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Rio Tinto PLC09 March 2007 Rio Tinto plc 9 March 2007 SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY On Thursday 8 March 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following Directorsand/or persons 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. 1. Date and place of transaction: 7 March 2007, New York: Director/PDMR No. of units Price per unit acquired (US$) Mr P.S. Chiaro 9.988 210.244Mr B.K. Clayton 12.366 210.244 2. Date and place of transaction: 16 February 2007, New York: Director/PDMR No. of units Price per unit acquired (US$) Mr P.S. Chiaro 9.604 218.643 Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p(including Stock Fund units, ADRs and ordinary shares) and the total percentageholdings for Mr Chiaro and Mr Clayton are 62,050.276 (0.007148%) and 7,064.328(0.000701%) respectively. Mr Chiaro and Mr Clayton also have an interest in 864 shares as a potentialbeneficiary of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust. This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) and DR 3.1.4 R (1)(b). Enquiries: Louise Brennan Secretarial Assistant Rio Tinto plc Tel: 020 7930 2399 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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