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08/03/2016 09:00

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Rio Tinto PLC
08 March 2016
Rio Tinto Limited - Change of Director's Interest Notice - Sam Walsh
8 March 2016
Rio Tinto voluntarily notifies London Stock Exchange (LSE) of directors' interests in the securities of Rio Tinto Limited and material changes to those interests, as disclosed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in compliance with the ASX Listing Rules and the Australian Corporations Act.
Share Options Plan ("SOP")
The SOP is a discretionary share option plan under which eligible employees are granted an option to purchase a number of Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each or Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares as applicable, at a future date and at an option price set at the date of grant, provided certain performance conditions are met, in accordance with the terms of the SOP ('Options').
On 8 March 2016, Rio Tinto Limited notified the ASX of the lapsing of Options granted to Sam Walsh under the terms of the SOP on 7 March 2006, in compliance with the ASX Listing Rule 3.19A and as agent for the director, for the purposes of section 205G of the Australian Corporations Act:
Security
Name of the Director
No. Options granted on 7 March 2006
No. of Options lapsed on 7 March 2016




Rio Tinto Limited
Sam Walsh
48,079
48,079
The complete Appendix 3Y notification submitted to ASX is available at:
www.riotinto.com/regulatorynewsandfilings
Vaughn Walton
Assistant Company Secretary 
Tim Paine
Joint Company Secretary
Rio Tinto plc
6 St James's Square
London SW1Y 4AD
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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