Rio Tinto plc
Transaction in Own Shares
8 December 2009
Rio Tinto plc announces that it 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:
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8 December 2009
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Number of ordinary shares transferred:
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2,586
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Highest transfer price per share:
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£22.397
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Lowest transfer price per share:
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£22.397
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Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 5,082,449 ordinary shares as treasury shares.
The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is
1,523,921,422.
For further information, please contact:
Secretarial Department
Pat Sims
Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1910
Website: www.riotinto.com