Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0496B

Rio Tinto PLC

10 February 2011

 



Rio Tinto plc

Transaction in Own Shares

10 February 2011

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:	9 February 2011
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	44,099
Highest transfer price per share:	£42.430
Lowest transfer price per share:	£13.019

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 2,498,217 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,526,505,654.

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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