REG - Rio Tinto - Rio Tinto prices US$1.75bn of fixed rate notes

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07/03/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 0773S  Rio Tinto PLC  07 March 2023

 

Notice to
ASX/LSE

 

Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc prices US$1.75 billion of fixed rate notes

7 March 2023

 

Rio Tinto has priced US$650 million of 10-year fixed rate SEC-registered debt
securities and US$1.1 billion of 30-year fixed rate SEC-registered debt
securities. The bonds will be issued by Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc and will
be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto
Limited. The 10-year notes will pay a coupon of 5.000 per cent and will mature
March 9, 2033 and the 30-year notes will pay a coupon of 5.125 per cent and
will mature March 9, 2053.

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Santander US
Capital Markets LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. acted as Joint
Book-running Managers, Bank of China Limited, London Branch, CIBC World
Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
acted as Joint Bookrunners, and ANZ Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole
Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, nabSecurities, LLC, Natixis
Securities Americas LLC and Westpac Banking Corporation acted as Co-Managers.

 

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of
an offer to buy any securities, nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation
or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is
unlawful. The offering to which this media release relates was made pursuant
to an effective registration statement that Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Limited,
Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc, Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Inc., Rio Tinto plc and
Rio Tinto Limited (together, "Rio Tinto") filed with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and only by means of a prospectus supplement
and accompanying base prospectus. Rio Tinto will file with the SEC a final
prospectus supplement to the base prospectus for the offering. You can obtain
these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Copies of the prospectus supplement, the accompanying base prospectus and the
final prospectus relating to the offering can be obtained from Rio Tinto at
the registered address below, any underwriter or any dealer participating in
the offering (Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at 1-800-503-4611, J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533, Santander US Capital Markets LLC at
1-855-403-3636 and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. at 1-888-868-6856).

 

Contacts

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

 

 

 

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 Clare Peever

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 Rio Tinto plc           Rio Tinto Limited

 
 

 6 St James's Square     Level 43, 120 Collins Street

 London SW1Y 4AD         Melbourne 3000

 United Kingdom          Australia

 T +44 20 7781 2000      T +61 3 9283 3333

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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