Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7134U

Rio Tinto PLC

16 May 2008

 



Rio Tinto plc 

Transaction in Own Shares

16 May 2008

Rio Tinto plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its employee share schemes the following number of its ordinary shares of 10p each, which were previously held as treasury shares.

Ordinary Shares

Date of transfer:	16 May 2008
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	29,819
Highest transfer price per share:	1826.2p
Lowest transfer price per share:	1458.6p

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 73,844,230 ordinary shares as

treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares

held as treasury shares) is 998,025,675.

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations

Nigel Jones            

Office: [phone]

Mobile: [phone]

Secretarial Department

Gemma Aldridge    

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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