RIO TINTO LIMITED — Director's Dealing 2019

Dec 4, 2019

Notice to ASX/LSE

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

4 December 2019

As part of its dual listed company structure, Rio Tinto notifies dealings in Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited securities by PDMRs/KMPs to both the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Rio Tinto Bonus Deferral Plan (“BDP”)

Under the terms of the BDP, 50% of the annual bonuses of the participating executives are delivered in deferred ordinary shares of Rio Tinto plc or Rio Tinto Limited (“shares”), as applicable. The BDP awards vest in December of the third year after the end of the performance year to which the annual bonus relates.

On 3 December 2019, Rio Tinto was notified that the following PDMR/KMPs received their vested 2017 award in the form of shares, of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

deductions.
Security	Name ofPDMR/KMP	ConditionalAwardGranted	No: ofSharesVested*	No: ofSharesSold	Price per Share	No: ofSharesRetained	Date ofTransaction
Rio Tinto plcshares	Baatar, Bold	5,703	6,782	2,592	42.261646 GBP	4,190	02/12/2019
Rio Tinto plcshares	Barrios,Alfredo	14,230	16,922	8,991	42.261646 GBP	7,931	02/12/2019
Rio Tinto plcshares	Jacques,Jean-Sébastien	22,163	26,357	12,347	42.261646 GBP	14,010	02/12/2019
Rio Tinto plcshares	Soirat,Arnaud	8,051	9,574	4,485	42.261646 GBP	5,089	02/12/2019
Rio TintoLimited shares	Salisbury,Christopher	7,772	8,925	4,163	97.92 AUD	4,762	02/12/2019
Rio TintoLimited shares	Trott,Simon**	1,335	1,533	N/A	N/A	1,533	02/12/2019

*The number of shares vested includes additional shares calculated to reflect dividends declared during the vesting period on the original shares granted .

** Deferral was 25% of annual bonus as it related to a performance year prior to becoming a PDMR/KMP.

This announcement is authorised for release to the market by Rio Tinto’s Group Company Secretary.

Notice to ASX/LSE

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Steve Allen

Group Company Secretary

Rio Tinto plc

6 St James’s Square London SW1Y 4AD United Kingdom

T +44 20 7781 2058 Registered in England No. 719885

Tim Paine

Joint Company Secretary

Rio Tinto Limited 360 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 Australia

T +61 3 9283 3333 Registered in Australia ABN 96 004 458 404