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Rio Tinto PLC02 October 2006 Rio Tinto plc 2 October 2006 SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY On Friday 29 September 2006 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: 9 September 2006, New York: Director/PDMR No. of units Price per unit acquired (US$) Mr T. Albanese 37.34 190.67819Mr P. Chiaro 4.78 190.67819Mr B.K. Clayton 14.247 190.67819 2. Date and place of transaction: 21 September 2006, New York: Director/PDMR No. of units Price per unit disposed of (US$) Mr B.K. Clayton 21.616 209.671 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 Albanese, Mr Chiaro and Mr Clayton are 59,130.16 (0.005514%),63,059.432 (0.005881%) and 6,724.576 (0.000627%) respectively. Mr Albanese, Mr Chiaro and Mr Clayton also have an interest in 864 shares as apotential beneficiary 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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