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Rio Tinto PLC17 April 2008 Rio Tinto plc Results of voting at 2008 annual general meeting 17 April 2008 The Annual General Meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 17 April 2008. Under Rio Tinto's dual listed companies structure established in 1995, decisionson significant matters affecting shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio TintoLimited in similar ways are taken through a joint electoral procedure. Resolutions 1 to 10 and 16 of the Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting fall intothis category, and the results of the voting on these resolutions will beannounced shortly after the Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting which willbe held in Australia on 24 April 2008. The remaining resolutions 11 to 15 were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on apoll at the annual general meeting and the results as certified by thescrutineers, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows: Resolutions For % Against % Vote withheld11. Approval of the use of 625,836,411 99.91 533,922 0.09 649,615 e-communications for shareholder materials12. Authority to allot 620,178,335 99.01 6,231,152 0.99 623,899 relevant securities under Section 80 of the Companies Act 198513. Authority to allot equity 624,464,785 99.68 2,032,298 0.32 536,303 securities for cash under Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985 14. Authority to purchase Rio 626,562,454 99.97 180,230 0.03 290,705 Tinto plc shares by the Company or Rio Tinto Limited15. Directors' conflicts of 624,062,452 99.85 906,545 0.15 2,063,995 interests - amendment to the Company's Articles of Association About Rio Tinto Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK,combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed public company, and Rio TintoLimited, which is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Majorproducts are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold,industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore.Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and NorthAmerica with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southernAfrica. For further information, please contact: Media Relations, Australia Media Relations, LondonAmanda Buckley Christina MillsOffice: +61 (0) 3 9283 3627 Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1154Mobile: +61 (0) 419 801 349 Mobile: +44 (0) 7825 275 605Ian Head Nick CobbanOffice: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620 Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1138Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101 Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 041 003 Media Relations, AmericasNancy IvesMobile: +1 619 540 3751 Investor Relations, Australia Investor Relations, LondonDave Skinner Nigel JonesOffice: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628 Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 2049Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309 Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 227365 Simon Ellinor David OvingtonOffice: +61 (0) 7 3867 1607 Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 2051Mobile: +61 (0) 439 102 811 Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 010 978 Investor Relations, North AmericaJason CombesOffice: +1 (0) 801 685 4535Mobile: +1 (0) 801 558 2645 Email: [email protected] Website: www.riotinto.com High resolution photographs available at: www.newscast.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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