EX-99.18 19 ex17d23pdmr-kmp.htm EXHIBIT 99.18 Exhibit


Exhibit 99.18
Notice to ASX/LSE
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Shareholdings of directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) / Key Management Personnel (KMP)

23 October 2019

As part of its dual listed company structure, Rio Tinto notifies dealings in Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited securities by PDMRs/KMPs to both the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Global Employee Share Plan (myShare)

Under myShare employees are able to purchase, on a quarterly basis, Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each, Rio Tinto plc ADRs or Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares (‘Shares’). Shares are purchased out of monthly deductions from salary and participants are allocated an equivalent number of shares or ADRs free of charge (‘matching shares’ and ‘matching ADRs’), conditional upon satisfying the terms of myShare. The matching shares or matching ADRs are subject to a three year holding period, and vest after this period.

Upon vesting, on 17 October 2019, the following PDMR/KMPs received matching shares or matching ADRs under myShare, of which sufficient were sold on 21 October 2019 to pay applicable withholding tax and other deductions.

Security
Name of PDMR/KMP
No: of Matching Shares Granted
No: of Shares Vested*
No: of Shares Sold
Price per Share Sold

No: of Shares Retained
Rio Tinto plc shares
Baatar, Bold
21.2015
25.9576
10.5618
40.070466GBP
15.3958
Rio Tinto plc shares
Barrios, Alfredo
28.6390

35.0633
15.5569
40.070466GBP
19.5064
Rio Tinto plc shares

Jacques,
Jean-Sébastien
14.3581
17.5785
7.3831
40.070466GBP
10.1954
Rio Tinto Limited shares
Trott, Simon
27.5251
32.4981
N/A
N/A
32.4981

*The number of shares vested includes additional shares calculated to reflect dividends declared during the vesting period on the original shares granted, in accordance with the plan rules.

FCA notifications in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation have been issued to the London Stock Exchange contemporaneously with this release.

LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82
Classification: 2.2. Information disclosed under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation




Steve Allen
Group Company Secretary

Tim Paine
Joint Company Secretary
Rio Tinto plc
6 St James’s Square
London SW1Y 4AD
United Kingdom

T +44 20 7781 2058
Registered in England
No. 719885


Rio Tinto Limited
Level 7, 360 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000
Australia

T +61 3 9283 3333
Registered in Australia
ABN 96 004 458 404


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