Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0496B
Rio Tinto PLC
10 February 2011
 



Rio Tinto plc

Transaction in Own Shares

10 February 2011

 

 

 

Rio Tinto plc announces that it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes the following number of its ordinary shares of 10p each, which were previously held as treasury shares.

 

Ordinary Shares

 

Date of transfer:

9 February 2011

Number of ordinary shares transferred:

44,099

Highest transfer price per share:

£42.430

Lowest transfer price per share:

£13.019

 

 

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 2,498,217 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,526,505,654.

 

 

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1910

 

Website: www.riotinto.com


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