Result of AGM

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Rio Tinto PLC
16 April 2015
 



Rio Tinto plc - 2015 annual general meeting voting results

 

16 April 2015

 

The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 16 April 2015.

 

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 18 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 Perth, Australia on 7 May 2015.

 

The remaining resolutions 19 to 22 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

 

19. General authority to allot shares

927,141,201

90.73

94,775,175

9.27

4,993,307

CARRIED

20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights

1,017,775,346

99.59

4,188,657

0.41

4,809,210

CARRIED

21. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares

1,023,278,151

99.88

1,193,952

0.12

2,301,111

CARRIED

22. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings

942,571,029

91.94

82,665,612

8.06

1,536,571

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 14 April 2015, 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

19. General authority to allot shares

72.47%

20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights

72.48%

21. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares

72.66%

22. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general

meetings

72.71%

 

 

Resolutions 20 to 22 were passed as special resolutions.  Copies of resolutions 19 to 22 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

 

Contacts

 

media.enquiries@riotinto.com

 

www.riotinto.com

 

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Media Relations, EMEA/Americas

Illtud Harri

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David Outhwaite

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David Luff

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M + 44 7780 226 422

 

Investor Relations, EMEA/Americas

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David Ovington

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M +44 7920 010 978

 

Grant Donald

T +44 20 7781 1262

M +44 7920 587 805

Media Relations, Australia/Asia

Ben Mitchell

T +61 3 9283 3620

M +61 419 850 212

 

Bruce Tobin

T +61 3 9283 3612

M +61 419 103 454

 

Matthew Klar

T +61 7 3625 4244

M +61 457 525 578

 

Investor Relations, Australia/Asia

Natalie Worley

T +61 3 9283 3063

M +61 409 210 462

 

Rachel Storrs

T +61 3 9283 3628

M +61 417 401 018

 

Galina Rogova

T +86 21 6103 3550

M +86 152 2118 3942



 

 

Rio Tinto plc

2 Eastbourne Terrace

London W2 6LG

United Kingdom

 

T +44 20 7781 2000
Registered in England

No. 719885

Rio Tinto Limited

120 Collins Street

Melbourne 3000

Australia

 

T +61 3 9283 3333

Registered in Australia

ABN 96 004 458 404

 


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