AGM - Results of voting
Rio Tinto PLC
29 April 2005
Results of voting at 2005 Annual General Meetings of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto
Limited
The Annual General Meetings of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited were held on
14 April 2005 and 29 April 2005 respectively. All resolutions were passed by
poll. The results are as set out below.
Under Rio Tinto's dual listed companies structure established in 1995, decisions
on significant matters affecting shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto
Limited in similar ways are taken through a joint electoral procedure.
The following resolutions, which were put to both Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto
Limited shareholders on a poll at the respective Annual General Meetings, were
subject to the joint electoral procedure and the aggregate of the joint polls
were as follows:
FOR AGAINST
To elect Richard Goodmanson as a director 808,007,028 7,848,479
To elect Ashton Calvert as a director 810,455,094 5,378,565
To elect Vivienne Cox as a director 807,380,433 8,462,633
To re-elect Paul Skinner as a director 809,595,582 6,297,447
Approval of the remuneration report 744,042,401 41,517,266
Re-appointment of the auditors of Rio
Tinto plc and auditors' 805,684,789 3,972,062
remuneration
Receipt of reports and financial statements 792,068,537 2,587,889
The following resolutions were passed at the Rio Tinto plc meeting held on 14th
April 2005 and also at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting held on 29 April 2005. The
results of the polls at the Rio Tinto plc meeting were as follows:
Off-market tender buy-backs and Tinto
Holdings Australia Pty
Limited matching buy-backs 652,075,722 600,903
Amendments to the articles of association
of Rio Tinto plc and the constitution of
Rio Tinto Ltd 651,508,247 1,030,236
Amendments to the Sharing Agreement 651,718,561 577,338
The following resolution was passed at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting held on 29
April 2005, the results of the poll were as follows:
FOR AGAINST
Renewal of share buy-back authorities 161,980,550 375,821
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