Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0519L

Rio Tinto PLC

22 April 2015

 



 

Shareholdings of persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) / Key Management Personnel (KMP) 

 

22 April 2015

Rio Tinto plc notifies the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of PDMR/KMP interests in securities of Rio Tinto plc, in compliance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1. As part of its dual listed company structure, Rio Tinto voluntarily notifies the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) of such dealings. Rio Tinto also notifies both ASX and LSE of all dealings by PDMR/KMP in Rio Tinto Limited securities.

Global Employee Share Plan (GESP)

Under the GESP employees are able to purchase on a quarterly basis Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each ('shares'), Rio Tinto plc ADRs or Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares ('shares') out of monthly deductions from salary and are allocated an equivalent number of shares or ADRs free of charge ('matching shares' and 'matching ADRs') conditional upon satisfying the terms of the GESP.

Rio Tinto plc was notified on 21 April 2015 that on 17 April 2015 the following PDMR/KMP acquired Rio Tinto plc shares under the GESP and were allocated the same number of matching shares. These were non-discretionary transactions.

Security	Name of PDMR/KMP	Number of Shares Acquired	Matching shares	Price per Share GBP
Rio Tinto plc shares	Bague, Hugo	26.3289	26.3289	28.4858
Rio Tinto plc shares	Barrios, Alfredo	23.6135	23.6135	28.4858
Rio Tinto plc shares	Jacques, Jean-Sébastien	13.1644	13.1644	28.4858

Rio Tinto Limited was notified on 22 April 2015 that on 17 April 2015 the following PDMR/KMP acquired Rio Tinto Limited shares under the GESP and were allocated the same number of matching shares. These were non-discretionary transactions.

Security	Name of PDMR/KMP	Number of Shares Acquired	Matching shares	Price per Share AUD
Rio Tinto Limited shares	Davies, Alan	16.9423	16.9423	55.01
Rio Tinto Limited shares	Lilleyman, Gregory	25.4135	25.4135	55.01

Rio Tinto plc was notified on 22 April 2015 that on 17 April 2015 the following PDMR/KMP acquired Rio Tinto plc ADRs under the GESP and was allocated the same number of matching ADRs. This was a non-discretionary transaction.

Security	Name of PDMR/KMP	Number of ADRs Acquired	Matching ADRs	Price per Share USD
Rio Tinto plc ADRs	Valentine, Debra	29.7665	29.7665	41.9262

Dividend reinvestment

Rio Tinto plc was notified on 22 April 2015 that on 20 April 2015 shares in Rio Tinto plc were purchased on behalf of the following PDMR/KMP, from the proceeds of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 April 2015. This was a non-discretionary transaction.

Security	Name of PDMR/KMP	Number of Shares Acquired	Price per Share Euro
Rio Tinto plc shares	Lauvergeon, Anne	90	39.7452

This announcement is made in compliance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.

Vaughn Walton Assistant Company Secretary	Tim Paine Joint Company Secretary
Rio Tinto plc 2 Eastbourne Terrace London W2 6LG United Kingdom T [phone] Registered in England No. 719885	Rio Tinto Limited 120 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 Australia T [phone] Registered in Australia ABN 96 004 458 404

 

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