31st Jul 2007 17:45
Rio Tinto PLC31 July 2007 Rio Tinto plc31 July 2007 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 Company's issued capital, including treasury shares, consists of1,071,780,781 Ordinary shares of 10p each. Of these, 75,078,671 shares were heldin treasury at the date of this announcement. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 996,702,110. The above figure (996,702,110 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 July 2007 www.riotinto.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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