Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0119D

Rio Tinto PLC

15 March 2011

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

15 March 2011

Rio Tinto Management Share Plan ("MSP")

The MSP is a service based award which provides participants with an award of shares which vests subject to continuous employment.

At the time of vesting, participants in this share plan can elect to receive their award for nil consideration either as shares or as cash from the proceeds of a sale of shares.

Rio Tinto plc announces that, on 14 March 2011, Debra Valentine, a person discharging managerial responsibility of the Company, received her vested award in the form of shares of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Conditional award granted	Dividend shares entitlement	No of  shares vested	No of shares         sold	Sale price per share	No of shares retained	Amount of  award still to vest
12,105	163	6,215	2,006	£39.72	4,209	6,053

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

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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