RIO TINTO LIMITED — Director's Dealing 2017

Sep 11, 2017

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Notice to ASX and LSE

Shareholdings of persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) / Key Management Personnel (KMP)

11 September 2017

Rio Tinto plc notifies the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of PDMR/KMP interests in securities of Rio Tinto plc, in compliance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation. As part of its dual listed company structure, Rio Tinto voluntarily notifies the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) of material dealings in Rio Tinto plc shares by PDMR/KMP and both ASX and the LSE of material dealings by PDMR/KMP in Rio Tinto Limited securities.

Rio Tinto Share Option Plan (“SOP”)

The SOP is a discretionary share option plan under which eligible employees are granted an option to purchase a number of Rio Tinto plc or Rio Tinto Limited shares as applicable, at a future date at a price set at the date of grant, provided certain performance conditions are met, in accordance with the terms of the SOP.

On 7 September 2017, the following PDMR exercised his options over shares.

Security	Name of PDMR /	No. of	Exercise	No. of	Sale	No. of
	KMP	Options	Price per	Shares	Price per	Shares
		Exercised	Share	Sold	Share	Retained
Rio Tinto plc	Stephen McIntosh	2951	£16.53	2143	£37.1843	808

This was a non-discretionary transaction.

An FCA notification in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulations has been issued to the London Stock Exchange contemporaneously with this release.

Steve Allen Tim Paine Group Company Secretary Joint Company Secretary Rio Tinto plc Rio Tinto Limited 6 St James’s Square 120 Collins Street London SW1Y 4AD Melbourne 3000 United Kingdom Australia T +44 20 7781 2058 T +61 3 9283 3333 Registered in England Registered in Australia No. 719885 ABN 96 004 458 404