15th Apr 2008 15:49
Rio Tinto PLC15 April 2008 Rio Tinto plc 15 April 2008 Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ("SOP") The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved Share Incentive Plan (SIP), operatedthrough Capita AESOP Trustees Limited, under which employees are able topurchase ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each ("ordinary shares"), usingmonthly deductions from salary, and are allocated an equivalent number of freeordinary shares ("matching shares"). On 15 April 2008, Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 14 April 2008 in London,the following persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of theCompany each purchased ordinary shares at a price of £58.2000 and were allocatedthe same number of matching shares, free of charge: No. of shares acquired Total ordinary Percentage of issued share capital shares held G.R. Elliott 4 60,021 0.006015 K Johnson 4 25,216 0.002527 The above PDMRs also have an interest in 879 shares as potential beneficiariesof 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: 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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