EX-99.31 32 ex31d26pdmr.htm EXHIBIT 99.31 Exhibit


Exhibit 31
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Notice to ASX/LSE





Shareholdings of directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) / Key Management Personnel (KMP)

26 April 2019

Rio Tinto notifies the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of PDMR/KMP interests in securities of Rio Tinto plc, in compliance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation. As part of its dual listed company structure, Rio Tinto voluntarily notifies the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) of material dealings in Rio Tinto plc shares by PDMR/KMP and both the ASX and the LSE of material dealings by PDMR/KMP in Rio Tinto Limited securities.

Global Employee Share Plan (myShare)

Under myShare employees are able to purchase, on a quarterly basis, Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each, Rio Tinto plc ADRs or Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares (‘Shares’). Shares are purchased out of monthly deductions from salary and participants are allocated an equivalent number of shares or ADRs free of charge (‘matching shares’ and ‘matching ADRs’), conditional upon satisfying the terms of myShare. The matching shares or matching ADRs are subject to a three year holding period, and vest after this period.

On 18 April 2019, the following PDMR/KMPs received matching shares or matching ADRs under myShare, of which sufficient were sold on 24 April 2019 to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Security
Name of PDMR/KMP
No: of Matching Shares Granted
No: of Shares Vested*
No: of Shares Sold
Price per Share Sold

No: of Shares Retained
Rio Tinto plc shares
Barrios, Alfredo
30.0906
35.013
15.5347
45.960483 GBP
19.4783
Rio Tinto plc shares

Jacques,
Jean-Sébastien
16.8777
19.6385
8.2483
45.960483 GBP
11.3902
Rio Tinto Limited shares
Trott, Simon
29.3697
33.3095
N/A
N/A
33.3095

*The number of shares vested includes additional shares calculated to reflect dividends declared during the vesting period on the original shares granted, in accordance with the plan rules.

FCA notifications in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation have been issued to the London Stock Exchange contemporaneously with this release.

LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82
Classification: 2.2. Inside information disclosed under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation


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Steve Allen
Group Company Secretary

Tim Paine
Joint 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


Rio Tinto Limited
Level 7, 360 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000
Australia

T +61 3 9283 3333
Registered in Australia
ABN 96 004 458 404







    

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