Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1907Z

Rio Tinto PLC

16 September 2009

 



Rio Tinto plc 

Transaction in Own Shares

16 September 2009

Rio Tinto plc announces that on 16 September 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:	16 September 2009
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	18,792
Highest transfer price per share:	£22.397
Lowest transfer price per share:	£10.979

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 5,430,672 ordinary shares as treasury  shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,523,548,036.

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Gemma Aldridge    

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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