Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001104659-25-022024
Chunk: 27

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: 424B2
Chunk 27
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 commissions, estimated offering expenses and underwriting reimbursements) from the sale of the Notes will be approximately U.S.$ . We intend to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including to repay debt incurred pursuant to the Bridge Loan Facility in order to finance the acquisition of Arcadium Lithium plc by Rio Tinto BM Subsidiary Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc. Approximately U.S.$7 billion in aggregate principal amount of indebtedness, which bears interest at an average annual rate of SOFR plus 52 basis points, which was incurred pursuant to the Bridge Loan Facility, is intended to be repaid with the proceeds of issuance of the Notes. See “The Offering — The following terms apply to the Notes — Use of Proceeds” and “Underwriting”.

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CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS OF RIO TINTO The following table sets out the capitalization and indebtedness of Rio Tinto in accordance with IFRS (i) on an actual basis as of December 31, 2024 and (ii) as adjusted to give effect to the issuance of the Notes offered hereby (U.S.$ ).

| ​                                                                  | ​ | ​ | At December 31, 2024 |   |        |   |   |   |             |   |        |   | ​ |
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|:--|:--|:---------------------|:--|-------:|:--|:--|:--|:------------|:--|-------:|:--|:--|
| ​                                                                  | ​ | ​ | Actual               |   |        |   | ​ | ​ | As Adjusted |   |        |   | ​ |
| ​                                                                  | ​ | ​ | -U.S.$ millions      |   |        |   |   |   |             |   |        |   | ​ |
| Share capital of Rio Tinto plc                                     | ​ | ​ | ​                    | ​ |    207 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​           | ​ |    207 | ​ | ​ |
| Share capital of Rio Tinto Limited                                 | ​ | ​ | ​                    | ​ |  3,060 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​           | ​ |  3,060 | ​ | ​ |
| Share capital                                                      | ​ | ​ | ​                    | ​ |  3,267 | ​ | ​ |