Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 405

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 405
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 Tinto plc.

Rio Tinto Limited

|                                        | 2024Number(million) | 2023Number(million) | 2022Number(million) | 2024US$m | 2023US$m | 2022US$m |
| Issued and fully paid up share capital |                     |                     |                     |          |          |          |
| At 1 January                           |              371.21 |              371.21 |              371.21 |    3,377 |    3,330 |    3,570 |
| Adjustment on currency translation     |                     |                     |                     |     -317 |       47 |     -240 |
| At 31 December                         |              371.21 |              371.21 |              371.21 |    3,060 |    3,377 |    3,330 |
| – Special Voting Share(a)              |               1only |               1only |               1only |          |          |          |
| – DLC Dividend Share(a)                |               1only |               1only |               1only |          |          |          |
| Total share capital                    |              371.21 |              371.21 |              371.21 |          |          |          |

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

Share was issued to a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Plc to facilitate the efficient management of funds within the DLC structure. Directors have the ability to issue an Equalisation Share if that is

required under the terms of the DLC Merger Sharing Agreement.

During 2024 , US$ 44million of shares ( 2023 : US$ 78million ; 2022 : US$ 84million ) were purchased by employee share ownership trusts on

behalf of Rio Tinto Limited to satisfy employee share awards on vesting. At 31 December 2024 , 303,327 shares ( 2023 : 794,282 ; 2022 : 979,495 )

were held in the employee share ownership trusts on behalf of Rio Tinto Limited.

Information relating to share-based incentive schemes is in note 27.

| Annual Report on Form 20-F 2024 | 224 | riotinto.com |

Financial statements | Notes to the