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RNS Number : 8519H  Rio Tinto PLC  08 April 2022

 

Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting

 

The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 8 April 2022.

 

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 17 (inclusive) and Resolution 22 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 Australia on 5 May 2022.

 

The remaining resolutions 18 to 21 (inclusive) were put to Rio Tinto plc
shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting today. The results of
that poll are set out below.

 

The addresses given by the Chairman and the Chief Executive are available at
www.riotinto.com/agm
(https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riotinto.com%2Fagm&data=04%7C01%7CHayley.Clifton%40riotinto.com%7C9b53e04593774e1951f308da1217c9c1%7C4341df80fbe641bf89b0e6e2379c9c23%7C0%7C0%7C637842190615003243%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=VzRmNDTb7fsXmEO8rUg0YpI6ciXmG6nvCZrbBPxRodw%3D&reserved=0)
.

 

 Resolutions                                                                For/Discretion (no of votes)  % for / discretion  Against          Total votes validly cast  % of issued share capital voted  Withheld*

                                                                                                                              (no of votes)
 18. General authority to allot shares

98.51%
13,734,416
920,552,687
73.69%
2,155,910
                                                                             906,818,271

 
 
 
 
 

 
 19. Disapplication of pre-emption rights

915,306,396
99.47%
 4,854,016
920,160,412
73.66%
2,550,514

 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares

732,358,932
79.51%
188,747,010
921,105,942
73.73%
1,602,135

 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings

878,544,694
95.37%
42,615,928
921,160,622
73.74%
1,547,188

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 98.51%

 

 

 13,734,416

 

 

 920,552,687

 

 

 73.69%

 

 

 2,155,910

 

19. Disapplication of pre-emption rights

 

 915,306,396

 

 

 99.47%

 

 

  4,854,016

 

 

 920,160,412

 

 

 73.66%

 

 

 2,550,514

 

20. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares

 

 732,358,932

 

 

 79.51%

 

 

 188,747,010

 

 

 921,105,942

 

 

 73.73%

 

 

 1,602,135

 

21. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings

 

 878,544,694

 

 

 95.37%

 

 

 42,615,928

 

 

 921,160,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 73.74%

 

 

 1,547,188

 

 

*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 as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's
total issued share capital (excluding shares held in Treasury) as at 8pm on 6
April 2022, 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. The number of shares in issue was 1,255,806,237 (excluding
Treasury shares 1,249,216,054).

 

The Company notes that Resolution 20 'Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc
shares' was passed with less than 80% of votes in favour. Shining Prospect (a
subsidiary of the Aluminium Corporation of China "Chinalco") voted against
Resolution 20. Chinalco has not sold any of its shares in Rio Tinto plc and
now has a holding of over 14% given its non-participation in the Company's
significant share buyback programmes. This places Chinalco close to the 14.99%
holding threshold agreed with the Australian Government at the time of its
original investment in Rio Tinto.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed,
other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

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 Contacts  Please direct all enquiries to media.enquiries@riotinto.com

 

 Media Relations, UK         Media Relations, Australia

 Illtud Harri                Jonathan Rose

 M +44 7920 503 600          M +61 447 028 913

 David Outhwaite             Matt Chambers

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 Media Relations, Americas   Jesse Riseborough

 Matthew Klar                M +61 436 653 412

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                             Investor Relations, Australia

 Investor Relations, UK      Amar Jambaa

 Menno Sanderse              M +61 472 865 948

 M: +44 7825 195 178

 David Ovington

 M +44 7920 010 978

 Clare Peever

 M +44 7788 967 877

 Rio Tinto plc               Rio Tinto Limited

 6 St James's Square         Level 7, 360 Collins Street

London SW1Y 4AD

United Kingdom             Melbourne 3000

 

                           Australia
 T +44 20 7781 2000

Registered in England

 No. 719885                  T +61 3 9283 3333

                             Registered in Australia

                             ABN 96 004 458 404

 

This announcement is authorised for release to the market by Steve Allen, Rio
Tinto's Group Company Secretary.

 

riotinto.com

 

 

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