26th Mar 2008 18:18
Rio Tinto PLC26 March 2008 Rio Tinto plc 26 March 2008 SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY On 24 March 2008 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following Directors and/orpersons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") had completedtransactions under the Rio Tinto America Savings Plan, to acquire or dispose ofunits in the Rio Tinto plc Stock Fund. Each unit represents one ADR and eachADR represents four Ordinary shares of 10p each in Rio Tinto plc. These arenon-discretionary transactions. Director/PDMR Date and place of transaction No. of units acquired Price per unit (US$)Mr P. Chiaro 17 January 2008 1.662 347.563Mr P. Chiaro 4 February 2008 1.316 438.71533Mr P. Chiaro 5 February 2008 0.001 425.783Mr P. Chiaro 21 February 2008 1.261 457.893Mr P. Chiaro 12 March 2008 1.306 441.76991Mr P. Chiaro 24 March 2008 1.606 395.143 Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p(including Stock Fund units, ADRs and ordinary shares) and the total percentageholding for Mr Chiaro is 62,160.236 (0.006230%). Mr Chiaro also has an interest in 879 shares as potential beneficiaries of theRio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust. This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) and DTR 3.1.4 R (1)(b). Enquiries: Kerrene Nicholas Secretarial Assistant Rio Tinto plc Tel: 020 7781 1769 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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