RIO TINTO LIMITED — Director's Dealing 2017

Mar 2, 2017

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Notice to ASX and LSE

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

2 March 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.

Management Share Plan ("MSP")

The MSP is a service based award which provides the participants with an award of Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each or Rio Tinto Limited ordinary share ("shares"), which vests subject to continuous employment.

On 2 March 2017, Rio Tinto was notified that on 1 March 2017 the following PDMR received her vested MSP award in the form of shares, of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

deductions.
Security	Name of	Conditional	No. of	No. of	Price per	No. of
	PDMR/KMP	Award	Shares	Shares	Share	Shares
		Granted	*Vested **	Sold		Retained
Rio Tinto plc	Kirikova, Vera	1,670	1,723	609	33.985	1,114
shares					GBP

*The number of shares vested includes additional shares calculated to reflect dividends declared during the vesting period on the original shares granted, in accordance with the MSP plan rules.

FCA notifications in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation have been issued to the London Stock Exchange contemporaneously with this release.

Steve Allen Tim Paine 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