Rio Tinto: Transaction in Own Shares | Company Announcements

Monday 25 January, 2010

Rio Tinto

Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0895G

Rio Tinto PLC

25 January 2010

Rio Tinto plc

Transaction in Own Shares

25 January 2010

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:	22 January 2010
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	2,244
Highest transfer price per share:	£22.397
Lowest transfer price per share:	£22.397

Following the above purchase, Rio Tinto plc holds 4,797,697 ordinary shares as

treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares

held as treasury shares) is 1,524,206,174.

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1910

Website: www.riotinto.com

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