12th Apr 2006 16:52
Rio Tinto PLC12 April 2006 Rio Tinto plc - Results of voting at 2006 annual general meeting The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 12 April 2006. 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 4 to 13 of the Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting fall into thiscategory, and the results of the voting on these resolutions will be announcedshortly after the Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting which will be held inAustralia on 4 May 2006. The remaining resolutions 1 to 3 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 1. To authorise directors to allot shares 629,462,762 8,212,7222. To authorise directors to allot shares for cash and to 634,687,201 2,852,585 disapply pre-emption rights.3. To renew the authority for the purchase of Rio Tinto 634,348,273 2,633,676 plc's ordinary shares by itself and by Rio Tinto Limited. In accordance with Listing rule 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R two copies of resolutions 1 to3 have been forwarded to the document viewing facility of the FSA. A Copy ofthe resolutions may also be obtained from the Notice of meeting available on theCompany's website www.riotinto.com For further information, please contact:LONDON AUSTRALIA Media Relations Media Relations Hugh Leggatt Ian HeadOffice: +44 (0) 20 7753 2273 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620Mobile: +44 (0) 7764 369 977 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101 Investor Relations Investor Relations Nigel Jones Dave SkinnerOffice: +44 (0) 20 7753 2401 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 227 365 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309 David Ovington Susie Creswell Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2326 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3639Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 010 978 Mobile: +61 (0) 418 933 792 Website: www.riotinto.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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