Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9449H

Rio Tinto PLC

02 March 2010

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

2 March 2010

Rio Tinto Mining Companies Comparative Plan ("MCCP")

The MCCP is a performance based share plan which provides participants with the conditional right, subject to performance conditions being met, to receive ordinary shares of 10p each ("shares").  At the time of vesting, participants in this share plan can elect to receive their awards for nil consideration either as shares or as cash from the proceeds of a sale of shares.

Rio Tinto plc announces that, on 1 March 2010, Guy Elliott, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") of the Company, elected to receive his vested award and sold the resulting shares.

Conditional Award Granted	No of Shares Lapsed	No of Shares Vested	No of Shares Sold	Sale Price per Share	No of Shares Retained
49,231	29,736	19,495	19,495	£34.60	0

Rio Tinto Non-Executive Directors Share Purchase Plan

Rio Tinto plc announces that, on 1 March 2010, the following non-executive directors had acquired Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares as follows:

	No of Shares Acquired	Purchase Price per Share
Sir David Clementi	78	£34.586908
Yves Fortier	182	£34.586908
Richard Goodmanson	344	£34.586908
Paul Tellier	293	£34.586908

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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