EX-99.10 11 u55622exv99w10.htm EXHIBIT 99.10 EXHIBIT 99.10
Exhibit 99.10
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Rio Tinto plc
2 Eastbourne Terrace
London W2 6LG
United Kingdom
T +44 (0) 20 7781 2000
F +44 (0) 20 7781 1800
 
Press release
Poll results for Rio Tinto plc & Rio Tinto Limited — AGM 2008
     
RIO TINTO PLC
  RIO TINTO LIMITED
Held on Thursday, 17 April 2008 at
  Held on Thursday, 24 April 2008 at
11.00 am
  9.30am
Churchill Auditorium,
  Ballroom Le Grand,
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
  Level 2, Sofitel Brisbane
Broad Sanctuary
  249 Turbot Street
London SW1
  Brisbane
United Kingdom
  Queensland
In accordance with the Combined Code provision D.2.2 as revised (June 2006) by the Financial Reporting Council, the votes held on a poll were cast as follows:
Joint Electorate Decisions
The following ordinary resolutions, which were put to Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited shareholders on a poll at the respective annual general meetings, were subject to the joint electoral procedure and the aggregate results of the joint polls were as follows:
                                         
                                    VOTE
RESOLUTION   FOR(3)   %   AGAINST   %   WITHHELD
To receive the financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors for the full year ended 31 December 2007 (1)
    770,670,941       99.90       738,091       0.10       354,114  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 771,629,512 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Approval of the Remuneration report (1)
    748,025,964       98.97       7,792,951       1.03       15,943,341  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 756,041,020 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Election of Richard Evans(1)
    768,178,230       99.59       3,136,493       0.41       449,405  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 771,535,927 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Election of Yves Fortier(1)
    768,078,900       99.58       3,245,647       0.42       469,581  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 771,545,596 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Election of Paul Tellier(1)
    768,714,386       99.68       2,461,326       0.32       587,218  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 771,396,041 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Re-election of Thomas Albanese(1)
    769,112,313       99.70       2,279,952       0.30       371,863  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 771,598,884 votes were voted by proxy appointments

 


 

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                                    VOTE
RESOLUTION   FOR(3)   %   AGAINST   %   WITHHELD
Re-election of Vivienne Cox(1)
    761,940,951       98.91       8,394,394       1.09       1,429,150  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 770,554,864 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Re-election of Richard Goodmanson(1)
    760,906,366       98.79       9,303,042       1.21       1,554,719  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 770,428,790 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Re-election of Paul Skinner(1)
    767,753,446       99.53       3,633,754       0.47       375,036  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 771,594,500 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of Rio Tinto plc and to authorise the Audit committee to determine their remuneration(1)
    768,847,567       99.70       2,304,228       0.3       0 611,178  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 771,361,609 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Resolutions put to the Rio Tinto plc meeting only
                                         
                                    VOTE
RESOLUTION   FOR(3)   %   AGAINST   %   WITHHELD
Approval of the use of e- communications for shareholder materials(2)
    625,836,411       99.91       533,922       0.09       649,615  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 626,823,270 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Authority to allot relevant securities under Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985(2)
    620,178,335       99.01       6,231,152       0.99       623,899  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 626,854,903 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Authority to allot equity securities for cash under Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985(2)
    624,464,785       99.68       2,032,298       0.32       536,303  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 626,943,151 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares by the Company or Rio Tinto Limited(2)
    626,562,454       99.97       180,230       0.03       290,705  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 627,193,265 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Directors’ conflicts of interests — amendment to the company’s Articles of Association(2)
    624,062,452       99.85       906,545       0.15       2,063,995  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 625,418,042 votes were voted by proxy appointments

 


 

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Resolution put to both the Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited meetings
Class Rights Action
As a Class Rights Action, the following Special Resolution was passed separately at the Rio Tinto plc and at the Rio Tinto Limited meetings. Under the dual listed companies structure, both resolutions require approval by shareholders for either resolution to be deemed passed and take effect.
 
The result of the poll at the Rio Tinto plc meeting was as follows:
                                         
                                    VOTE
RESOLUTION   FOR(3)   %   AGAINST   %   WITHHELD
Amendments to the terms of the DLC Dividend Shares(1)
    625,839,804       99.96       247,844       0.04       909,613  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 626,557,898 votes were voted by proxy appointments
The result of the poll at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting was as follows:
                                         
                                    VOTE
RESOLUTION   FOR(3)   %   AGAINST   %   WITHHELD
Amendments to the terms of the DLC Dividend Shares(1)
    144,021,112       99.80       294,682       0.20       414,014  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 144,095,629 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Resolutions put to the Rio Tinto Limited meeting only
                                         
                                    VOTE
RESOLUTION   FOR(3)   %   AGAINST   %   WITHHELD
Renewal of on-market share buyback authorities
    143,692,916       99.84       233,822       0.16       804,001  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 143,705,642 votes were voted by proxy appointments
 
Renewal of authorities to buy back shares held by Rio Tinto plc
    143,718,040       99.86       200,352       0.14       810,944  
 
In respect of the above resolution, a total of 143,697,296 votes were voted by proxy appointments
Notes
 
(1)   Resolutions 1-10 and 16 of the Rio Tinto plc notice of meeting were deemed to be carried at the conclusion of the Rio Tinto Limited meeting which was held on Thursday, 24 April 2008 in Brisbane.
 
(2)   Resolutions 11-15 of the Rio Tinto plc notice of meeting were deemed to be carried at the conclusion of the Rio Tinto plc meeting on Thursday, 17 April 2008.
 
(3)   The ‘For’ vote includes votes given at the Chairman’s discretion and details of proxy votes cast are referred to in the table above.
 
(4)   17 voting cards were declared to be invalid at the Rio Tinto plc meeting.
 
(5)   Total number of Rio Tinto plc shares with voting rights in issue at 11.00 am on 17 April 2008 was 997,914,806.
 
(6)   Total number of Rio Tinto Limited shares with voting rights in issue at 9.30am on 24 April 2008 was 456,815,943.