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Rio Tinto PLC22 January 2007 Rio Tinto plc 22 January 2007 SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY On Friday 19 January 2007 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 and place of transaction: 18 January 2007, New York: Director/PDMR No. of units Price per unit acquired (US$) Mr P. Chiaro 2.603 201.667Mr B.K. Clayton 12.892 201.667 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 63,069.844 (0.006183%) and 6,918.552(0.000678%) 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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