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Rio TintoAnnouncement

17/09/2015 17:10

RNS Number : 4326Z
Rio Tinto PLC
17 September 2015
Shareholdings of persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) / Key Management Personnel (KMP)
Dividend Reinvestment
17 September 2015
Global Employee Share Plan (GESP) dividend reinvestment plan
Under the GESP employees are able to purchase on a quarterly basis Rio Tinto plc shares, out of monthly deductions from salary and are allocated an equivalent number of shares free of charge (GESP matching shares), which are conditional upon satisfying the terms of the GESP.
Rio Tinto plc shares held in the GESP are subject to a dividend reinvestment plan, whereby cash dividends are used to buy Rio Tinto plc shares in the market under the terms of the GESP. 
Rio Tinto plc was notified on 17 September 2015 that on 11 September 2015 the following PDMR/KMP acquired Rio Tinto plc shares under a dividend reinvestment plan, on shares held in the GESP. These were non-discretionary transactions.
Security
Name of PDMR/KMP
Number of Shares Acquired
Price per Share 
GBP
Rio Tinto plc shares
Bague, Hugo
5.556
23.6626
Rio Tinto plc shares
Barrios, Alfredo
2.4021
23.6626
Rio Tinto plc shares
Davies, Alan
0.2784
23.6626
Rio Tinto plc shares
Jacques, Jean-Sbastien
3.7705
23.6626
This announcement is made in compliance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.
Vaughn Walton
Assistant Company Secretary 
Tim Paine
Joint Company Secretary
Rio Tinto plc
6 St James's Square
London SW1Y 4 AD
United Kingdom
T +44 20 7781 1345
Registered in England 
No. 719885
Rio Tinto Limited
120 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000
Australia 
T +61 3 9283 3333
Registered in Australia
ABN 96 004 458 404

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