Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3672V

Rio Tinto PLC

08 July 2009

 



Financial Services Authority

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Rio Tinto Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Capital Research and Management Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		24 June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		26 June 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  (Please see Rio Tinto plc footnote)		Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares (GB007188757)

45,267,405

45,267,405

50,103,055

50,103,055

5.0155%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/  Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Rights (GB00B5500C14)

July 1, 2009

July 1, 2009

21,983,009

2.2006%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

72,086,064

7.2161% (Please see Rio Tinto plc footnote below)

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Matthew Whyte
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7781 1629

Rio Tinto plc Footnote in relation to the Rio Tinto plc rights issue:

The percentage voting rights figure of 7.2161% disclosed at section 8 of this announcement was calculated using the total number of voting rights as at 15 June 2009, being the date of the most recent disclosure made by Rio Tinto plc (998,972,340 ordinary shares).  

However, following completion of the Rio Tinto plc rights issue announced on 5 June 2009, the total number of voting rights in Rio Tinto plc is 1,523,432,818. Therefore, the percentage voting rights disclosed at section 8 should be 4.732%.  

 

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