Rio Tinto PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2016

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RNS Number : 0608N

Rio Tinto PLC

26 January 2016


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
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:	Shining Prospect PTE.LTD.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Shining Prospect PTE.LTD.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	1 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26 January 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	N/A-13.1% interest retained post rights issue


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
GB-000718875-7	182,550,329			182,550,329				182,550,329		182,550,329			13.1

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


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
												Nominal			Delta


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
182,550,329									13.1%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


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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