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Rio Tinto PLC 5 August 2003 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY RIO TINTO PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 AS IN (2) ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. AS SCHEDULE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. - 6) ( N/A %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( N/A %) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P 10) Date of transaction UNKNOWN 11) Date company informed 4 AUGUST 2003 12) Total holding following this notification 53,563,737 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.02% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries M J WHYTE 020 7753 2317 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification B G GALE Date of Notification ......5 AUGUST 2003...... Schedule of holdings in Rio Tinto plc As of 31 July 2003 Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Name Local Shares State Street Nominees Limited 370,100 Bank of New York Nominees 217,400 Chase Nominees Limited 1,395,021 BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 94,500 Midland Bank plc 337,500 Cede & Co. 1,441,040 Deutsche Bank Mannheim 1,900 Bankers Trust 138,300 Barclays Bank 42,800 Nortrust Nominees 447,500 MSS Nominees Limited 27,500 RBSTB Nominees Ltd 4,100 Deutsche Bank AG 3,100 HSBC Bank plc 300 Roy Nominees Limited 68,600 Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 80,800 TOTAL 4,670,461 Schedule B Capital International Limited Registered Name Local Shares State Street Nominees Limited 321,800 Bank of New York Nominees 2,756,045 Northern Trust 763,671 Chase Nominees Limited 2,246,313 Midland Bank plc 108,600 Bankers Trust 1,264,500 Barclays Bank 33,700 Citibank London 98,000 Morgan Guaranty 141,800 Nortrust Nominees 1,611,200 Royal Bank of Scotland 12,700 MSS Nominees Limited 78,300 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 148,700 Lloyds Bank 26,600 Deutsche Bank AG 481,200 HSBC Bank plc 423,858 Mellon Bank N.A. 133,200 Northern Trust AVFC 123,400 KAS UK 26,800 Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 49,300 Bank One London 216,900 Clydesdale Bank plc 62,100 TOTAL 11,128,687 Schedule B Capital International S.A. Registered Name Local Shares State Street Nominees Limited 13,000 Bank of New York Nominees 56,700 Chase Nominees Limited 1,105,400 Credit Suisse London Branch 16,000 Midland Bank plc 172,000 Barclays Bank 166,400 Citibank London 17,300 Brown Bros. 13,100 Nortrust Nominees 15,400 Morgan Stanley 17,800 Royal Bank of Scotland 751,700 MSS Nomiees Limited 8,700 J.P. Morgan 565,200 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 51,500 National Westminster Bank 74,100 Lloyds Bank 31,800 Vidacos Nominees Ltd 55,000 RBSTB Nominees Ltd 30,400 Citibank NA 8,900 Deutsche Bank AG 92,689 HSBC Bank plc 125,300 TOTAL 3,388,389 Schedule B Capital International, Inc Registered Name Local Shares State Street Nominees Limited 243,800 Bank of New York Nominees 27,600 Chase Nominees Limited 218,700 Midland Bank plc 35,700 Nortrust Nominees 152,500 Royal Bank of Scotland 35,000 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 2,900 RBSTB Nominees Ltd. 8,500 Citibank NA 20,500 HSBC Bank plc 55,700 TOTAL 800,900 Capital Research and Management Company Registered Name Local Shares State Street Nominees Limited 15,420,000 Chase Nominee Limited 17,420,300 Chase Manhattsan Cank NA 32,000 JPM Nominees Ltd 3,000 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 700,000 TOTAL 33,575,300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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