Transaction in Own Shares

7th Dec 2006 17:15

Rio Tinto PLC07 December 2006 Rio Tinto plc announces that on 7 December 2006 it purchased for cancellation350,000 of its ordinary shares from JP Morgan Cazenove Limited at a price of2811.2065p per share. Following this cancellation the total number of ordinary shares in issue(excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,026,147,008 For further information, please contact: Investor Relations Nigel Jones Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2401 Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 227 365 Secretarial Department Matthew Whyte Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2317 Website: www.riotinto.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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