28th Jun 2011 17:38
Rio Tinto plc
Transaction in Own Shares
28 June 2011
Rio Tinto plc announces that it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes the following number of its ordinary shares of 10p each, which were previously held as treasury shares.
Ordinary Shares
Date of transfer: | 27 June 2011 |
Number of ordinary shares transferred: | 733 |
Highest transfer price per share: | £22.397 |
Lowest transfer price per share: | £22.397 |
Following the above Rio Tinto plc holds 15,165,887 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,492,439,434.
For further information, please contact:
Secretarial Department
Pat Sims
Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1910
Website: www.riotinto.com
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