Rio Tinto PLC Transaction in Own Shares (5394P)
October 10 2019 - 11:56AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5394P
Rio Tinto PLC
10 October 2019
10 October 2019
Rio Tinto plc - Transaction in own shares
Rio Tinto plc (the "Company") today announces that on 10 October
2019 it purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 10
pence each in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") on the London
Stock Exchange from J.P. Morgan Securities plc. These shares will
be cancelled.
Ordinary Shares
Date of Purchase 10 October 2019
Number of ordinary shares purchased 87
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Average price paid (pence) 4049.2931
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Highest price paid (pence) 4050.0000
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Lowest price paid (pence) 4048.5000
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These share purchases form part of the Company's share buy-back
programme which is expected to be completed over the period from 28
February 2019 to 28 February 2020, details of which were announced
on 20 September 2018.
In respect of this programme, J.P. Morgan Securities plc will
make trading decisions in relation to the Company's Ordinary Shares
repurchased under the buy-back programme independently of, and
uninfluenced by, the Company for the period from 20 May 2019 to 26
February 2020.
Any such acquisitions will be effected within certain pre-set
parameters, and in accordance with the Company's general authority
to repurchase Ordinary Shares, Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and
the provisions of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU dealing
with buy-back programmes.
Following the cancellation of the Ordinary Shares repurchased,
the Company will have 1,262,983,394 Ordinary Shares in issue. To
the extent that further Ordinary Shares are repurchased under the
programme, these will also be cancelled.
In accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU, a
full breakdown of the individual trades is detailed below:
Transaction details: Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10 pence
each
Issuer name: Rio Tinto plc
LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82
Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own
shares
ISIN: GB0007188757
Intermediary name: J.P. Morgan Securities plc
Intermediary Code: JPMSGB2L
Timezone: BST
Currency: GBp
Aggregated Information
Date of purchase: 10 October 2019
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 87
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):
4049.2931
Transaction Date Price
and Time Volume (GBp) Platform Transaction Reference Number
10-Oct-2019 08:01:01 46 4050.0000 XLON 01002010000001493-E0fk4PnSChkO20191010
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10-Oct-2019 08:40:17 41 4048.5000 XLON 01002010000019988-E0fk4PnSDzmW20191010
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