Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9620E

Rio Tinto PLC

14 April 2011

 



Rio Tinto plc - Results of voting at 2011 annual general meeting

14 April 2011

The Annual General Meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 14 April 2011.

Under Rio Tinto's dual listed companies structure established in 1995, decisions on significant matters affecting shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited in similar ways are taken through a joint electoral procedure. 

Resolutions 1 to 17 of the Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting fall into this category, and the results of the voting on these resolutions will be announced shortly after the Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting which will be held in Australia on 5 May 2011.

The remaining resolutions 18 to 22 were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting and the results as certified by the scrutineer, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows:

Resolutions	For	%	Against	%	Withheld	Result
18. Renewal and amendments to the Share Ownership plan	1,057,913,035	99.28%	7,711,836	0.72%	3,602,508	Carried
19. Authority to allot relevant securities under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	1,016,281,121	95.11%	52,223,913	4.89%	713,309	Carried
20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	1,041,627,673	97.63%	25,336,152	2.37%	2,266,811	Carried
21. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares by the Company or Rio Tinto Limited	1,049,222,792	98.17%	19,602,997	1.83%	371,287	Carried
22. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	991,241,660	92.93%	75,437,208	7.07%	2,177,920	Carried

It should be noted that a vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against each resolution.

For the purposes of section 341 of the United Kingdom's Companies Act 2006 (as amended by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009) and in respect of Rio Tinto plc, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table below as a percentage of the Company's total issued share capital (as at 6pm 12 April 2011 being the time at which a shareholder must be registered in the Company's register of member in order to attend and vote at the annual general meeting).

Resolutions	Rio Tinto plc votes cast as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's issued capital
18. Renewal and amendments to the Share Ownership plan	69.69%
19. Authority to allot relevant securities under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	69.88%
20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	69.78%
21. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares by the Company or Rio Tinto Limited	69.90%
22. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	69.76%

Resolutions 20 to 22 were passed as special resolutions and copies of resolutions 19 and 20 to 22 will be filed with Companies House. 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.hemscott/nsm.do

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]
Media Relations, Australia / Asia David Luff Office:  [phone] Mobile: [phone] Karen Halbert Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Bruce Tobin Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]	Investor Relations, Australia Dave Skinner Office:  [phone] Mobile: [phone] Simon Ellinor Office:  [phone] Mobile: [phone] Christopher Maitland Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]
Media Relations, Canada Bryan Tucker Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]	Investor Relations, North America Jason Combes Office:  [phone] Mobile: [phone]

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