Notice of change of interests in Riversdale

RNS Number : 6113D

Rio Tinto PLC

24 March 2011

 



Notice of change of interests in Riversdale under institutional acceptance facility

25 March 2011

Rio Tinto today submitted a notice of change of interests under the institutional acceptance facility to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

The notice refers to the institutional acceptance facility established by Rio Tinto Jersey Holdings 2010 Limited (RTJ) on the terms set out in the First Supplementary Bidder's Statement dated 10 February 2011 in relation to its takeover bid for all the shares in Riversdale Mining Limited (Riversdale).

Since RTJ's most recent notice to ASX relating to its interests under the acceptance facility dated 24 March 2011, the aggregate of the number of:

•           Riversdale shares in respect of which acceptance instructions (in the form of acceptance forms and/or directions to custodians to accept RTJ's offer) have been received in the acceptance facility as at 7.30pm, yesterday; and

•           Riversdale shares in which RTJ and its associates have a relevant interest,

has changed from 37.25 per cent to 38.38 per cent.

The following table is a breakdown of the aggregate amount between those two categories.

	Number of Riversdale shares	Percentage of Riversdale's existing issued shares
Acceptance facility	44,216,454	18.68
Relevant interest	46,634,442	19.70
TOTALS	90,850,896	38.38

A copy of the notice submitted to the ASX is available at www.riotinto.com.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

For further information, please contact:

Media Relations, EMEA / Americas Illtud Harri Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Tony Shaffer Office:  [phone] Mobile: [phone] Christina Mills Office:  [phone] Mobile: [phone]	Investor Relations, London Mark Shannon Office:  [phone] Mobile: [phone] David Ovington Office:  [phone] Mobile: [phone]
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