Rio Tinto PLC Total Voting Rights (4519I)
April 01 2020 - 10:40AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4519I
Rio Tinto PLC
01 April 2020
Rio Tinto plc
Total voting rights and issued capital
1 April 2020
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA)
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1R, Rio Tinto plc
notifies the market that as of 31 March 2020:
1. Rio Tinto plc's issued share capital comprised 1,255,726,174
Ordinary shares of 10p each, each with one vote.
2. 9,046,354 Ordinary shares of 10p each are held in treasury.
These shares are not taken into consideration in relation to the
payment of dividends and voting at shareholder meetings.
Accordingly the total number of voting rights in Rio Tinto plc
is 1,246,679,820 . This figure may be used by shareholders (and
others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the
calculation by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Rio
Tinto plc under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
Note :
As at the date of this announcement:
(a) Rio Tinto plc has also issued one Special Voting Share of
10p and one DLC Dividend Share of 10p in connection with its dual
listed companies ('DLC') merger with Rio Tinto Limited which was
designed to place the shareholders of both companies in
substantially the same position as if they held shares in a single
enterprise owning all of the assets of both companies;
(b) the Special Voting Share facilitates joint voting by
shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited on joint
electorate resolutions; and
(c) there are 371,216,214 publicly held Rio Tinto Limited shares
in issue which do not form part of the share capital of Rio Tinto
plc.
LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82
Classification: 2.5 Total number of voting rights and capital
disclosed under article 15 of the Transparency Directive
This announcement is authorised for release to the market by Rio
Tinto's Group Company Secretary.
Steve Allen
Group Company Secretary
Rio Tinto plc
6 St James's Square
London SW1Y 4AD
United Kingdom
T +44 20 7781 2058
Registered in England
No. 719885
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