Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7327C

Rio Tinto PLC

18 April 2013

 



Rio Tinto plc - 2013 annual general meeting voting results

18 April 2013

The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 18 April 2013.

Under Rio Tinto's dual listed companies structure established in 1995, decisions on significant matters affecting shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited in similar ways are taken through a joint electoral procedure.

Resolutions 1 to 17 of the Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting fall into this category, and the results of the voting on these resolutions will be announced shortly after the Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting which will be held in Australia on 9 May 2013.

The remaining resolutions 18 to 21 were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting today. The results of that poll, as certified by the scrutineer, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows:

Resolutions	For	% of shares voted	Against	% of shares voted	Withheld*	Result
18. General authority to allot shares	939,323,854	93.52%	65,054,355	6.48%	6,465,210	CARRIED
19. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	999,466,402	99.56%	4,423,230	0.44%	6,302,316	CARRIED
20. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares	1,005,193,959	99.67%	3,310,041	0.33%	1,692,161	CARRIED
21. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	905,612,415	89.75%	103,383,928	10.25%	1,843,425	CARRIED

*It should be noted that a vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against each resolution.

For the purposes of section 341 of the UK Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table below as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's total issued share capital (excluding shares held in Treasury) as at 6pm on 16 April 2013, being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the Company's register of members in order to attend and vote at the annual general meeting.

Resolutions	Votes cast as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's issued share capital
18. General authority to allot shares	71.12%
19. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	71.08%
20. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares	71.41%
21. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	71.45%

Resolutions 19 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.  Copies of resolutions 18 to 21 will be filed at Companies House. 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and New York Stock Exchange 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, thermal and metallurgical coal, uranium, gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide and salt) and iron ore. Activities span the world and are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America.

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