Rio Tinto Regulatory News (RIO)

Rio Tinto Limited - Change of Director's Interest Notice - Sam Walsh

26 March 2015

Rio Tinto voluntarily notifies London Stock Exchange (LSE) of directors' interests in the securities of Rio Tinto Limited and changes to those interests, as disclosed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in compliance with the ASX Listing Rules and the Australian Corporations Act.

The Remuneration committee has approved a 50% bonus deferral for members of the Executive committee under the BDP. All bonus deferrals are in Rio Tinto plc shares of 10p each or Rio Tinto Limited shares ("shares") valued using the five day average price of shares between 16 and 20 March 2015 (AUD 58.13) which will vest on the basis of service at 1 December 2017.

The PSP is a performance share plan which provides participants with the conditional right, subject to performance conditions being met, to receive shares. The value of the shares is determined by taking the average of the middle market quotations from the LSE or ASX for each Friday in the year immediately preceding the commencement of the relevant performance period (AUD 62.074). The awards granted in 2015 will be measured against the performance conditions after five years (as at the end of 2019).

On 26 March 2015, Rio Tinto Limited notified the ASX of the following awards for Sam Walsh, in compliance with the ASX Listing Rule 3.19A and as agent for the director, for the purposes of section 205G of the Australian Corporations Act:

The complete Appendix 3Y notification submitted to ASX is available at:

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