Rio Tinto plc
31 July 2008
RIO TINTO PLC
VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL
Pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6:
As at the date of this announcement the issued share capital of Rio Tinto plc comprised 1,063,074,309 Ordinary shares of 10p each of which 65,001,776 shares had been bought back and held in treasury.
The total number of voting rights in Rio Tinto plc is therefore 998,072,533.
This information may be used by shareholders in their calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Rio Tinto plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Further information:
Matthew Whyte
Assistant Secretary
Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1629
email: matthew.whyte@riotinto.com
Note:
As at the date of this announcement Rio Tinto plc had also issued one Special Voting Share of 10p and one DLC Dividend Share of 10p in connection its dual listed companies ('DLC') merger with Rio Tinto Limited which was designed to place the shareholders of both companies in substantially the same position as if they held shares in a single enterprise owning all of the assets of both companies.