Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5035X

Rio Tinto PLC

15 February 2012

 



Rio Tinto plc

Transaction in Own Shares

15 February 2012

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:	13 February 2012
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	5,148
Highest transfer price per share:	£38.460
Lowest transfer price per share:	£38.460
Date of transfer:	14 February 2012
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	7,907
Highest transfer price per share:	£37.280
Lowest transfer price per share:	£37.280

Following the above purchase; Rio Tinto plc holds 14,900,371 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,422,624,095.

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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