Rio Tinto PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Apr 4, 2014

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RNS Number : 1294E

Rio Tinto PLC

04 April 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:				Rio Tinto plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		See item 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		2 April 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		3 April 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Below 4%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary (GB0007188757)	56,510,150			56,510,150							55,238,850				3.907%
ADRs (US7672041008)	68,295			68,295							68,393				0.005%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights
N/A													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
55,307,243								3.912%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

	Number of shares	Percentage of outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings	55,307,243	3.912%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
Capital Guardian Trust Company	2,734,701	0.193%
Capital International Limited	582,262	0.041%
Capital International SÁrl	168,720	0.012%
Capital International, Inc.	98,160	0.007%
Capital Research and Management Company	51,723,400	3.659%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease

to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold

voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Vaughn Walton

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7781 1345

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