EX-99.3 4 ex03d04rns.htm EX-99.3 Document

Exhibit 99.3
4 February 2020
Rio Tinto plc - Transaction in own shares
Rio Tinto plc (the "Company") today announces that on 4 February 2020 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
4 February 2020
Number of ordinary shares purchased
4,059
Average price paid (pence)
4179.5025
Highest price paid (pence)
4197.5000
Lowest price paid (pence)
4159.5000

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 1,257,040,067 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: 4 February 2020
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 4,059
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): 4179.5025

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Transaction
Date and Time
VolumePrice (GBp)
Trading
Venue
Transaction Reference Number
04-Feb-2020 08:00:2794159.5000XLON11003110000000626-E00WkMbanM3e20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:00:271384159.5000XLON11003110000000626-E00WkMbanM3g20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:03:42994162.0000XLON01003010000002155-E00WkMbanU9M20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:03:42704163.0000XLON11003110000002287-E00WkMbanU8a20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:03:42654163.5000XLON11003110000002592-E00WkMbanU7o20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:03:422044162.0000XLON11003110000002190-E00WkMbanU9620200204
04-Feb-2020 08:03:42344162.0000XLON01003010000002155-E00WkMbanU9820200204
04-Feb-2020 08:05:271184162.5000XLON01003010000003416-E00WkMbanZMJ20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:05:271454162.5000XLON11003110000003417-E00WkMbanZME20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:05:27824162.5000XLON11003110000003417-E00WkMbanZMH20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:10:40654182.0000XLON11003110000005983-E00WkMbannyz20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:10:4374180.5000XLON01003010000005943-E00WkMbanoGw20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:10:55654172.5000XLON11003110000006123-E00WkMbanp5o20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:12:42664170.0000XLON01003010000006589-E00WkMbanv0b20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:14:25664179.5000XLON11003110000007566-E00WkMbanzy620200204
04-Feb-2020 08:16:00664181.0000XLON11003110000008584-E00WkMbao4gB20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:20:48714186.5000XLON11003110000011424-E00WkMbaoIkp20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:24:00664197.5000XLON11003110000013218-E00WkMbaoREE20200204
04-Feb-2020 08:45:39714196.0000XLON01003010000025942-E00WkMbapKrK20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:05:42664195.0000XLON01003010000036346-E00WkMbaq2GK20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:15:48654181.0000XLON11003110000040860-E00WkMbaqJHq20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:23:38784184.0000XLON01003010000043574-E00WkMbaqTTp20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:28:14404186.5000XLON01003010000045251-E00WkMbaqa1q20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:28:22324186.0000XLON11003110000045678-E00WkMbaqaBs20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:28:31674182.0000XLON01003010000045635-E00WkMbaqaRY20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:30:26664180.5000XLON11003110000046635-E00WkMbaqcuR20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:32:08694179.5000XLON01003010000047283-E00WkMbaqfHY20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:36:06724182.0000XLON01003010000048702-E00WkMbaqkQ320200204
04-Feb-2020 09:37:09724182.0000XLON01003010000049061-E00WkMbaqmMv20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:38:39654180.0000XLON11003110000049879-E00WkMbaqoRr20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:41:52654180.5000XLON11003110000051188-E00WkMbaqsk220200204
04-Feb-2020 09:46:51674181.0000XLON01003010000052646-E00WkMbaqzmp20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:50:19654184.5000XLON11003110000053836-E00WkMbar4hh20200204
04-Feb-2020 09:58:38684190.0000XLON11003110000056118-E00WkMbarEzI20200204
04-Feb-2020 10:16:11694194.0000XLON01003010000060949-E00WkMbarb8O20200204
04-Feb-2020 10:35:33714193.0000XLON01003010000068584-E00WkMbaruvb20200204
04-Feb-2020 10:45:55684193.0000XLON01003010000072313-E00WkMbas4LI20200204
04-Feb-2020 10:56:38854189.5000XLON11003110000076953-E00WkMbasG5M20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:04:06664188.0000XLON01003010000079885-E00WkMbasMqg20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:05:28684186.0000XLON11003110000080408-E00WkMbasOKA20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:10:15674189.5000XLON01003010000082132-E00WkMbasTjd20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:15:48544190.0000XLON11003110000084535-E00WkMbasaAL20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:15:48664191.0000XLON01003010000084343-E00WkMbasa9k20200204
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Transaction
Date and Time
VolumePrice (GBp)
Trading
Venue
Transaction Reference Number
04-Feb-2020 11:25:20674182.5000XLON11003110000087811-E00WkMbasjZx20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:27:13664182.0000XLON01003010000088214-E00WkMbasmI820200204
04-Feb-2020 11:36:32724181.5000XLON11003110000091410-E00WkMbasv8e20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:37:21654181.0000XLON11003110000092043-E00WkMbasvrx20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:44:21664186.0000XLON11003110000094677-E00WkMbat4nw20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:45:33714182.5000XLON01003010000094904-E00WkMbat65820200204
04-Feb-2020 11:48:4624187.0000XLON01003010000096277-E00WkMbat9he20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:48:46644187.0000XLON01003010000096277-E00WkMbat9hl20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:51:53674185.0000XLON11003110000097362-E00WkMbatCAa20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:55:48914182.5000XLON11003110000098567-E00WkMbatGJF20200204
04-Feb-2020 11:58:28654183.0000XLON01003010000099523-E00WkMbatIHX20200204
04-Feb-2020 12:03:53704184.5000XLON11003110000103240-E00WkMbatPFR20200204
04-Feb-2020 12:06:25704183.0000XLON11003110000103705-E00WkMbatS6L20200204
04-Feb-2020 12:08:25684182.5000XLON01003010000104459-E00WkMbatUeW20200204
04-Feb-2020 12:21:49514191.5000XLON01003010000109344-E00WkMbatj9320200204
04-Feb-2020 12:21:49144191.5000XLON01003010000109344-E00WkMbatj9620200204
04-Feb-2020 12:25:17124192.5000XLON01003010000110540-E00WkMbatmWU20200204

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