7th May 2008 17:11
Rio Tinto PLC07 May 2008 Rio Tinto plc 07 May 2008 Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ("SOP") The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved Share Incentive Plan (SIP), operatedthrough Capita AESOP Trustees Limited, under which employees are awarded Freeshares once per year. The Free shares are ordinary shares in the Company of10p each ("ordinary shares"). On 07 May 2008, Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 30 April 2008 in London, thefollowing persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Companywere each awarded ordinary shares at a price of £59.15 and were allocated thesame number of matching shares, free of charge: No. of shares Total ordinary Percentage of issued share acquired shares held capital G.R. Elliott 50 60,071 0.006019 K Johnson 50 25,266 0.002532 The above PDMRs also have an interest in 885 shares as potential beneficiariesof the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust. This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Disclosureand Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4. 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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