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Rio Tinto PLC14 February 2007 Rio Tinto plc 14 February 2007 SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY On 14 February 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following Directors and/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: 2 February 2007, New York: Director/PDMR No. of units acquired Price per unit (US$) Mr P. Chiaro 9.84 213.519 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 are 60,946.684 (0.0005994%) respectively. Mr Chiaro also has an interest in 864 shares as a potential beneficiary of theRio 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 Rio Tinto plc 14 February 2007 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 13 February 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 12 February 2007 inLondon, the following executive directors and persons discharging managerialresponsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at aprice of £27.0248 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free ofcharge: No. of shares Total ordinary Percentage of issued acquired shares held share capitalDirectorG.R. Elliott 10 48,053 0.004726% PDMRsK.Johnson 8 17,556 0.001727%A.V.Lawless 8 8,503 0.000836%A.Mackenzie 10 40,478 0.003981%M.Merton 8 3,473 0.000342%A. Vickerman 8 5,436 0.000535% The above directors/PDMRs also have an interest in 864 shares as potentialbeneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust. 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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