Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5032F
Rio Tinto PLC
13 January 2010
 



Rio Tinto plc 

Transaction in Own Shares

13 January 2010




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:

12 January 2010

Number of ordinary shares transferred:

11,542

Highest transfer price per share:

£22.397

Lowest transfer price per share:

£10.979


Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 4,911,875 ordinary shares as

treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares

held as treasury shares) is 1,524,091,966.






For further information, please contact:



Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1910


Website: www.riotinto.com


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