TIDMRIO

RNS Number : 6878P

Rio Tinto PLC

11 October 2019

11 October 2019

Rio Tinto plc - Transaction in own shares

Rio Tinto plc (the "Company") today announces that on 11 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                       11 October 2019 
 Number of ordinary shares purchased              6,046 
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 Average price paid (pence)                   4109.2988 
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 Highest price paid (pence)                   4136.0000 
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 Lowest price paid (pence)                    4083.0000 
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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 1,262,977,348 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: 11 October 2019

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 6,046

Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): 4109.2988

 
   Transaction Date      Volume     Price     Platform        Transaction Reference Number 
        and Time                    (GBp) 
 11-Oct-2019 08:05:06      79     4101.0000     XLON     01002010000002975-E0fknNHNjKuU20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:05:08     111     4099.0000     XLON     11002110000002977-E0fknNHNjL9I20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:07:12     165     4114.0000     XLON     11002110000004375-E0fknNHNjTbn20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:07:13     164     4112.5000     XLON     11002110000004344-E0fknNHNjTgG20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:08:21     114     4116.5000     XLON     01002010000005029-E0fknNHNjWyU20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:08:40      3      4114.5000     XLON     11002110000005028-E0fknNHNjXjI20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:08:40      73     4114.5000     XLON     11002110000005028-E0fknNHNjXj520191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:11:21      83     4104.0000     XLON     01002010000007444-E0fknNHNjfCp20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:11:49      92     4099.5000     XLON     11002110000007707-E0fknNHNjghx20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:13:24      76     4101.0000     XLON     01002010000008507-E0fknNHNjkKU20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:13:27     114     4099.5000     XLON     11002110000008480-E0fknNHNjkQn20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:18:30     169     4092.5000     XLON     11002110000011081-E0fknNHNjxxK20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:18:31     203     4092.0000     XLON     01002010000011073-E0fknNHNjy2S20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:19:00     135     4086.5000     XLON     11002110000011179-E0fknNHNjz0c20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:20:10     230     4083.0000     XLON     11002110000011586-E0fknNHNk1og20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:22:40      86     4084.0000     XLON     01002010000012911-E0fknNHNk75l20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:22:40     155     4084.0000     XLON     11002110000012890-E0fknNHNk75j20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:23:24     116     4091.5000     XLON     01002010000013285-E0fknNHNk9ds20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:23:59     116     4093.0000     XLON     01002010000013492-E0fknNHNkBYx20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:25:02      99     4092.5000     XLON     01002010000014108-E0fknNHNkECm20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:28:49      77     4102.0000     XLON     11002110000016195-E0fknNHNkNN320191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:28:51      77     4101.0000     XLON     11002110000016093-E0fknNHNkNTk20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:30:03      76     4097.5000     XLON     11002110000016683-E0fknNHNkQES20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:31:33      76     4098.5000     XLON     01002010000017295-E0fknNHNkURH20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:32:34      92     4106.5000     XLON     11002110000017684-E0fknNHNkXAT20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:32:41      77     4105.0000     XLON     01002010000017784-E0fknNHNkXZ520191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:34:40     272     4112.5000     XLON     01002010000018655-E0fknNHNkclV20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:34:46     188     4112.0000     XLON     01002010000018552-E0fknNHNkd6K20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:34:46      26     4112.0000     XLON     01002010000018552-E0fknNHNkd6I20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:35:20      77     4114.5000     XLON     11002110000018808-E0fknNHNkeUf20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:37:15      76     4109.0000     XLON     01002010000019359-E0fknNHNkiv020191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:38:46      80     4109.5000     XLON     11002110000019891-E0fknNHNkm6H20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:41:30      76     4111.0000     XLON     11002110000021661-E0fknNHNksHg20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:43:06      76     4112.5000     XLON     01002010000022221-E0fknNHNkvfh20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:43:44      84     4114.5000     XLON     11002110000022814-E0fknNHNkx6J20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:46:15      84     4113.0000     XLON     01002010000023995-E0fknNHNl2rP20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:46:21      77     4112.0000     XLON     01002010000023735-E0fknNHNl36s20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:47:13      5      4117.0000     XLON     11002110000024272-E0fknNHNl4sW20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:47:13      71     4117.0000     XLON     11002110000024272-E0fknNHNl4sY20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:48:37      99     4111.0000     XLON     11002110000024928-E0fknNHNl7t920191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:51:08      77     4113.5000     XLON     11002110000026163-E0fknNHNlD6p20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:51:15      77     4112.5000     XLON     11002110000026054-E0fknNHNlDJz20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:53:25      77     4117.5000     XLON     11002110000027257-E0fknNHNlGsv20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:55:19      84     4115.0000     XLON     01002010000028104-E0fknNHNlL1Q20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:57:58      76     4118.5000     XLON     01002010000029065-E0fknNHNlPuC20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 08:59:04      77     4118.5000     XLON     01002010000029397-E0fknNHNlS1320191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:01:09      41     4119.0000     XLON     01002010000030268-E0fknNHNlWaH20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:01:09      43     4119.0000     XLON     01002010000030268-E0fknNHNlWaF20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:02:56      76     4121.5000     XLON     11002110000031005-E0fknNHNla8E20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:03:52      76     4120.0000     XLON     11002110000031191-E0fknNHNlbvL20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:06:12      76     4123.0000     XLON     01002010000032224-E0fknNHNlfE820191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:07:27      76     4127.5000     XLON     01002010000032598-E0fknNHNlhbv20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:08:30      81     4128.5000     XLON     01002010000032960-E0fknNHNljSv20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:10:32      79     4136.0000     XLON     01002010000033735-E0fknNHNlnvB20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:13:26      76     4128.0000     XLON     01002010000034769-E0fknNHNlsda20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:15:14     119     4127.5000     XLON     11002110000035174-E0fknNHNlvEw20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:23:25      82     4127.0000     XLON     11002110000037660-E0fknNHNm7wx20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:25:58      84     4131.5000     XLON     11002110000038387-E0fknNHNmBit20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:33:35      78     4130.0000     XLON     01002010000041103-E0fknNHNmOD520191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:35:31      38     4131.5000     XLON     01002010000041570-E0fknNHNmRdk20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:35:32      3      4131.5000     XLON     01002010000041570-E0fknNHNmRiw20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:44:56      81     4129.0000     XLON     01002010000044754-E0fknNHNmr4620191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:55:29      84     4127.0000     XLON     01002010000047741-E0fknNHNnIMK20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 09:57:12      76     4126.5000     XLON     01002010000048182-E0fknNHNnLbB20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 10:03:24      43     4131.5000     XLON     11002110000049691-E0fknNHNnVaf20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 10:03:24      33     4131.5000     XLON     11002110000049691-E0fknNHNnVaj20191011 
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 11-Oct-2019 10:05:10      84     4132.0000     XLON     11002110000050139-E0fknNHNnYeE20191011 
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