Financial statements
The majority of Rio Tinto shareholders choose to receive the Annual report with these Summary financial statements. The Summary financial statements do not allow as full an understanding of the Group as is provided in the Full financial statements. The Annual report together with the Full financial statements comply with Australian and UK statutory requirements. Copies of the Full financial statements may be obtained free of charge from the Companies’ registrars whose details can be found in Useful addresses of the Annual report.
All of Rio Tinto’s shareholder documents are also available in electronic form. For further details please visit the Rio Tinto website www.riotinto.com
The Summary financial statements have been extracted from the Full financial statements, which have been reported on by the auditors, and which will be filed with the United Kingdom Registrar of Companies and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The auditors’ report on the Full financial statements is unqualified and does not contain a statement under either S237(2) or S237(3) of the UK Companies Act 1985. The Summary financial statements do not contain sufficient information to allow as full an understanding of the results and affairs of the Group and parent companies as is provided in the Full financial statements. Copies of the 2007 Annual report and Full financial statements, may be obtained from the addresses shown on the Annual report.