Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8549Q

Rio Tinto PLC

20 April 2009

 



POLL RESULTS FOR RIO TINTO PLC & RIO TINTO LIMITED - AGM 2009

RIO TINTO PLC	RIO TINTO LIMITED
Held on Wednesday, 15 April 2009 at 11.00am Churchill Auditorium The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre  Broad Sanctuary  London SW1 United Kingdom	Held on Monday, 20 April 2009 at 9.30am Grand Ballroom Sofitel Sydney Wentworth 61-101 Philip Street Sydney New South Wales

In accordance with the Combined Code provision D.2.2 as revised (June 2006) by the Financial Reporting Council, the votes held on a poll were cast as follows: 

Joint Electorate Decisions

The following ordinary resolutions, which were put to Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited shareholders on a poll at the respective annual general meetings, were subject to the joint electoral procedure and the aggregate results of the joint polls were as follows:

RESOLUTION	FOR(3)	%	AGAINST	%		VOTE  WITHHELD
To receive the financial statements and the report of the directors and auditors for the full year ended 31 December 2008 (1)	750,839,406	99.89	827,555	0.11		10,236,935
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 755,976,644 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Approval of the Remuneration report (1)	611,583,182	80.75	145,764,581	19.25		4,284,648
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 629,848,430 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Election of Jan du Plessis(1)	729,083,880	96.29	28,117,733	3.71		4,432,375
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 756,713,359 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Re-election of Sir David Clementi(1)	646,151,745	87.19	94,973,976	12.81		20,520,483
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 740,998,572 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Re-election of Sir Rod Eddington(1)	450,142,495	64.65	246,107,390	35.35		64,959,407
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 696,352,824 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Re-election of Andrew Gould(1)	651,081,905	87.73	91,088,239	12.27		19,477,868
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 742,042,268 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Re-election of David Mayhew(1)	631,251,052	85.10	110,547,159	14.90		19,848,320
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 741,677,237 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of Rio Tinto plc and to authorise the Audit committee to determine their remuneration(1)	733,961,841	97.46	19,136,905	2.54		8,805,346
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 751,380,554 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Non executive directors' fees(1)	745,920,067	98.31	12,802,391	1.69	2,055,527
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 758,225,558 votes were voted by proxy appointments

Resolutions put to the Rio Tinto plc meeting only

RESOLUTION	FOR(3)	%	AGAINST	%	VOTE  WITHHELD
To increase the authorised share capital and authority to allot relevant securities under Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985(2)	592,610,097	95.45	28,262,542	4.55	600,293
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 620,589,044 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Authority to allot relevant securities for cash under Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985(2)	613,168,555	98.92	6,671,786	1.08	1,631,792
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 619,566,587 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings(2)	596,925,675	96.33	22,745,809	3.67	1,795,933
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 619,399,538 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Authority to pay scrip dividends(2)	612,521,405	99.64	2,236,933	0.36	6,714,595
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 614,466,756 votes were voted by proxy appointments

Resolution put to both the Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited meetings

Class Rights Action 

As a Class Rights Action, the following Special Resolution was passed separately at the Rio Tinto plc and at the Rio Tinto Limited meetings. Under the dual listed companies structure, both resolutions require approval by shareholders for either resolution to be deemed passed and take effect.    

The result of the poll at the Rio Tinto plc meeting was as follows:

RESOLUTION	FOR(3)	%	AGAINST	%	VOTE  WITHHELD
Adoption and amendment of new Rio Tinto plc articles of association and amendments to Rio Tinto Limited's constitution(1)	593,064,727	96.10	24,036,714	3.90	4,371,492
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 616,833,277 votes were voted by proxy appointments

The result of the poll at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting was as follows:

RESOLUTION	FOR(3)	%	AGAINST	%	VOTE  WITHHELD
Adoption and amendment of new Rio Tinto plc articles of association and amendments to Rio Tinto Limited's constitution (1)	116,191,026	88.49	15,108,061	11.51	6,114,653
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 131,145,861 votes were voted by proxy appointments

Resolutions put to the Rio Tinto Limited meeting only

RESOLUTION	FOR(3)	%	AGAINST	%	VOTE  WITHHELD
Renewal of authorities to buy back shares held by Rio Tinto plc	136,844,617	97.83	3,037,623	2.17	545,036
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 139,702,402 votes were voted by proxy appointments

Notes

(1)             Resolutions 1-9 and 14 of the Rio Tinto plc notice of meeting were deemed to be carried at the conclusion of the Rio Tinto Limited meeting which was held on Monday, 20 April 2009 in Sydney.

(2)             Resolutions 10-13 of the Rio Tinto plc notice of meeting were deemed to be carried at the conclusion of the Rio Tinto plc meeting on Wednesday, 15 April 2009

(3)             The ‘For’ vote includes votes given at the Chairman’s discretion and details of proxy votes cast are referred to in the table above.

(4)             17 voting cards were declared to be invalid at the Rio Tinto plc meeting.

(5)             Total number of Rio Tinto plc shares with voting rights in issue at 11.00am on 15 April 2009 was 998,613,694

(6)             Total number of Rio Tinto Limited shares with voting rights in issue at 9.30am on 20 April 2009 was 456,815,943.       

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special resolutions passed by Rio Tinto plc shareholders at the Rio Tinto plc meeting will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ('UKLA') and will be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS

About Rio Tinto 

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

For further information, please contact:

Media Relations, London  Nick Cobban Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Christina Mills Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]	Media Relations, Australia  Amanda Buckley Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Ian Head Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]
Media Relations, Americas  Tony Shaffer Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]
Investor Relations, London Nigel Jones Office: [phone]  Mobile: [phone] David Ovington Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]	Investor Relations, Australia Dave Skinner Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Simon Ellinor Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]
Investor Relations, North America Jason Combes Office: [phone] Mobile: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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