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Rio Tinto PLC17 August 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY RIO TINTO PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLP 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 AS IN (2) ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLP 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. UNKNOWN 6) Percentage of issued Class UNKNOWN 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - 8) Percentage of issued Class - 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P 10) Date of transaction UNKNOWN 11) Date company informed 16 AUGUST 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 32,324,139 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.02% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JULIE MEAD 020 7753 2116 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification M J WHYTE Date of Notification ...17 AUGUST 2005......... The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material Letter to Rio Tinto PlcDated 15 August 2005 Re: Notification concerning interests in shares of Rio Tinto plc (the "Company") Dear Anette Lawless; 1Wellington Management Company, LLP ("Wellington Management") is registered as aninvestment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commissionunder Section 203 of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended and acts asdiscretionary investment manager on behalf of various separate accounts (the"Accounts") that hold an interest in shares of the Company, WellingtonManagement's interest in the shares is as an investment manager, as is mentionedin Section 205(5) of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act"). The Accounts do not actas a group nor do they act in concert with respect to the interests in shares.Wellington Management acquired the interests in shares for the Accounts in itscapacity as discretionary investment manager to, and solely for the benefit of,the Accounts, and the interests were acquired solely for investment purposes.The shares are registered in the name of the Accounts or the Accounts' custodians or nominees according to their respective holdings. 2Wellington Management as discretionary investment manager on behalf of theAccounts currently holds, in the aggregate, an interest within the meaning ofSections 203 and 208 of the Act in 32,324,139 ordinary shares, or 3.02% of theshares outstanding of the Company. This represents an increase of 0.08% sinceour last notification on 29 November 2004. Therefore, Wellington Management hereby gives notice to the Company of such interest in shares, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 198(1) and 208(4)(B) of the Act. 3This notice is given in fulfillment of, and for the express purpose ofdischarging the obligations imposed on us by, Sections 198(1) and 208(4)(B) ofthe Act and arising out of the circumstances referred to in paragraph 2. Letter from Wellington Management Company This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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