Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2805K

Rio Tinto PLC

15 April 2015

Rio Tinto Limited - Change of Director's Interest Notice - Sam Walsh

15 April 2015

Rio Tinto voluntarily notifies London Stock Exchange (LSE) of directors' interests in the securities of Rio Tinto Limited and changes to those interests, as disclosed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in compliance with the ASX Listing Rules and the Australian Corporations Act.

Global Employee Share Plan ('GESP') dividend reinvestment plan

Under the GESP, employees are able to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares or Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares ('Shares') on a quarterly basis out of monthly deductions from salary, and are also allocated an equivalent number of shares free of charge ('Matching shares'), vesting of which are conditional upon satisfying the terms of the GESP.

Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited shares held in the GESP are subject to a dividend reinvestment plan whereby cash dividends are used to purchase Rio Tinto plc or Rio Tinto Limited shares on market under the terms of the GESP. These are non-discretionary transactions.

On 15 April 2015, Rio Tinto Limited notified the ASX, in compliance with the ASX Listing Rule 3.19A and as agent for the director, for the purposes of section 205G of the Australian Corporations Act, of a Share acquired by Sam Walsh pursuant to the dividend reinvestment provisions under the terms of the GESP:

Security

Name of the Director

No: of Shares Acquired

Price per Share AUD

Rio Tinto Limited

Sam Walsh

1 Share*

56.43

*The acquisition of this Share arose as a result of Mr Walsh becoming entitled on 9 April 2015 to 0.7168 of a Share which, when aggregated with his existing fractional entitlements under the dividend reinvestment provisions of the GESP, increased his entitlement by one whole Share.

The complete Appendix 3Y notification submitted to ASX is available at:

www.riotinto.com/regulatorynewsandfilings

Vaughn Walton