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Rio Tinto PLC
16 April 2015
Rio Tinto plc - 2015 annual general meeting voting results
16 April 2015
The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 16 April 2015.
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 18 of the Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting fall into this category, and 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 Perth, Australia on 7 May 2015.
The remaining resolutions 19 to 22 were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting today. The results of that poll, as certified by the scrutineer, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows:
Resolutions
For
% of shares voted
Against
% of shares voted
Withheld*
Result
19. General authority to allot shares
927,141,201
90.73
94,775,175
9.27
4,993,307
CARRIED
20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights
1,017,775,346
99.59
4,188,657
0.41
4,809,210
CARRIED
21. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares 
1,023,278,151
99.88
1,193,952
0.12
2,301,111
CARRIED
22. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings
942,571,029
91.94
82,665,612
8.06
1,536,571
CARRIED
*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 below as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's total issued share capital (excluding shares held in Treasury) as at 6pm on 14 April 2015, 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.
Resolutions
Votes cast as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's issued share capital
19. General authority to allot shares
72.47%
20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights
72.48%
21. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares 
72.66%
22. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general 
meetings
72.71%
Resolutions 20 to 22 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 19 to 22 will be filed at Companies House. 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 
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Rio Tinto plc
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United Kingdom
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Registered in England 
No. 719885
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Melbourne 3000
Australia 
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