Tinto Share Option Plan ('SOP') and Rio Tinto Mining Companies Comparative Plan ('MCCP') Rio Tinto Management Share Plan ('MSP') 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. The MCCP is a performance share plan which provides participants with the conditional right, subject to performance conditions being met, to receive shares in the Company of 10p each ('ordinary shares'). The MSP is a restricted share plan for senior employees below director and product group chief executive ('PGCE') level. Under the Plan, eligible employees may receive a conditional award of shares which will vest, wholly or partly, when performance conditions have been satisfied. On 13 March 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 13 March 2007 in London, the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company were each granted options over ordinary shares at a price of £27.012 under the Rio Tinto Share Option Plan 2004. In addition, conditional share awards over ordinary shares under the MCCP at a price fixed at time of vesting were awarded, as detailed in the table below: No. of options acquired No. of conditional share awards No. of conditional share awards under SOP acquired under the MSP acquired under the MCCP Tom Albanese 66,186* 44,124 0 Preston Chiaro 38,519 22,679 0 Bret Clayton 33,850 22,566 0 Guy Elliott 44,052 30,837 0 Keith Johnson 28,294 19,805 0 Andrew Mackenzie 31,159 21,811 0 Anette Lawless 5,598 5,598 2,000 Michael Merton 9,598 9,598 2,500 Andy Vickerman 9,491 9,184 2,500 * includes 1,110 approved share options under the Rio Tinto U.K. Approved Share Option Plan 2004 The period during which the SOP options granted in 2007, as above, may be exercised is 7 March 2010 and 7 March 2017. Conditional awards under the MCCP are subject to performance conditions and the performance period ends on 31 December 2010. Total number of shares over which options are held following notification: Rio Tinto Rio Tinto Total share options MCCP MSP Total conditional Share Savings Plan Share share awards Option Plan Tom Albanese 791 668,862* 669,653 201,097 0 201,097 Preston Chiaro 298 260,970 261,268 149,207 0 149,207 Bret Clayton 0 69,471 69,471 58,187 0 58,187 Guy Elliott 1,431 407,914 408,625 174,138 0 174,138 Keith Johnson 456 157,600 158,056 110,256 0 110,256 Andrew Mackenzie 1,021 126,947 127,968 105,132 0 105,132 Anette Lawless 593 33,650 34,243 33,650 2,000 35,650 Michael Merton 0 53,049 53,049 53,049 2,500 55,549 Andy Vickerman 1,431 54,424 55,855 43,045 2,500 45,545 * includes 1,110 approved share options under the Rio Tinto U.K. Approved Share Option Plan 2004 The above directors/PDMRs also have an interest in 864 shares as potential beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust. This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4. Enquiries: Mrs A V Lawless Company Secretary Rio Tinto plc Tel: 020 7930 2399 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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