Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0381V

Rio Tinto PLC

22 October 2014

Rio Tinto plc

22 October 2014

Global Employee Share Plan ('GESP')

Under the GESP employees are able to purchase on a quarterly basis Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each ('Ordinary shares') out of monthly deductions from salary and are allocated an equivalent number of shares free of charge ('Matching shares'). These are non-discretionary transactions.

Rio Tinto plc was notified on 22 October 2014 that on 17 October 2014 the following PDMRs purchased Ordinary shares and were allocated the same number of Matching shares.

	No of Shares Acquired	Matching Shares	Price per Share

Hugo Bague	24.3579	24.3579	£30.7908
Jean-Sébastien Jacques	12.1789	12.1789	£30.7908
Harry Kenyon-Slaney	12.1789	12.1789	£30.7908