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RNS Number : 3796J Rio Tinto PLC 04 April 2024
Notice to
ASX/LSE
Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting
4 April 2024
The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 4 April 2024.
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 22 (inclusive) 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 2 May 2024.
The remaining resolutions 23 to 26 (inclusive) were put to Rio Tinto plc
shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting today. The results of
that poll are set out below.
The addresses given by the Chair, Chief Executive and People &
Remuneration Committee Chair are available at www.riotinto.com/agm
(http://www.riotinto.com/agm) .
Resolutions For / discretion (number of votes) % for / discretion Against Total votes validly cast % of issued share capital voted Withheld*
(number of votes)
23. General authority to allot shares 887,785,537 97.43 23,398,955 911,184,492 72.75% 1,633,236
24. Disapplication of pre-emption rights 902,134,044 99.09 8,300,432 910,434,476 72.69% 2,383,252
25. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares 725,457,319 79.59 186,040,720 911,498,039 72.77% 1,319,689
26. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings 874,731,354 96.02 36,228,351 910,959,705 72.73% 1,858,020
* 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 as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's
total issued share capital (excluding shares held in Treasury) as at 8pm on 2
April 2024, 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. The number of shares in issue was 1,255,903,781 (excluding
Treasury shares 1,252,502,879).
The Company notes that Resolution 25 'Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc
shares' was passed with less than 80% of votes in favour. Shining Prospect (a
subsidiary of the Aluminium Corporation of China "Chinalco") voted against
Resolution 25. Chinalco has not sold any of its shares in Rio Tinto plc and
now has a holding of over 14% given its non-participation in the Company's
significant share buyback programmes. This places Chinalco close to the 14.99%
holding threshold agreed with the Australian Government at the time of its
original investment in Rio Tinto.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed,
other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .
LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82
Classification: 3.1. Information disclosed under article 19 of the Market
Abuse Regulation.
Contacts
Please direct all enquiries to media.enquiries@riotinto.com
Media Relations, Media Relations, Media Relations,
United Kingdom Australia Americas
Matthew Klar Matt Chambers Simon Letendre
M +44 7796 630 637 M +61 433 525 739 M +1 514 796 4973
David Outhwaite Jesse Riseborough Malika Cherry
M +44 7787 597 493 M +61 436 653 412 M +1 418 592 7293
Alyesha Anderson Vanessa Damha
M +61 434 868 118 M +1 514 715 2152
Michelle Lee
M +61 458 609 322
Investor Relations, Investor Relations,
United Kingdom Australia
Menno Sanderse Tom Gallop
M +44 7825 195 178 M +61 439 353 948
David Ovington Amar Jambaa
M +44 7920 010 978 M +61 472 865 948
Laura Brooks
M +44 7826 942 797
Rio Tinto plc Rio Tinto Limited
6 St James's Square Level 43, 120 Collins Street
London SW1Y 4AD Melbourne 3000
United Kingdom Australia
T +44 20 7781 2000 T +61 3 9283 3333
Registered in England Registered in Australia
No. 719885 ABN 96 004 458 404
This announcement is authorised for release to the market by Andy Hodges, Rio
Tinto's Group Company Secretary.
riotinto.com
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