Rio Tinto PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2016

Jun 14, 2016

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Rio Tinto PLC

14 June 2016

Rio Tinto to purchase $1.747 billion debt under Any and All Offer

14 June 2016

Under Rio Tinto's plan to reduce gross debt as part of its ongoing capital management, Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc and Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Limited have accepted for purchase a total of $1.747 billion in debt pursuant to their Any and All Offer, which commenced on 7 June 2016 and expired on 13 June 2016.

$943 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.500 per cent Notes due 2018 will be purchased at a price of $1,108.33 per $1,000 principal amount of notes. $804 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.250 per cent Notes due 2018 will be purchased at a price of $1,024.36 per $1,000 principal amount of notes. The above amounts exclude $1 million of Any and All Securities that remain subject to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Offer to Purchase. The Any and All Securities purchased will be retired and cancelled and no longer remain outstanding.

The settlement date for the Any and All Offer will be 14 June 2016 (or 16 June 2016 in the case of Any and All Securities delivered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures).

Capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Offer to Purchase dated 7 June 2016.

The Lead Dealer Managers for the offers are Citigroup Global Markets Limited, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. The Co-Dealer Managers are Natixis Securities Americas LLC, RBS Securities Inc., Santander Investment Securities Inc. and Standard Chartered Bank. Questions regarding the offers may be directed to:

Citigroup Global Markets Limited Toll Free: +1 (800) 558 3745 Collect: +1 (212) 723 6106 London: +44 (0) 20 7986 8969		HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Toll Free: +1 (888) HSBC-4LM Collect: +1 (212) 525-5552 London: +44 (0) 20 7992 6237
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Toll Free: +1 (866) 834 4666 Collect: +1 (212) 834 3424 London: +44 (0) 20 7134 2468		Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.                                                 Toll Free: +1 (877) 744-4532 Collect: +1 (212) 405-7481 London: +44 (0) 20 7577 4048/4218

Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (in relation to the Any and All Offer) may be obtained from the Depositary and Information Agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation at +1 (866) 470 3800 (toll-free) or +1 (212) 430 3774 (collect) or in writing at 65 Broadway, Suite 404, New York, New York 10006.

NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER

This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. The distribution of this announcement and the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or the Offer to Purchase comes are required by each of Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc, Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Limited, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers, the Depositary and Information Agent to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

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