RNS Number : 0509S
Rio Tinto PLC
01 November 2019
 

1 November 2019

Rio Tinto plc - Transaction in own shares

Rio Tinto plc (the "Company") today announces that on 1 November 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

1 November 2019

Number of ordinary shares purchased

15,836

Average price paid (pence)

4042.8877

Highest price paid (pence)

4043.5000

Lowest price paid (pence)

4041.0000

 

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 1,261,999,532 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: GMT
Currency: GBp

Aggregated Information

Date of purchase: 1 November 2019
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 15,836
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): 4042.8877

Transaction Date and Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Trading Venue

Transaction Reference Number

 

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

211

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032448-E0g03OYrYFDt20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

338

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000032350-E0g03OYrYFDr20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

66

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032448-E0g03OYrYFEH20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

83

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032448-E0g03OYrYFDw20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

24

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032501-E0g03OYrYFEk20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

50

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032501-E0g03OYrYFEX20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

219

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000032470-E0g03OYrYFEO20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

50

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032448-E0g03OYrYFEM20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

64

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000032470-E0g03OYrYFEV20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

20

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000029303-E0g03OYrYFDh20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:15

94

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000029152-E0g03OYrYFDf20191101

01-Nov-2019 09:51:16

8

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032501-E0g03OYrYFEm20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:20:00

154

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000032927-E0g03OYrYcAa20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:20:00

319

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032899-E0g03OYrYcAY20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:20:00

166

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000032917-E0g03OYrYcAc20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:20:00

383

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000033106-E0g03OYrYcAe20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

209

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000037766-E0g03OYrYdGg20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

83

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000037787-E0g03OYrYdGm20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

130

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000037766-E0g03OYrYdGi20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

308

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000037795-E0g03OYrYdGo20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

308

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000037772-E0g03OYrYdGk20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

308

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000037805-E0g03OYrYdGq20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

315

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000037765-E0g03OYrYdGe20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

10

4042.5000

XLON

01003010000037848-E0g03OYrYdJB20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

29

4042.5000

XLON

11003110000037848-E0g03OYrYdJD20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

129

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000037809-E0g03OYrYdGs20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

310

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000037850-E0g03OYrYdGu20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

283

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000037765-E0g03OYrYdGb20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:21:24

300

4042.5000

XLON

01003010000037848-E0g03OYrYdJ720191101

01-Nov-2019 10:22:36

309

4041.0000

XLON

01003010000037860-E0g03OYrYe2h20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:24:41

22

4042.5000

XLON

01003010000038223-E0g03OYrYfiX20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:24:41

138

4042.5000

XLON

01003010000038223-E0g03OYrYfiV20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:26:13

151

4042.5000

XLON

11003110000038573-E0g03OYrYgfi20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:26:34

237

4041.0000

XLON

11003110000038481-E0g03OYrYgyn20191101

01-Nov-2019 10:27:25

85

4042.0000

XLON

01003010000038773-E0g03OYrYhe120191101

01-Nov-2019 10:31:51

144

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000039727-E0g03OYrYkje20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:05:52

113

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000040108-E0g03OYrZ9hO20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:05:52

113

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000040298-E0g03OYrZ9hQ20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:05:52

100

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000047025-E0g03OYrZ9iP20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:05:52

150

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000047025-E0g03OYrZ9iL20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:05:52

167

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000047025-E0g03OYrZ9iN20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:05:52

42

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000047025-E0g03OYrZ9iR20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

96

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000047646-E0g03OYrZDlT20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

180

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000047655-E0g03OYrZDlX20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

121

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000047539-E0g03OYrZDlN20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

93

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000047674-E0g03OYrZDlZ20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

115

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000047525-E0g03OYrZDlL20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

64

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000047643-E0g03OYrZDlP20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

115

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000047655-E0g03OYrZDlV20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

89

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000047643-E0g03OYrZDlR20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

140

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000047966-E0g03OYrZDmN20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

150

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000047966-E0g03OYrZDmL20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:18

100

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000047966-E0g03OYrZDmP20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:33

244

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000047994-E0g03OYrZE6M20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:34

140

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000048035-E0g03OYrZE7Y20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:34

110

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000048035-E0g03OYrZE7W20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:34

100

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000048035-E0g03OYrZE7U20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:35

100

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000048040-E0g03OYrZE8w20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:12:35

150

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000048040-E0g03OYrZE8u20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:13:19

91

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000048082-E0g03OYrZEl920191101

01-Nov-2019 11:13:19

116

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000048111-E0g03OYrZElD20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:13:19

153

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000048082-E0g03OYrZElB20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

87

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000049048-E0g03OYrZKMR20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

137

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000049064-E0g03OYrZKMV20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

53

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000049127-E0g03OYrZKMh20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

23

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000049089-E0g03OYrZKMb20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

30

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000049136-E0g03OYrZKMd20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

25

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000049127-E0g03OYrZKMj20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

76

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000049051-E0g03OYrZKMT20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

13

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000049064-E0g03OYrZKMX20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

247

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000049136-E0g03OYrZKMf20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:18:31

76

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000049128-E0g03OYrZKMl20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:19:11

271

4043.0000

XLON

11003110000049310-E0g03OYrZL1N20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:19:12

4

4042.0000

XLON

11003110000049162-E0g03OYrZL3Q20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:19:12

78

4042.5000

XLON

01003010000049130-E0g03OYrZL2G20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:19:12

88

4042.5000

XLON

11003110000049110-E0g03OYrZL2E20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:19:12

5

4042.5000

XLON

01003010000049137-E0g03OYrZL2I20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:19:12

83

4042.5000

XLON

01003010000049286-E0g03OYrZL2K20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:19:12

200

4042.0000

XLON

11003110000049162-E0g03OYrZL3N20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:21:37

262

4041.0000

XLON

11003110000049516-E0g03OYrZMfK20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:22:37

183

4041.0000

XLON

01003010000049817-E0g03OYrZNQL20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:24:03

162

4041.0000

XLON

01003010000050172-E0g03OYrZODf20191101

01-Nov-2019 11:27:38

70

4042.5000

XLON

01003010000050657-E0g03OYrZQGu20191101

01-Nov-2019 12:15:56

100

4041.0000

XLON

11003110000060275-E0g03OYra1Fw20191101

01-Nov-2019 12:15:59

3198

4042.0000

XLON

01003010000060234-E0g03OYra1Jr20191101

01-Nov-2019 12:16:57

259

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000060314-E0g03OYra1wl20191101

01-Nov-2019 12:16:57

318

4043.5000

XLON

01003010000060281-E0g03OYra1wj20191101

01-Nov-2019 12:16:58

284

4043.5000

XLON

11003110000060425-E0g03OYra1yI20191101

01-Nov-2019 12:17:05

219

4043.0000

XLON

11003110000060439-E0g03OYra21M20191101

01-Nov-2019 12:17:19

76

4042.0000

XLON

01003010000060403-E0g03OYra28a20191101

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