EX-99.22 23 rio-ex9922_16.htm EX-99.22

EXHIBIT 99.22

Appendix 3C

Announcement of buy-back

(excep t minimum holding buy-back)

Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: Appendix 7B. Amended 13/3/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/01/10

Ru l e 3.8 A

Name of en tity ABN/A RSN

Rio Tin to Limited 96 004 458 404

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Information about bu y-back

1Ty pe of buy-back Sele ct i v e buy-b a ck

2 | +Class of shares/un i ts whi ch is the s ubje ct of the buy-back (eg, o rd i n a ry/p refere n ce)

O rd i n a ry

3 | Vot i ng rights (eg, on e f o r on e)O n e f o r on e

4 | F ully paid/partly paid (a n d i f p a rt l y p ai d, det ai l s o f h o w m uch ha s b een p ai d a n d h o w m uch i s o utst a n d i n g)

F u lly p aid

5 | Numb er of shares/un i ts in the +class on iss ue

41 2,414,348

6 | Whe ther shareholder/un i tholder approval is requ ired for buy-back

Y es – o bt ai n ed o n 2 M ay 20 18

7 R eason for buy-back Re tur n i n g pr o c eeds fr o m di sp o s al o f a ss e t s

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8 | Any other i n format ion mat erial to a shareholder’s/un i tholder’s de c ision whe ther to acc e pt the offer (eg, det ai l s o f a n y p r opo sed t a k e o ver bi d)

N/A

On-market buy-back

9 | Name of brok er who wi ll act on the company’s b ehalf

N/A

10 | De l e t ed 30/9/2001.N/A

11 | If the company/tru st i nt e nds to buy back a maximum numb er of shares - that numb er

Note: This requires a figure to be included, not a percentage.

N/A

12 | If the company/tru st i nt e nds to buy back shares/un i ts wi thin a p eriod of t ime - that p eriod of t ime; if the company/tru st i nt e nds that the bu y-back be of unl imi t ed durat ion - that i nt e nt ion

N/A

13 | If the company/tru st i nt e nds to buy back shares/un i ts if condi t ions are met - those condi t ions

N/A

Emplo yee share scheme bu y-back

| 14 | Numb er of shares proposed to be bought back

N/A

15 Pri ce to be offered for shares N/A

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Selective bu y-back

16 | Name of p erson or des cri pt ion of class of p erson whose shares are proposed to be bought back

The buy-back is a tender offer buy-back. As such, it is technically a selective buy-back, but is similar in nature to an equal access buy-back. Accordingly, relevant details are included in the section below.

17 | Numb er of shares proposed to be bought back

See b el o w

18 | Pri ce to be offered for sharesSee b el o w

Eq ual access scheme

19 | P erc e ntage of shares proposed to be bought back

Appr oximately 10%

20 | Total numb er of shares proposed to be bought back if all offers are acc e pt ed

U p t o 41.2 m illion

21 | Pri ce to be offered for sharesT o b e de t e r m i n ed b y t e n der o ff er pr o c e s s

22 | +R e cord date for part i c i pat ion in offer

Cross reference: Appendix 7A, clause 9.

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Compliance statement

| 1. | The c om pany is in c om plian ce with all Co rp o rations Act requiremen ts relevant to this buy-back. |

or, for trusts on ly:

| 1. | The trust is in c om plian ce with all requiremen ts of the Co rp o rations Act as modified by Class Order 0 7/422, and of the trust’s c on stitution, relevant to this buy-back. |

| 2. | There is no information that the listing rules require to be disclosed that has not already been disclosed, or is not contained in, or attached to, this form. |

Sign here: | /s/TIMOTHY A. PAINE | Date: 20/0 9/2018
Print name: | (Direct o r/Com pany secretary) Timothy A Paine |

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