Rio Tinto (Berlin: CRA1.BE - news) plc
Transaction in Own Shares
24 May 2012
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
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Date of transfer: |
23 May 2012 |
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Number of ordinary shares transferred: |
4,751 |
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Highest transfer price per share: |
£27.810 |
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Lowest transfer price per share: |
£16.530 |
Following the above purchase; Rio Tinto plc holds 14,434,302 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,410,941,164.
For further information, please contact:
Secretarial Department
Pat Sims
Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1910
Website: www.riotinto.com
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