Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 6775V

Rio Tinto PLC

30 May 2008

 



Rio Tinto plc 

30 May 2008

RIO TINTO PLC

('THE COMPANY')

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS 

For the purposes of the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, Rio Tinto plc is required to notify the market of the following:

The Companies issued share capital, including treasury shares, consists of 1,071,869,905 ordinary shares of 10p each. Of these, 73,837,278 shares were held in treasury at the date of this announcement. 

Therefore the total number of voting rights in the company is 998,032,627. 

The above figure (998,032,627 Ordinary Shares) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the company under the FSA'S Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 

Further information:

Mr M J Whyte 

Assistant Secretary 

Tel: [phone]

30 May 2008

 

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