Rio Tinto PLC — Director's Dealing 2016

Mar 8, 2016

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Rio Tinto PLC

08 March 2016

Rio Tinto Limited - Change of Director's Interest Notice - Sam Walsh

8 March 2016

Rio Tinto voluntarily notifies London Stock Exchange (LSE) of directors' interests in the securities of Rio Tinto Limited and material changes to those interests, as disclosed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in compliance with the ASX Listing Rules and the Australian Corporations Act.

Share Options 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 ordinary shares of 10p each or Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares as applicable, at a future date and at an option price set at the date of grant, provided certain performance conditions are met, in accordance with the terms of the SOP ('Options').

On 8 March 2016, Rio Tinto Limited notified the ASX of the lapsing of Options granted to Sam Walsh under the terms of the SOP on 7 March 2006, in compliance with the ASX Listing Rule 3.19A and as agent for the director, for the purposes of section 205G of the Australian Corporations Act:

Security	Name of the Director	No. Options granted on 7 March 2006	No. of Options lapsed on 7 March 2016
Rio Tinto Limited	Sam Walsh	48,079	48,079

The complete Appendix 3Y notification submitted to ASX is available at:

www.riotinto.com/regulatorynewsandfilings

Vaughn Walton ### Assistant Company Secretary	### Tim Paine Joint Company Secretary
### Rio Tinto plc 6 St James's Square London SW1Y 4AD United Kingdom T +44 20 7781 1345 Registered in England No. 719885	### Rio Tinto Limited 120 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 Australia T +61 3 9283 3333 Registered in Australia ABN 96 004 458 404

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