Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7967I

Rio Tinto PLC

18 March 2010

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

18 March 2010

Rio Tinto Share Option Plan ("SOP")

The SOP is a discretionary share option plan under which eligible employees are granted an option to purchase a number of Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each in the future at a price set at the date of grant provided certain performance conditions are met.

On 18 March 2010, Rio Tinto plc was notified that Guy Elliott, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options over ordinary shares.

No of Shares Acquired	Purchase Price per Share	No of Shares Sold	Sale Price per Share	Date of Trade	No of Shares Retained
30,000	£12.05	30,000	£37.77	17 Mar 2010	0
3,000	£12.05	1,838	£37.73	17 Mar 2010	1,162

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Services Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Share Plan Manager

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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