Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
26 April 2023
 

 

Notice to ASX/LSE                                                                                                                       

 

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

26 April 2023

 

As part of its dual listed company structure, Rio Tinto notifies dealings in Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited securities by PDMRs / KMPs to both the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

 

Share Plan Account (SPA)

 

Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each and Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares held in a SPA are eligible for a dividend reinvestment whereby cash dividends are used to buy Rio Tinto shares in the market.  

 

On 20 April 2023 the following PDMR / KMP acquired shares in Rio Tinto plc by way of reinvestment of dividends received on shares held in a SPA.

 

Security

Name of PDMR / KMP

Number of Shares Acquired

Price Per Share
GBP

Rio Tinto plc shares

Cunningham, Peter

1,378.44877

54.55765

Rio Tinto plc shares

Stausholm, Jakob

1,482.43223

54.55765

 

UK Share Plan (UKSP)

 

The UKSP is an HMRC approved Share Incentive Plan under which qualifying UK employees are able to purchase, on a quarterly basis, Rio Tinto plc shares. Rio Tinto plc shares are purchased out of monthly deductions from salary, and participants are allocated an equivalent number of shares free of charge (UKSP matching shares). Qualifying UK employees are also awarded Free Shares once a year.

 

Rio Tinto plc shares held in the UKSP are subject to dividend reinvestment whereby cash dividends are used to buy Rio Tinto plc shares in the market.

 

On 20 April 2023 the following PDMR / KMP acquired shares in Rio Tinto plc by way of reinvestment of dividends received on shares held in a UKSP.

 

Security

Name of PDMR / KMP

Number of Shares Acquired

Price Per Share
GBP

Rio Tinto plc shares

Baatar, Bold

25

54.55765

Rio Tinto plc shares

Cunningham, Peter

129

54.55765

Rio Tinto plc shares

Stausholm, Jakob

19

54.55765

 

Global Employee Share Plan (myShare)

 

Under myShare employees are able to purchase, on a quarterly basis, Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each, Rio Tinto plc ADRs or Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares. Shares are purchased out of monthly deductions from salary and participants are allocated an equivalent number of shares or ADRs free of charge ('matching shares' and 'matching ADRs'), conditional upon satisfying the terms of myShare. The matching shares or matching ADRs are subject to a three-year holding period, and vest after this period.

Rio Tinto Shares held in myShare are subject to dividend reinvestment whereby cash dividends are used to buy Rio Tinto shares in the market under the terms of myShare. 

 

On 20 April 2023 the following PDMR / KMP acquired Rio Tinto plc shares by way of reinvestment of dividends received on shares held in myShare.

 

Security

Name of PDMR / KMP

Number of Shares Acquired

Price Per Share
GBP

Rio Tinto plc shares

Baatar, Bold

27.27725

54.55765

Rio Tinto plc shares

Barrios, Alfredo

18.3146

54.55765

Rio Tinto plc shares

Cunningham, Peter

33.8404

54.55765

Rio Tinto plc shares

Stausholm, Jakob

5.51431

54.55765

Rio Tinto plc shares

Trott, Simon

13.22772

54.55765

Rio Tinto plc shares

Vella, Ivan

3.6523

54.55765

 

Rio Tinto plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan

 

Rio Tinto plc offer a dividend reinvestment plan that gives shareholders the opportunity to use their cash dividends to buy Rio Tinto plc shares respectively, in the market.

 

On 20 April 2023, the following director acquired shares in Rio Tinto plc under a dividend reinvestment plan as follows.

 

Security

Name of PDMR / KMP

Number of Shares Acquired

Price Per Share
US$

Rio Tinto plc ADR

Jennifer Nason

1,765

2.25

 

FCA notifications in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation have been issued to the London Stock Exchange contemporaneously with this release.

 

LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82
Classification: 3.1. Information disclosed under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.

 

 



 

Contacts

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Media Relations,

United Kingdom

 

Matthew Klar

M +44 7796 630 637

 

David Outhwaite

M +44 7787 597 493

 

 

 

Media Relations,

Australia

 

Matt Chambers

M +61 433 525 739

 

Jesse Riseborough

M +61 436 653 412

 

Alyesha Anderson

M +61 434 868 118

 

 

Media Relations,

Americas

 

Simon Letendre

M +514 796 4973

 

Malika Cherry

M +1 418 592 7293

Investor Relations,

United Kingdom

 

Menno Sanderse

M +44 7825 195 178

 

David Ovington

M +44 7920 010 978

 

Clare Peever

M +44 7788 967 877

 

 

Investor Relations,

Australia

 

Tom Gallop

M +61 439 353 948

 

Amar Jambaa

M +61 472 865 948

 

 

 

Rio Tinto plc

 

6 St James's Square

London SW1Y 4AD

United Kingdom

T +44 20 7781 2000

 

Registered in England

No. 719885

 

 

 

Rio Tinto Limited

 

Level 43, 120 Collins Street

Melbourne 3000

Australia

T +61 3 9283 3333

 

Registered in Australia

ABN 96 004 458 404


This announcement is authorised for release to the market by Steve Allen, Rio Tinto's Group Company Secretary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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