Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 404

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 404
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 |               4.571 |               6.190 |          |          |          |
| Shares held by public                                             |           1,252.922 |           1,251.321 |           1,249.655 |          |          |          |
| Total share capital                                               |           1,255.945 |           1,255.892 |           1,255.845 |          |          |          |
| Other share classes                                               |                     |                     |                     |          |          |          |
| Special Voting Share of 10p each(c)                               |              1 only |              1 only |              1 only |          |          |          |
| DLC Dividend Share of 10p each(c)                                 |              1 only |              1 only |              1 only |          |          |          |

(a) The authority for the company to buy back its ordinary shares was renewed at the 2021 annual general meeting. No shares were bought back and cancelled in 2024 , 2023 or 2022 under the

on-market buy-back programme.

(b) New shares issued and reissued from Treasury during the year resulting from the vesting of awards and the exercise of options under Rio Tinto plc employee share-based payment plans

had exercise prices and market values between £ 45.09 and £ 58.99 per share.

(c) The Special Voting Share was issued to facilitate the joint voting by shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited on Joint Decisions, following the DLC Merger. The DLC Dividend

Share was issued to a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Limited to facilitate the efficient management of funds within the DLC structure. In addition, an Equalisation Share is authorised but not issued

and is governed by the terms of the DLC Merger Sharing Agreement.

During 2024 , US$ 13million of shares and ADRs ( 2023 : US$ 17million ; 2022 : US$ 16million ) were purchased by employee share ownership

trusts on behalf of Rio Tinto plc to satisfy employee share awards on vesting. At 31 December 2024 , 229,749 shares ( 2023 : 253,371 ; 2022 :

232,621 ) and 48,990 ADRs ( 2023 : 45,694 ; 2022 : 49,777 ) shares were held in the employee share ownership trusts on behalf of Rio