Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4617B

Rio Tinto PLC

15 August 2008

 



Rio Tinto plc 

Transaction in Own Shares

15 August 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:	15 August 2008
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	924
Highest transfer price per share:	4660p
Lowest transfer price per share:	4660p

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 55,105,761 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 998,078,235.

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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