14th Aug 2006 17:05
Rio Tinto PLC14 August 2006 Rio Tinto plc 14 August 2006 Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ("SOP") The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved trust arrangement, operated through CapitaAESOP Trustees Limited, under which employees are able to purchase ordinaryshares in the Company of 10p each ("ordinary shares"), using monthly deductionsfrom salary, and are allocated an equivalent number of free ordinary shares ("matching shares"). On 11 August 2006 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 10 August 2006 in London,the following executive directors and persons discharging managerialresponsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at aprice of £28.60 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free ofcharge: No. of shares Total ordinary Percentage of issued acquired shares held share capital Director G.R. Elliott 10 47,997 0.004603 PDMRs K.Johnson 10 17,500 0.001678A.V.Lawless 10 8,447 0.000810A.Mackenzie 8 40,420 0.003877M.Merton 10 1,689 0.000162A. Vickerman 10 5,380 0.000516 This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the FinancialServices Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4. 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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