Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 6998Q
Rio Tinto PLC
01 March 2016
 

Rio Tinto plc

 

Total voting rights and issued capital

1 March 2016

 

 

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1R, Rio Tinto plc notifies the market that as of 29 February 2016:

 

1.         Rio Tinto plc's issued share capital comprised 1,384,496,455 Ordinary shares of 10p each, each with one vote.

 

2.         10,173,309 Ordinary shares of 10p each are held in treasury.  These shares are not taken into consideration in relation to the payment of dividends and voting at shareholder meetings.

 

3.         Accordingly the total number of voting rights in Rio Tinto plc is 1,374,323,146 which figure may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculation 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

Note:

As at the date of this announcement:

(a)  Rio Tinto plc had also issued one Special Voting Share of 10p and one DLC Dividend Share of 10p in connection with 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; and 

(b)  there are 424,192,412 publicly held Rio Tinto Limited shares on issue which do not form part of the share capital of, or voting rights in, Rio Tinto plc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vaughn Walton

Assistant Company Secretary                                

 


Rio Tinto plc

6 St James's Square

London SW1Y 4AD

United Kingdom

 

T +44 20 7781 1345
Registered in England

No. 719885


 


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