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Rio TintoAnnouncement

18/12/2014 17:07

RNS Number : 2325A
Rio Tinto PLC
18 December 2014
Rio Tinto plc
18 December 2014
SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMR)
UK Share Plan ('UKSP') dividend reinvestment plan
The UKSP is an HMRC approved Share Incentive Plan under which qualifying UKemployees are able to purchase on a quarterly basis Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each ('Ordinary shares') out of monthly deductions from salary and are allocated an equivalent number of shares free of charge ('Matching shares'). Qualifying UK employees are also awarded Free shares once a year.
Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares held in the UKSP and the GESP are subject to a dividend reinvestment plan whereby cash dividends are used to buy Rio Tinto plc shares in the market. These are non-discretionary transactions.
Due to an administrative oversight, Rio Tinto plc was only notified on 18 December 2014, that the following PDMRs acquired ordinary shares in Rio Tinto plc under a dividend reinvestment plan, on ordinary shares held in the UKSP:
PDMR
Date acquired
No. of shares acquired
Price per share
(GBP)



Kenyon-Slaney, Harry
11/04/2014
35
33.8127
Lynch, Christopher
11/09/2014
1
32.1223
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.
Enquiries: 
Vaughn Walton
Assistant Company Secretary
Rio Tinto plc 
Tel: 020 7781 1345

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