Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6383H
Rio Tinto PLC
24 February 2010
 



Rio Tinto plc

Transaction in Own Shares

24 February 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:

23 February 2010

Number of ordinary shares transferred:

48,313

Highest transfer price per share:

£33.790

Lowest transfer price per share:

£10.979

 

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 4,227,937 ordinary shares as

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

held as treasury shares) is 1,524,775,934.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1910

 

Website: www.riotinto.com


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