Rio Tinto RIO Transaction in Own Shares

  Rio Tinto (RIO) - Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7446I
Rio Tinto PLC
27 July 2012
 

                                Rio Tinto plc

                          Transaction in Own Shares

                                 27 July 2012

 

 

 

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:                      26 July 2012
Number of ordinary shares transferred:          936
Highest transfer price per share:           £26.576
Lowest transfer price per share:            £26.576

 

Following the above purchase; Rio Tinto plc holds 14,370,627 ordinary shares
as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding
shares held as treasury shares) is 1,411,004,839.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 

                            Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1910

 

Website: www.riotinto.com

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