Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0669N

Rio Tinto PLC

25 August 2011

 



Rio Tinto plc

Transaction in Own Shares

25 August 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:	24 August 2011
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	3,655
Highest transfer price per share:	35.3347
Lowest transfer price per share:	35.2108

Following the above purchase; Rio Tinto plc holds 15,130,749 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,473,513,572.

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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