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    REG - Rio Tinto - Transaction in Own Shares <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RIO.L</Origin> - Part 1

    Picture of Rio Tinto logoRio TintoAnnouncement
    23/05/2017 17:50
    RNS Number : 0288G
    Rio Tinto PLC
    23 May 2017
    23rd May 2017
    Rio Tinto plc - Transaction in own shares
    Rio Tinto plc (the "Company") today announces that on 23rd May 2017 it purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange from Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch. These shares will be cancelled.
    Ordinary Shares 
    Date of Purchase
    23-May-17 
    Number of ordinary shares purchased 
    112,800
    Average price paid (GBp)
    3204.8566
    Highest price paid
    3231.0000
    Lowest price paid
    3166.0000
    These share purchases form part of the Company's existing share buy-back programme which is expected to be completed over the period from 1 March 2017 to 31 December 2017, details of which were announced on 8 February 2017.
    In respect of this programme, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch will make trading decisions in relation to the Company's Ordinary Shares repurchased under the buy-back programme independently of, and uninfluenced by, the Company for the period between 1 March 2017 and 28 July 2017. 
    Any such acquisitions will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, and in accordance with the Company's general authority to repurchase Ordinary Shares, Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and the provisions of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU dealing with buy-back programmes.
    Following the cancellation of the Ordinary Shares repurchased, the Company will have 1,381,214,251 Ordinary Shares in issue. To the extent that further Ordinary Shares are repurchased under the programme, these will also be cancelled.
    In accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU, a full breakdown of the individual trades is detailed below: 
    Transaction details: Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10 pence each
    Issuer name: Rio Tinto plc
    ISIN:     GB0007188757
    Intermediary name: Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
    Intermediary Code:     DEUTGB2L
    Timezone: GMT
    Currency: GBp
    Aggregated Information 
    Date of purchase: 23rd May 2017
    Number of ordinary shares purchased:     112,800
    Volume weighted average price paid per     share (p): 3204.8566
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