11th Mar 2005 11:44
Rio Tinto PLC11 March 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company Rio Tinto plc 2) Name of director Mr G R Elliott 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of anon-beneficial interest As in 2 above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them (if notified) Mr G R Elliott 42,402Rio Tinto Trustees 606ISA 504 Mr G R Elliott also has an interest in 814 shares as a potential beneficiary ofthe Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connectedwith the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactionsplease indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/nondiscretionary Purchase of shares under the Rio Tinto Share Ownership PlanGrant of options under the Rio Tinto Share Option Plan 2004Grant of conditional share awards under the Mining Companies Comparative Plan2004('MCCP') 7) Number of shares/amount ofstock acquired 14 8) Percentage of issued class minimal 9) Number of shares/amountof stock disposed 10) Percentage of issued class 11) Class of security Ordinary shares of 10p each 12) Price per share £18.1090 13) Date of transaction 10 March 2005 14) Date company informed 10 March 2005 15) Total holding following this notification 43,512 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.004% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete thefollowing boxes 17) Date of grant Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - 9 March 2005MCCP - 9 March 2005 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - 9 March 2008 and 8 March 2015 MCCP - Conditional share awards under the MCCP are subject to performanceconditions and the performance period ends 31 December 2008. 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the optionNil 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number Ordinary shares of 10p Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - 72,972 MCCP - 51,081 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that priceis to be fixed at time of exercise Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - £18.262 MCCP - Price fixed at time of vesting 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options heldfollowing this notification Rio Tinto Share Savings Plan - 1,431 Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - 323,001 Total options - 324,432 MCCP - 142,489 Total conditional share awards - 142,489 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Julie Mead 020 7753 2116 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification M J Whyte Date of Notification......11 March 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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