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06/04/2023 15:00

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RNS Number : 6787V  Rio Tinto PLC  06 April 2023

 

Notice to
ASX/LSE

 

Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting

6 April 2023

 

The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 6 April 2023.

 

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 (inclusive) 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 4 May 2023.

 

The remaining resolutions 19 to 22 (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 Chair 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)
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 Resolutions                                                                For / discretion (number of votes)  % for / discretion  Against             Total votes validly cast  % of issued share capital voted  Withheld*

                                                                                                                                    (number of votes)
 19. General authority to allot shares                                      896,719,373                         98.63               12,443,034          909,162,407               72.68%                           13,243,072
 20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights                                   903,182,122                         99.42               5,292,502           908,474,624               72.63%                           13,930,703
 21. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares                             720,621,578                         79.26               188,535,217         909,156,795               72.68%                           13,240,002
 22. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings  873,062,810                         96.00               36,339,720          909,402,530               72.70%                           13,004,092

 

* 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 4
April 2023, 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 1,255,855,118 (excluding
Treasury shares 1,250,832,245).

 

The Company notes that Resolution 21 '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 21. 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) .

 

LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82

Classification: 3.1. Information disclosed under article 19 of the Market
Abuse Regulation.

 

 

 

Contacts

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

 

 

 

 Media Relations,        Media Relations,               Media Relations,
 United Kingdom          Australia                      Americas

 
 
 

 Matthew Klar            Matt Chambers                  Simon Letendre

 M +44 7796 630 637      M +61 433 525 739              M +514 796 4973

 David Outhwaite         Jesse Riseborough              Malika Cherry

 M +44 7787 597 493      M +61 436 653 412              M +1 418 592 7293

                         Alyesha Anderson

                         M +61 434 868 118

 Investor Relations,     Investor Relations,
 United Kingdom          Australia

 
 

 Menno Sanderse          Tom Gallop

 M +44 7825 195 178      M +61 439 353 948

 David Ovington          Amar Jambaa

 M +44 7920 010 978      M +61 472 865 948

 Clare Peever

 M +44 7788 967 877

 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

 Registered in England   Registered in Australia

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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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