Rio Tinto PLC

AGM Information • Apr 9, 2021

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Rio Tinto PLC

09 April 2021

Rio Tinto plc - 2021 annual general meeting voting results

9 April 2021

The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 9 April 2021.

Under Rio Tinto's dual listed companies structure established in 1995, decisions on significant matters affecting shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited in similar ways are taken through a joint electoral procedure.  Resolutions 1 to 17 of the Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting fall into this category, and the results of the voting on these resolutions will be announced shortly after the Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting which will be held in Australia on 6 May 2021.

The remaining resolutions 18 to 22 were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting today. The results of that poll are set out below.

The addresses given by the Chairman, the Chief Executive and the Remuneration Committee Chairman are available at https://www.riotinto.com/invest/shareholder-information/annual-general-meetings.

Resolutions	For/Discretion (no of votes)	% for / discretion	Against (no of votes)	Total votes validly cast	% of issued share capital voted	Withheld*
18. Renewal of and amendment to the Rio Tinto UK Share Plan	958,961,532	99.74%	2,503,754	961,465,286	77.06%	1,824,362
19. General authority to allot shares	942,842,741	98.06%	18,684,984	961,527,725	77.07%	1,746,184
20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	958,441,387	99.73%	2,635,516	961,076,903	77.03%	2,210,031
21. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares	766,908,987	79.77%	194,541,112	961,450,099	77.06%	1,839,548
22. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	907,313,113	94.36%	54,268,727	961,581,840	77.07%	1,704,804

*It should be noted that a vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against each resolution.

For the purposes of section 341 of the UK Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's total issued share capital (excluding shares held in Treasury) as at 8pm on 7 April 2021, being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the Company's register of members in order to attend and vote at the annual general meeting. The number of shares in issue was 1,255,764,724 (excluding Treasury shares 1,247,682,690).

The Company notes that Resolution 21 'Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares' was passed with less than 80% of votes in favour. Shining Prospect (a subsidiary of the Aluminium Corporation of China "Chinalco") voted against Resolution 21. Chinalco has not sold any of its shares in Rio Tinto plc and now has a holding of over 14% given its non-participation in the Company's significant share buyback programmes. This places Chinalco close to the 14.99% holding threshold agreed with the Australian Government at the time of its original investment in Rio Tinto.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82

Classification: 3.1. Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State

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

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Group Company Secretary Steve Allen Rio Tinto plc 6 St James's Square London SW1Y 4AD United Kingdom T +44 20 7781 2000 Registered in England No. 719885	Joint Company Secretary Tim Paine Rio Tinto Limited Level 7, 360 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 Australia T +61 3 9283 3333 Registered in Australia ABN 96 004 458 404

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