Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7163O

Rio Tinto PLC

11 March 2009

 



Rio Tinto plc 

Transaction in Own Shares

11 March 2009

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:	11 March 2009
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	6,767
Highest transfer price per share:	£15.76
Lowest transfer price per share:	£11.07

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 5,890,541 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 998,527,144.

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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