Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6737S
Rio Tinto PLC
21 May 2009
 



Rio Tinto plc 

Transaction in Own Shares

21 May 2009




Rio Tinto plc announces that yesterday 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:

20 May 2009

Number of ordinary shares transferred:

12,405

Highest transfer price per share:

£26.81

Lowest transfer price per share:

£11.07

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 5,776,329 ordinary shares as

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

held as treasury shares) is 998,739,387.






For further information, please contact:


Investor Relations

Nigel Jones            

Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 2049

Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 227 365


Secretarial Department

Gemma Aldridge    

Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1419


Website: www.riotinto.com


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