Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-023282
Chunk: 95

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 424B5
Chunk 95
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 bonds are non-recourse to us or Rio Tinto;

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the sale or other transfer of

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any minerals in place, or for the future production of minerals, for a specified period of time or in any amount such that, the purchaser will realize from such sale or transfer a specified amount of money or minerals; or

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any other interest in property that is commonly referred to as a “production payment”;

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any liens in favor of any company in the Rio Tinto Group;

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any liens securing indebtedness for which we or Rio Tinto have paid money or deposited securities in an arrangement to discharge in full any liability relating to that indebtedness; and

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any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any lien referred to above, so long as

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the amount does not exceed the principal amount of the borrowed money secured by the lien which is to be extended, renewed or replaced; and

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the extension, renewal or replacement lien is limited to all or a part of the same property, including improvements, that secured the lien to be extended, renewed or replaced. ( Section 1007 of the Base Indenture )

Under the indenture, the following are not considered liens securing indebtedness and so are not prevented by the restrictions:

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any acquisition of any property or assets by us or Rio Tinto that is subject to any reservation that creates or reserves for the seller an interest in any metals or minerals in place or the proceeds from their sale;

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any conveyance or assignment in which we or Rio Tinto convey or assign an interest in any metals or minerals in place or the proceeds from their sale; or

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any lien upon any of our or Rio Tinto’s wholly or partially owned or leased property or assets, to secure the payment of our or Rio Tinto’s proportionate part of the development or operating expenses in realizing the metal or mineral resources of such property.

#### Restrictions on Sales and Leasebacks
Neither we, Rio Tinto plc nor Rio Tinto Limited will enter into any sale and leaseback transaction involving a property, other than as allowed by this covenant. A sale and leaseback transaction is an arrangement between us or Rio Tinto and a bank, insurance company or other lender or investor where we lease a property that we previously owned for more than 270 days and sold to a lender or investor or to any person to whom the