Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9123E

Rio Tinto PLC

15 April 2014

 



Rio Tinto plc - 2014 annual general meeting voting results

15 April 2014

The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 15 April 2014.

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 19 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 Melbourne, Australia on 8 May 2014.

The remaining resolutions 20 to 24 were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting today. The results of that poll, as certified by the scrutineer, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows:

Resolutions	For	% of shares voted	Against	% of shares voted	Withheld*	Result
20. General authority to allot shares	931,220,862	90.74%	95,071,074	9.26%	6,442,971	CARRIED
21. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	1,022,484,498	99.60%	4,081,216	0.40%	6,166,944	CARRIED
22. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares	1,028,471,012	99.79%	2,139,855	0.21%	2,119,521	CARRIED
23. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	948,411,218	91.99%	82,536,639	8.01%	1,783,617	CARRIED
24. Scrip dividend authority	1,030,370,913	99.97%	360,546	0.03%	1,999,762	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 UK Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table below as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's total issued share capital (excluding shares held in Treasury) as at 6pm on 11 April 2014, being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the Company's register of members in order to attend and vote at the annual general meeting.

Resolutions	Votes cast as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's issued share capital
20. General authority to allot shares	72.59%
21. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	72.61%
22. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares	72.90%
23. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	72.92%
24. Scrip dividend authority	72.91%

Resolutions 21 to 23 were passed as special resolutions.  Copies of resolutions 20 to 23 will be filed at 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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