Transaction in Own Shares
Updated : 17:04
16 October 2019
Rio Tinto plc - Transaction in own shares
Rio Tinto plc (the "Company") today announces that on 16 October 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 | 16 October 2019 |
Number of ordinary shares purchased | 2,947 |
Average price paid (pence) | 3940.3261 |
Highest price paid (pence) | 3950.0000 |
Lowest price paid (pence) | 3923.0000 |
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 1,262,690,510 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: BST
Currency: GBp
Aggregated Information
Date of purchase: 16 October 2019
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 2,947
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): 3940.3261
Transaction Date and Time | Volume | Price (GBp) | Platform | Transaction Reference Number |
16-Oct-2019 08:00:35 | 1 | 3945.5000 | XLON | 01002010000001246-E0foQAh1LABB20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 08:10:49 | 2 | 3950.0000 | XLON | 11002110000008370-E0foQAh1Lhtq20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 08:11:17 | 77 | 3950.0000 | XLON | 01002010000008606-E0foQAh1LjPW20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 10:13:32 | 102 | 3947.5000 | XLON | 01002010000058500-E0foQAh1PxZi20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 10:35:41 | 74 | 3950.0000 | XLON | 01002010000065198-E0foQAh1QW0o20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 10:44:46 | 34 | 3946.5000 | XLON | 01002010000067875-E0foQAh1Qfrn20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 10:44:46 | 5 | 3946.5000 | XLON | 01002010000067875-E0foQAh1Qfrl20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 10:44:46 | 34 | 3946.5000 | XLON | 01002010000067875-E0foQAh1Qfrh20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 10:51:12 | 73 | 3939.5000 | XLON | 01002010000069625-E0foQAh1QoWW20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 10:56:28 | 75 | 3944.5000 | XLON | 11002110000071067-E0foQAh1QuG620191016 |
16-Oct-2019 10:58:03 | 88 | 3935.0000 | XLON | 01002010000071734-E0foQAh1R2Jn20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:00:18 | 74 | 3938.5000 | XLON | 11002110000072626-E0foQAh1R87G20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:03:02 | 77 | 3936.5000 | XLON | 11002110000073510-E0foQAh1RD2B20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:05:47 | 74 | 3939.5000 | XLON | 11002110000074044-E0foQAh1RHN820191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:06:57 | 80 | 3940.0000 | XLON | 11002110000074298-E0foQAh1RJdY20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:08:30 | 73 | 3940.5000 | XLON | 11002110000074841-E0foQAh1RLic20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:12:14 | 76 | 3944.0000 | XLON | 11002110000075589-E0foQAh1RQTa20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:14:46 | 78 | 3940.0000 | XLON | 01002010000076194-E0foQAh1RSzy20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:16:19 | 80 | 3936.5000 | XLON | 11002110000076584-E0foQAh1RVGk20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:20:13 | 48 | 3933.5000 | XLON | 01002010000077272-E0foQAh1Rb1Y20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:23:04 | 80 | 3932.0000 | XLON | 01002010000078124-E0foQAh1RezZ20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:25:20 | 76 | 3934.5000 | XLON | 01002010000078800-E0foQAh1RiRe20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:27:39 | 88 | 3930.5000 | XLON | 01002010000079117-E0foQAh1RkWf20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:27:39 | 53 | 3929.0000 | XLON | 01002010000079373-E0foQAh1RkY420191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:27:39 | 34 | 3929.0000 | XLON | 01002010000079373-E0foQAh1RkY020191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:30:18 | 73 | 3923.0000 | XLON | 11002110000080136-E0foQAh1RnTB20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:32:39 | 76 | 3923.0000 | XLON | 11002110000080770-E0foQAh1Rv4E20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:40:07 | 78 | 3935.0000 | XLON | 11002110000082630-E0foQAh1SCT620191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:42:41 | 80 | 3936.0000 | XLON | 11002110000083350-E0foQAh1SGBT20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:45:14 | 78 | 3940.0000 | XLON | 01002010000083942-E0foQAh1SJif20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:49:39 | 74 | 3940.0000 | XLON | 01002010000084799-E0foQAh1SOz320191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:52:22 | 35 | 3946.0000 | XLON | 01002010000085910-E0foQAh1SSfA20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:52:22 | 39 | 3946.0000 | XLON | 01002010000085910-E0foQAh1SSfC20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 11:55:13 | 76 | 3945.5000 | XLON | 01002010000086939-E0foQAh1SW7Z20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 12:04:55 | 44 | 3945.5000 | XLON | 11002110000090479-E0foQAh1SpKJ20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 12:04:55 | 13 | 3945.5000 | XLON | 11002110000090479-E0foQAh1SpKh20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 12:05:19 | 23 | 3945.5000 | XLON | 11002110000090479-E0foQAh1Sq9720191016 |
16-Oct-2019 12:14:58 | 80 | 3943.0000 | XLON | 11002110000092079-E0foQAh1T8VU20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 12:24:23 | 74 | 3943.0000 | XLON | 11002110000094467-E0foQAh1TKlM20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 12:24:57 | 30 | 3942.0000 | XLON | 01002010000094479-E0foQAh1TLCm20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 12:24:58 | 45 | 3942.0000 | XLON | 01002010000094479-E0foQAh1TLDh20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 12:30:04 | 74 | 3948.5000 | XLON | 11002110000095977-E0foQAh1TSMR20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 15:10:00 | 65 | 3946.0000 | XLON | 01002010000137232-E0foQAh1Xu0e20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 15:20:31 | 102 | 3944.5000 | XLON | 11002110000139599-E0foQAh1YEiR20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 15:22:21 | 77 | 3947.5000 | XLON | 11002110000140173-E0foQAh1YIbC20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 15:23:37 | 43 | 3945.5000 | XLON | 01002010000140356-E0foQAh1YKvk20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 15:23:37 | 36 | 3945.5000 | XLON | 01002010000140356-E0foQAh1YKvm20191016 |
16-Oct-2019 15:25:28 | 76 | 3949.0000 | XLON | 01002010000140702-E0foQAh1YO3n20191016 |
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