Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1458Y

Rio Tinto PLC

18 February 2013

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

18 February 2013

RIO TINTO SHARE OPTION PLAN ("SOP")

The SOP is a discretionary share option plan under which eligible employees are granted an option to purchase a number of Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each in the future at a price set at the date of grant provided certain performance conditions are met.

On 18 February 2013, Rio Tinto plc was notified that Guy Elliott, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options over ordinary shares originally granted on 7 March 2003.

No of Shares Acquired	Purchase Price per Share	No of Shares Sold	Sale Price per Share	Date of Trade	No of Shares Retained
70,732	£10.434	70,732	£37.5401	15/02/13	0

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

On 18 February 2013, Rio Tinto plc was notified that on 15 February 2013 the following PDMRs had acquired Rio Tinto plc American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) as follows:

Director	No. of ADRs acquired	Price per ADR (USD)
Ann Godbehere	870	57.68-57.6899
Robert Brown	2000	57.8399

Note: Each ADR represents one Rio Tinto plc ordinary share of 10p each

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

Vaughn Walton

Assistant Company Secretary

Rio Tinto plc

Office:  [phone]

[e-mail]

 

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