Notice to
ASX/LSE
Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting
4 April 2024
The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was
held on 4 April 2024.
Under Rio Tinto's dual listed
companies structure established in 1995, decisions on significant
matters affecting shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto
Limited in similar ways are taken through a joint electoral
procedure. Resolutions 1 to 22 (inclusive) of the Rio Tinto plc
annual general meeting fall into this category, and the results of
the voting on these resolutions will be announced shortly after the
Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting which will be held in
Australia on 2 May 2024.
The remaining resolutions 23 to 26 (inclusive)
were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on a poll at the annual
general meeting today. The results of that poll are set out
below.
The addresses given by the Chair, Chief
Executive and People & Remuneration Committee Chair are
available at www.riotinto.com/agm.
Resolutions
|
For / discretion (number of
votes)
|
% for / discretion
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Against
(number of votes)
|
Total votes validly
cast
|
% of issued share capital
voted
|
Withheld*
|
23. General authority to allot shares
|
887,785,537
|
97.43
|
23,398,955
|
911,184,492
|
72.75%
|
1,633,236
|
24. Disapplication of pre-emption
rights
|
902,134,044
|
99.09
|
8,300,432
|
910,434,476
|
72.69%
|
2,383,252
|
25. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc
shares
|
725,457,319
|
79.59
|
186,040,720
|
911,498,039
|
72.77%
|
1,319,689
|
26. Notice period for general meetings other
than annual general meetings
|
874,731,354
|
96.02
|
36,228,351
|
910,959,705
|
72.73%
|
1,858,020
|
* It should be noted that a vote
'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes for and against each
resolution.
For the purposes of section 341 of the UK
Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the
table as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's total issued share capital
(excluding shares held in Treasury) as at 8pm on 2 April 2024,
being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the
Company's register of members in order to attend and vote at the
annual general meeting. The number of shares in issue was
1,255,903,781 (excluding Treasury shares
1,252,502,879).
The Company notes that Resolution 25 'Authority
to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares' was passed with less than 80% of
votes in favour. Shining Prospect (a subsidiary of the Aluminium
Corporation of China "Chinalco") voted against Resolution 25.
Chinalco has not sold any of its shares in Rio Tinto plc and now
has a holding of over 14% given its non-participation in the
Company's significant share buyback programmes. This places
Chinalco close to the 14.99% holding threshold agreed with the
Australian Government at the time of its original investment in Rio
Tinto.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of
all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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Contacts
Please direct all enquiries to media.enquiries@riotinto.com
Media Relations,
United Kingdom
Matthew
Klar
M
+44 7796 630 637
David
Outhwaite
M
+44 7787 597 493
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Media Relations,
Australia
Matt
Chambers
M
+61 433 525 739
Jesse
Riseborough
M
+61 436 653 412
Alyesha Anderson
M +61 434 868 118
Michelle Lee
M +61 458 609 322
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Media Relations,
Americas
Simon
Letendre
M
+1 514 796 4973
Malika
Cherry
M
+1 418 592 7293
Vanessa
Damha
M
+1 514 715 2152
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Investor Relations,
United Kingdom
Menno
Sanderse
M
+44 7825 195 178
David
Ovington
M
+44 7920 010 978
Laura Brooks
M +44 7826
942 797
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Investor Relations,
Australia
Tom
Gallop
M
+61 439 353 948
Amar
Jambaa
M
+61 472 865 948
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Rio Tinto plc
6 St James's Square
London SW1Y 4AD
United Kingdom
T
+44 20 7781 2000
Registered in England
No. 719885
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Rio Tinto Limited
Level 43, 120 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000
Australia
T
+61 3 9283 3333
Registered in Australia
ABN 96 004 458 404
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This announcement is authorised for release to
the market by Andy Hodges, Rio Tinto's Group Company
Secretary.
riotinto.com