18th Apr 2008 14:57
Rio Tinto PLC18 April 2008 Rio Tinto plc 18 April 2008 SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY On Wednesday, 16 April 2008 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the followingDirectors and/or persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") hadcompleted transactions under the Rio Tinto America Savings Plan, to acquire ordispose of units in the Rio Tinto plc Stock Fund. Each unit represents one ADRand each ADR represents four Ordinary shares of 10p each in Rio Tinto plc.These are non-discretionary transactions. 1. Date of transaction: 15 April 2008: Director/PDMR No. of units acquired Price per unit (US$) Mr B.K. Clayton 13.314 474.203 Mr P.S. Chiaro 4.305 474.203 Mr T. Albanese 32.348 474.203 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,Mr Clayton and Mr Albanese are 62,183.240 (0.006232%) and8,328.504 (0.000835%) and 56,710.536 (0.005683%) respectively. Messrs Chiaro, Clayton and Albanese also have an interest in 885 shares aspotential beneficiaries of the Rio 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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