Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4888L

Rio Tinto PLC

06 May 2010

 



Rio Tinto plc

6 May 2010

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMR)

On Wednesday, 5 May 2010, Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following persons discharging managerial responsibility had completed transactions under the Rio Tinto America Savings Plan to acquire ADRs in the Rio Tinto plc Stock Fund.  These were non-discretionary transactions.

PDMR	Date of purchase	No. of ADRs acquired	Price per ADR (USD)
Preston Chiaro	4 May 2010	9.469	48.515
Bret Clayton	4 May 2010	72.142	48.515

 

Note: On 12 April 2010 Rio Tinto announced a ratio change for the Rio Tinto plc American Depository Receipt (ADR) programme.

With effect from 30 April 2010, one ADR now represents one Ordinary share of 10p in Rio Tinto plc.  To effect this change, ADR holders received 3 additional ADRs for every 1 ADR held as of 22 April 2010, the ADR record date. 

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R.

Enquiries:    

Helen Day

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

Rio Tinto plc

Tel:   [phone]

 

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