REG - Rio Tinto - Results of Rio Tinto plc AGM

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03/04/2025 15:00

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RNS Number : 5904D  Rio Tinto PLC  03 April 2025

 

Notice to
ASX/LSE

 

Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting

3 April 2025

 

The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 3 April 2025.

 

The Resolutions 20 to 23 (inclusive) were proposed to Rio Tinto plc
shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting today. The results of
that poll are set out below.

 

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 19 (inclusive) and Resolution 24 of the Rio Tinto
plc annual general meeting fall into this category. In accordance with Rio
Tinto's usual practice for joint decision matters, 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 1 May 2025, once
voting on these resolutions has been concluded.

 

The addresses given by the Chair and Chief Executive 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)
 20. General authority to allot shares                                      874,962,881                         97.22               24,999,932          899,962,813               71.77%                           2,046,157
 21. Disapplication of pre-emption rights                                   894,753,496                         99.53               4,239,858           898,993,354               71.69%                           3,014,919
 22. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares                             711,804,446                         79.08               188,310,626         900,115,072               71.78%                           1,894,892
 23. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings  867,091,016                         96.33               33,023,751          900,114,767               71.78%                           1,895,195

 

* 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 2025, 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 1,255,960,289 (excluding
Treasury shares 1,253,972,387).

 

The Company notes that Resolution 22 '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 22. 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
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Contacts

Please direct all enquiries to media.enquiries@riotinto.com

 

 

 Media Relations,        Media Relations,               Media Relations,
 United Kingdom          Australia                      Canada

 
 
 

 Matthew Klar            Matt Chambers                  Simon Letendre

 M +44 7796 630 637      M +61 433 525 739              M +1 514 796 4973

 David Outhwaite         Michelle Lee                   Malika Cherry

 M +44 7787 597 493      M +61 458 609 322              M +1 418 592 7293

                         Rachel Pupazzoni               Vanessa Damha

                         M +61 438 875 469              M +1 514 715 2152

Media Relations,
                                                        US

 

                                                        Jesse Riseborough

                                                        M +1 202 394 9480

 Investor Relations,     Investor Relations,
 United Kingdom          Australia

 
 

 Rachel Arellano         Tom Gallop

M: +44 7584 609 644

                       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

 Weiwei Hu

 M +44 7825 907 230

 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.

 

 

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