Notice of change of interests in Riversdale

RNS Number : 8003D

Rio Tinto PLC

29 March 2011

 



Notice of change of interests in Riversdale

29 March 2011

Rio Tinto today announced its relevant interest in Riversdale Mining Limited (Riversdale) increased from 45,816,988 ordinary shares (19.36 per cent), as disclosed in its most recent substantial holding notice relating to Riversdale dated 18 March 2011, to 49,579,228 ordinary shares (20.95 per cent).

Rio Tinto also reports that since the most recent notice to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) relating to its wholly owned subsidiary Rio Tinto Jersey Holdings 2010 Limited's (RTJ) interests under its institutional acceptance facility dated 28 March 2011, the aggregate of the number of:

•           Riversdale shares in respect of which acceptance instructions (in the form of acceptance forms and/or directions to custodians to accept RTJ's offer) have been received in the acceptance facility as at 7.30pm yesterday; and

•           Riversdale shares in which RTJ and its associates have a relevant interest,

has changed from 39.66 per cent to 41.04 per cent.

The following table is a breakdown of the aggregate amount between those two categories.

	Number of Riversdale shares	Percentage of Riversdale's existing issued shares
Acceptance facility	47,558,924	20.09
Relevant interest	49,579,228	20.95
TOTALS	97,138,152	41.04

A notice of change of interests of substantial holder was today submitted to the ASX. A copy of this notice is available at www.riotinto.com.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

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