Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3603Q

Rio Tinto PLC

26 February 2016

 

Shareholdings of directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) / Key Management Personnel (KMP) 

 

26 February 2016

Rio Tinto plc notifies the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of PDMR/KMP interests in securities of Rio Tinto plc, in compliance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1. As part of its dual listed company structure, Rio Tinto voluntarily notifies the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) of material dealings in Rio Tinto plc shares by PDMR/KMP and both ASX and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of material dealings by PDMR/KMP in Rio Tinto Limited securities.

Performance Share Plan ("PSP")

The PSP is a performance based share plan which provides the Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited participants with the conditional right to receive Rio Tinto plc or Rio Tinto Limited shares, subject to performance conditions being met, under the terms of the Rio Tinto plc PSP and Rio Tinto Limited PSP respectively. At the time of vesting, participants can elect to receive their awards for nil consideration either as shares or as cash from the proceeds of a sale of shares

On 25 February 2016 Rio Tinto plc was notified that on 25 February 2016 the following PDMR elected to receive his vested PSP award in the form of shares, of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Security	Name of PDMR/KMP	Conditional Award Granted	No: of Shares Lapsed	No: of Shares Vested	No: of Shares Sold	Price per Share GBP	No: of Shares Retained
Rio Tinto plc	Harding, Andrew	22,390	7,747	14,643	7,047	18.17	7,596

On 18 February 2016 Rio Tinto Limited was notified that on 18 February 2016 the following KMP elected to receive his vested PSP award in the form of shares, of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Security	Name of PDMR/KMP	Conditional Award Granted	No: of Shares Lapsed	No: of Shares Vested	No: of Shares Sold	Price per Share AUD	No: of Shares Retained
Rio Tinto Limited	Davies, Alan	6,663	2,306	4,357	2,100	43.16	2,257

This announcement is made in compliance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.

Vaughn Walton Assistant Company Secretary	Tim Paine Joint Company Secretary
Rio Tinto plc 6 St James's Square London SW1Y 4AD United Kingdom T [phone] Registered in England No. 719885	Rio Tinto Limited 120 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 Australia T [phone] Registered in Australia ABN 96 004 458 404

 

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