Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0945K

Rio Tinto PLC

08 July 2011

 



Rio Tinto plc

Transaction in Own Shares

8 July 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:	7 July 2011
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	9,945
Highest transfer price per share:	£12.050
Lowest transfer price per share:	£10.434

Following the above Rio Tinto plc holds 15,138,918 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,489,956,403.     

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: [phone]

Website: www.riotinto.com

 

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