Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6652L

Rio Tinto PLC

14 January 2009

 



Rio Tinto plc

14 January 2009

Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ('SOP')

The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved Share Incentive Plan (SIP), operated through Capita AESOP Trustees Limited, under which employees are able to purchase ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each ('ordinary shares'), using monthly deductions from salary, and are allocated an equivalent number of free ordinary shares ('matching shares').  

On 13 January 2009 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 12 January 2009 in London, the following persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a price of £16.22 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of charge:

	No of shares acquired	Total ordinary shares held	Percentage of issued share capital
G R Elliott	16	60,735	0.006084
K B Johnson	16	25,346	0.002539

The above PDMRs also have an interest in 1703 shares as potential beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

Enquiries:    

Matthew Whyte

Assistant Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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