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Rio TintoAnnouncement

21/09/2015 18:10

RNS Number : 7316Z
Rio Tinto PLC
21 September 2015
Shareholdings of persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) / Key Management Personnel (KMP)
Dividend Reinvestment
21 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 ADRs, out of monthly deductions from salary and are allocated an equivalent number of ADRs free of charge (GESP matching ADRs), which are conditional upon satisfying the terms of the GESP.
Rio Tinto plc ADRs held in the GESP are subject to a dividend reinvestment plan, whereby cash dividends are used to buy Rio Tinto plc ADRs in the market under the terms of the GESP. 
Rio Tinto plc was notified on 21 September 2015 that on 14 September 2015 the following PDMR/KMP acquired Rio Tinto plc ADRs under a dividend reinvestment plan, on ADRs held in the GESP. This was a non-discretionary transaction.
Security
Name of PDMR/KMP
Number of ADRs Acquired
Price per Unit USD
Rio Tinto plc ADRs
Valentine, Debra
7.9102
36.34292
Dividend reinvestment
Rio Tinto plc was notified on 21 September 2015 that on 17 September 2015 shares in Rio Tinto plc were purchased on behalf of the following PDMR/KMP, from the proceeds of dividends paid to shareholders on 10 September 2015.
Security
Name of PDMR/KMP
Number of Shares Acquired
Price per Share
Euro
Rio Tinto plc shares
Lauvergeon, Anne
99
32.89404
This announcement is made in compliance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.
Vaughn Walton
Assistant 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

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