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Rio Tinto PLC

16 October 2019

16 October 2019

Rio Tinto plc - Transaction in own shares

Rio Tinto plc (the "Company") today announces that on 16 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                       16 October 2019 
 Number of ordinary shares purchased              2,947 
                                       ---------------- 
 Average price paid (pence)                   3940.3261 
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 Highest price paid (pence)                   3950.0000 
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 Lowest price paid (pence)                    3923.0000 
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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 1,262,690,510 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: 16 October 2019

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 2,947

Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): 3940.3261

 
   Transaction Date      Volume     Price     Platform        Transaction Reference Number 
        and Time                    (GBp) 
 16-Oct-2019 08:00:35      1      3945.5000     XLON     01002010000001246-E0foQAh1LABB20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 08:10:49      2      3950.0000     XLON     11002110000008370-E0foQAh1Lhtq20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 08:11:17      77     3950.0000     XLON     01002010000008606-E0foQAh1LjPW20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 10:13:32     102     3947.5000     XLON     01002010000058500-E0foQAh1PxZi20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 10:35:41      74     3950.0000     XLON     01002010000065198-E0foQAh1QW0o20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 10:44:46      34     3946.5000     XLON     01002010000067875-E0foQAh1Qfrn20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 10:44:46      5      3946.5000     XLON     01002010000067875-E0foQAh1Qfrl20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 10:44:46      34     3946.5000     XLON     01002010000067875-E0foQAh1Qfrh20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 10:51:12      73     3939.5000     XLON     01002010000069625-E0foQAh1QoWW20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 10:56:28      75     3944.5000     XLON     11002110000071067-E0foQAh1QuG620191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 10:58:03      88     3935.0000     XLON     01002010000071734-E0foQAh1R2Jn20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:00:18      74     3938.5000     XLON     11002110000072626-E0foQAh1R87G20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:03:02      77     3936.5000     XLON     11002110000073510-E0foQAh1RD2B20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:05:47      74     3939.5000     XLON     11002110000074044-E0foQAh1RHN820191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:06:57      80     3940.0000     XLON     11002110000074298-E0foQAh1RJdY20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:08:30      73     3940.5000     XLON     11002110000074841-E0foQAh1RLic20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:12:14      76     3944.0000     XLON     11002110000075589-E0foQAh1RQTa20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:14:46      78     3940.0000     XLON     01002010000076194-E0foQAh1RSzy20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:16:19      80     3936.5000     XLON     11002110000076584-E0foQAh1RVGk20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:20:13      48     3933.5000     XLON     01002010000077272-E0foQAh1Rb1Y20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:23:04      80     3932.0000     XLON     01002010000078124-E0foQAh1RezZ20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:25:20      76     3934.5000     XLON     01002010000078800-E0foQAh1RiRe20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:27:39      88     3930.5000     XLON     01002010000079117-E0foQAh1RkWf20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:27:39      53     3929.0000     XLON     01002010000079373-E0foQAh1RkY420191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:27:39      34     3929.0000     XLON     01002010000079373-E0foQAh1RkY020191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:30:18      73     3923.0000     XLON     11002110000080136-E0foQAh1RnTB20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:32:39      76     3923.0000     XLON     11002110000080770-E0foQAh1Rv4E20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:40:07      78     3935.0000     XLON     11002110000082630-E0foQAh1SCT620191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:42:41      80     3936.0000     XLON     11002110000083350-E0foQAh1SGBT20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:45:14      78     3940.0000     XLON     01002010000083942-E0foQAh1SJif20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:49:39      74     3940.0000     XLON     01002010000084799-E0foQAh1SOz320191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:52:22      35     3946.0000     XLON     01002010000085910-E0foQAh1SSfA20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:52:22      39     3946.0000     XLON     01002010000085910-E0foQAh1SSfC20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 11:55:13      76     3945.5000     XLON     01002010000086939-E0foQAh1SW7Z20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 12:04:55      44     3945.5000     XLON     11002110000090479-E0foQAh1SpKJ20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 12:04:55      13     3945.5000     XLON     11002110000090479-E0foQAh1SpKh20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 12:05:19      23     3945.5000     XLON     11002110000090479-E0foQAh1Sq9720191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 12:14:58      80     3943.0000     XLON     11002110000092079-E0foQAh1T8VU20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 12:24:23      74     3943.0000     XLON     11002110000094467-E0foQAh1TKlM20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 12:24:57      30     3942.0000     XLON     01002010000094479-E0foQAh1TLCm20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 12:24:58      45     3942.0000     XLON     01002010000094479-E0foQAh1TLDh20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 12:30:04      74     3948.5000     XLON     11002110000095977-E0foQAh1TSMR20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 15:10:00      65     3946.0000     XLON     01002010000137232-E0foQAh1Xu0e20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 15:20:31     102     3944.5000     XLON     11002110000139599-E0foQAh1YEiR20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 15:22:21      77     3947.5000     XLON     11002110000140173-E0foQAh1YIbC20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 15:23:37      43     3945.5000     XLON     01002010000140356-E0foQAh1YKvk20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 15:23:37      36     3945.5000     XLON     01002010000140356-E0foQAh1YKvm20191016 
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 16-Oct-2019 15:25:28      76     3949.0000     XLON     01002010000140702-E0foQAh1YO3n20191016 
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