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Results of voting at 2007 annual general meetings ofRio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited

27 April 2007

The Annual General Meetings of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited were held on 13 April 2007 and 27 April 2007 respectively. All resolutions were passed by poll. The results are as set out below. 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.

The following resolutions, which were put to both Rio Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto plc shareholders on a poll at the respective Annual General Meetings, were subject to the joint electoral procedure and the aggregate results of the joint polls were as follows:

For

Against

To elect Michael Fitzpatrick as a director (Resolution 4)

749,388,611

1,881,225

To re-elect Ashton Calvert as a director (Resolution 5)

749,611,786

1,678,141

To re-elect Guy Elliott as a director (Resolution 6)

749,134,585

2,163,616

To re-elect Lord Kerr as a director

(Resolution 7)

747,858,016

1,941,815

To re-elect Sir Richard Sykes as a director (Resolution 8)

746,689,745

4,459,494

Re-appointment of the auditors of Rio Tinto plc and authorisation of auditors’ remuneration

(Resolution 9)

750,008,979

1,333,674

Approval of remuneration report

(Resolution 10)

683,967,755

6,296,742

Receipt of reports and financial statements (Resolution 11)

748,668,990

1,346,350

The following resolution was passed at the Rio Tinto plc meeting held on 13 April 2007 and also at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting held on 27 April 2007. The results of the poll at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting were as follows:

For

Against

Amendment to the articles of association and to the constitution (Resolution 3)

138,177,481

98,477

The following resolutions were passed at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting held on 27 April 2007. The results of the polls were as follows:

For

Against

Renewal of off-market and on-market buyback

Authorities (Resolution 1)

138,088,836

293,144

Renewal of authorities to buy back shares held by Rio Tinto plc (Resolution 2)

137,840,819

528,494

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