Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Rio Tinto plc has announced share acquisitions by key management personnel under employee share plans. On January 19, 2026, Chief Financial Officer Peter Cunningham acquired 11.825346 ordinary shares at £63.42308 each, and Chief Executive of Copper Katie Jackson acquired 11.825346 ordinary shares at the same price, plus an additional 14 ordinary shares under the UK Share Plan. Chief Executive of Aluminium & Lithium Jérôme Pécresse acquired 22.750704 ordinary shares at £63.42308 each. These transactions were conducted on XLON.

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Rio Tinto PLC
22 January 2026
 

 

 

Notice to LSE                                                                                                                                  

 

Shareholdings of persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) / Key Management Personnel (KMP)

 

Rio Tinto plc

 

22 January 2026

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

Peter Cunningham

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Financial Officer

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial Notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

 

Name

 

Rio Tinto plc

b)

 

LEI

 

213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

 

Part 1

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

Ordinary shares of 10p each

 

 

GB0007188757

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

Acquisition of shares and award of matching shares under the Global Employee Share Plan

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£63.42308

5.912673

£63.42308

5.912673

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

- Price

 

 

 

11.825346

 

£63.42308

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

2026-01-19

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

XLON

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

Katie Jackson

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Executive, Copper

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial Notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

 

Name

 

Rio Tinto plc

b)

 

LEI

 

213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

 

Part 1


a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

Ordinary shares of 10p each

 

 

GB0007188757

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Acquisition of shares and award of matching shares under the Global Employee Share Plan

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£63.42308

5.912673

£63.42308

5.912673

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

- Price

 

 

 

11.825346

 

£63.42308

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

2026-01-19

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

XLON


Part 2

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

Ordinary shares of 10p each

 

 

GB0007188757

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Acquisition of shares and award of matching shares under the UK Share Plan

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£63.42308

7

£63.42308

7

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

- Price

 

 

 

14

 

£63.42308

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

2026-01-19

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

XLON

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

Jérôme Pécresse

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Chief Executive, Aluminium & Lithium

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial Notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

 

Name

 

Rio Tinto plc

b)

 

LEI

 

213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

 

Part 1

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

Ordinary shares of 10p each

 

 

GB0007188757

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

Acquisition of shares and award of matching shares under the Global Employee Share Plan

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

£63.42308

11.375352

£63.42308

11.375352

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

- Price

 

 

 

22.750704

 

£63.42308

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

2026-01-19

f)

 

Place of the transaction

XLON

 

 

 

LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82
Classification: 3.1. Information disclosed under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation

 



 

Contacts

Please direct all enquiries to media.enquiries@riotinto.com

 

 

Media Relations,

United Kingdom

 

Matthew Klar 

M +44 7796 630 637 

 

David Outhwaite

M +44 7787 597 493

 

 

 

Media Relations,

Australia

 

Matt Chambers

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Alyesha Anderson
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Rachel Pupazzoni

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Bruce Tobin  

M +61 419 103 454

 

 

 

 

Media Relations,

Canada

 

Simon Letendre

M +1 514 796 4973

 

Malika Cherry

M +1 418 592 7293

 

Vanessa Damha

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Media Relations,

US & Latin America

 

Jesse Riseborough 

M +1 202 394 9480 

 

Investor Relations,

United Kingdom

 

Rachel Arellano
M
+44 7584 609 644

 

David Ovington

M +44 7920 010 978

 

Laura Brooks  

M +44 7826 942 797 

 

Weiwei Hu  

M +44 7825 907 230

 

 

 

Investor Relations,

Australia

 

Tom Gallop

M +61 439 353 948

 

Eddie Gan-Och 
M
+61 477 599 714

 

 

Rio Tinto plc

 

6 St James's Square

London SW1Y 4AD

United Kingdom

T +44 20 7781 2000

 

Registered in England

No. 719885

 

 

 

Rio Tinto Limited

 

Level 43, 120 Collins Street

Melbourne 3000

Australia

T +61 3 9283 3333

 

Registered in Australia

ABN 96 004 458 404


This announcement is authorised for release to the market by Andy Hodges, Rio Tinto's Group Company Secretary.

 

 

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