Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2356U

Rio Tinto PLC

12 May 2008

 



Rio Tinto plc 

Transaction in Own Shares

12 May 2008

Rio Tinto plc announces today that it has transferred to participants in its employee share schemes the following number of its ordinary shares of 10p each, which were previously held as treasury shares.

Ordinary Shares

Date of transfer:	12 May 2008
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	5,711
Highest transfer price per share:	1826.2p
Lowest transfer price per share:	1826.2p

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 73,884,492 ordinary shares as

treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares

held as treasury shares) is 997,985,413.

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations

Nigel Jones            

Office: [phone]

Mobile: [phone]

Secretarial Department

Matthew Whyte    

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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