14th May 2007 17:36
Rio Tinto PLC14 May 2007 Rio Tinto plc 14 May 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 14 May 2007, Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 30 April 2007 in London, thefollowing executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility('PDMRs') of the Company each were awarded and allocated ordinary shares underthe SOP at a price of £30.8150, free of charge: No. of shares Total ordinary Percentage of issued share acquired capital shares heldDirectorG.R. Elliott 97 48,636 0.0048% PDMRsK.Johnson 97 18,876 0.0019%A.V.Lawless 97 8,618 0.0009%A.Mackenzie 97 40,589 0.0040%M.Merton 97 3,606 0.0004%A. Vickerman 97 5,551 0.0005% On 14 May 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 10 May 2007 in London, thefollowing executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a price of £35.4739and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of charge: No. of shares Total ordinary Percentage of issued share acquired capital shares heldDirectorG.R. Elliott 8 48,644 0.0048% PDMRsK.Johnson 6 18,882 0.0019%A.V.Lawless 6 8,624 0.0009%A.Mackenzie 8 40,597 0.0040%M.Merton 6 3,612 0.0004%A. Vickerman 6 5,557 0.0005% The above directors/PDMRs also have an interest in 873 shares as potentialbeneficiaries of 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: Laura Jackson 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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