Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Rio Tinto PLC

21 February 2013

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

21 February 2013

Rio Tinto Performance Share Plan ("PSP")

The PSP is a performance based share plan which provides participants with the conditional right, subject to performance conditions being met, to receive ordinary shares of 10p each ("shares"). 

At the time of vesting, participants in the plan can elect to receive their awards for nil consideration either as shares or as cash from the proceeds of a sale of shares.

Rio Tinto plc announces that, on 20 February 2013, Jacynthe Côté, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") of the Company, received her vested award in the form of shares of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Conditional Award Granted	No of Shares Lapsed	No of Shares Vested	No of Shares Sold	Sale Price per Share	No of Shares Retained
23,787	1,785	22,002	11,246	£36,899599	10,756

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 exercise price, the savings amount and the length of the savings contract. 

Rio Tinto plc announces that, on 20 February 2013, the following persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMRs) of the Company, exercised options over ordinary shares, as detailed in the table below:

PDMRs	Date of Grant	No of Shares Acquired	Price per Share
Hugo Bague	20 October 2009	84	£21.480
Harry Kenyon-Slaney	5 October 2007	280	£23.850

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

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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