Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1784N

Rio Tinto PLC

11 February 2009

 



Rio Tinto plc

11 February 2009

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

On Monday, 09 February 2009, Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following Directors and/or persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') had completed transactions under the Rio Tinto America Savings Plan, to acquire or dispose of units in the Rio Tinto plc Stock Fund.  Each unit represents one ADR and each ADR represents four Ordinary shares of 10p each in Rio Tinto plc. These are non-discretionary transactions.

Director/PDMR	No. of units acquired	Price per unit (US$)
Date of transaction: 2 February 2009:
Mr B.K. Clayton   Mr B.K. Clayton   Mr P. Chiaro   Mr T. Albanese	0.386   0.004   0.12   0.89	90.070   90.650   90.070   90.070

Date of transaction: 3 February 2009:

Mr B.K. Clayton                               36.164                    96.782      

Mr P. Chiaro                                      6.555                    96.782

Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p (including Stock Fund units, ADRs and ordinary shares) and the total percentage holdings for these PDMRs are as follows:

Mr Clayton - 8,804.800 (0.000882%)

Mr Chiaro - 64,903.860 (0.006502%) 

Mr Albanese - 57,081.892 (0.005718%)

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) and DTR 3.1.4 R (1)(b).

Enquiries:    

Kerrene Nicholas

Secretarial Assistant

Rio Tinto plc

Tel:   [phone]

 

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