Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5489N

Rio Tinto PLC

18 February 2009

Rio Tinto plc

18 February 2009

Rio Tinto Mining Companies Comparative Plan ('MCCP')

The MCCP is a performance share plan which provides participants with the conditional right, subject to performance conditions being met, to receive shares in the Company of 10p each ('ordinary shares'). At the time of vesting, participants may elect to receive a cash alternative to shares.

The Company announces that on 18 February 2009 it was notified that the following executive director and persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each received ordinary shares for nil consideration, or a cash alternative to the equivalent value of their share award, under the MCCP.

No of Shares Acquired

Amount of Cash (Gross)*

Tom Albanese

45,363

£0.00

Bret Clayton

£185,011.75

* Calculated on the basis of the number of vested ordinary shares under award multiplied by £19.25 being the closing middle market price on 17 February 2009. The amount of cash disclosed is prior to any applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Rio Tinto Share Savings Plan ('SSP')

The SSP is a savings-related share option plan which is open to employees in the UK and elsewhere. Under the plan, participants can save up to £250 per month, or equivalent in local currency, for a maximum of five years. At the end of the savings period participants may exercise an option over shares granted at a discount of up to 20 per cent to the market value at the time of grant. The number of options to which participants are entitled is determined by the option price, the savings amount and the length of the savings contract.

Rio Tinto plc announces that, on 18 February 2009, the following PDMR of the Company exercised options over ordinary shares, as detailed in the table below: