Rio Tinto PLC

Director's Dealing • Dec 15, 2016

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RNS Number : 9998R

Rio Tinto PLC

15 December 2016

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

15 December 2016

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 Regime Article 19 (3). 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 London Stock Exchange (LSE) of material dealings by PDMR/KMP in Rio Tinto Limited securities.

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 Rights vest in December of the third year after the end of the performance year to which it relates.

The following PDMR/KMP elected to receive his vested 2014 award in the form of shares, of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Security	Name of PDMR/KMP	Conditional Award Granted	No: of dividend shares*	No: of Shares Vested	No: of Shares Sold	Price per Share GBP	No: of Shares Retained	Date of Transaction
Rio Tinto plc	Bague, Hugo	9,669	976	10,645	1,988	32.125	8,657	13/12/2016

The following PDMR/KMP elected to receive his vested 2014 award in the form of shares, of which sufficient were sold to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Security	Name of PDMR/KMP	Conditional Award Granted	No: of dividend shares*	No: of Shares Vested	No: of Shares Sold	Price per Share AUD	No: of Shares Retained	Date of Transaction
Rio Tinto Limited	McIntosh, Stephen	2,369	240	2,609	1,207	62.880356	1,402	12/12/2016

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

This announcement is made in compliance with the EU Market Abuse Regime.

Victoria Hames ### Acting Company Secretary	### Tim Paine Joint Company Secretary
### Rio Tinto plc 6 St James's Square London SW1Y 4AD United Kingdom T +44 20 7781 1668 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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