Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5156C

Rio Tinto PLC

16 April 2013

 



Rio Tinto plc

16 April 2013

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMR)

Rio Tinto Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRP")

Rio Tinto plc offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan that gives shareholders the opportunity to use their cash dividends to buy Rio Tinto plc shares in the market.  The Plan is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

On 15 April 2013, Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following PDMRs acquired ordinary shares in Rio Tinto plc under the Rio Tinto Dividend Reinvestment Plan:

PDMR	Date acquired	No. of shares acquired	Price per share (GBP)
Bague, Hugo	11/04/13	1	31.3345
Côté, Jacynthe	11/04/13	587	31.3345
Elliott, Guy	11/04/13	51	31.3345
Goodmanson, Richard	11/04/13	182	31.3345
Harding, Andrew	11/04/13	2	31.3345
Jacques, Jean-Sébastien	11/04/13	3	31.3345
Kenyon-Slaney, Harry	11/04/13	88	31.3345

Rio Tinto America Savings Plan

On 16 April 2013, Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following PDMR had completed transactions under the Rio Tinto America Savings Plan to acquire units in the Rio Tinto plc Stock Fund.  These were non-discretionary transactions.

PDMR	Date acquired	No. of units acquired	Price per unit (USD)
Chiaro, Preston	12/04/2013	70.10359	47.623082

Note: each unit represents one ADR and each ADR represents one Ordinary share of 10p each in Rio Tinto plc.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.5.

Enquiries:       

Vaughn Walton

Assistant Company Secretary

Rio Tinto plc

Tel:   [phone]

 

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