31st Mar 2008 15:12
Rio Tinto PLC31 March 2008 Rio Tinto plc31 March 2008 RIO TINTO PLC ("THE COMPANY") TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS Pursuant to the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, Rio Tinto plcis required to notify the market of the following: The Companies issued share capital, including treasury shares, consists of1,071,869,905 ordinary shares of 10p each. Of these, 74,065,437 shares were heldin treasury at the date of this announcement. Therefore the total number of voting rights in the company is 997,804,468. The above figure (997,804,468 Ordinary Shares) may be used by shareholders asthe denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they arerequired to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, thecompany under the FSA'S Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Further information: Mr. M J WhyteAssistant Secretary 31 March 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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