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SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS

Under the UK Disclosure and Transparency Rules and the Australian Corporations Act, any shareholder of Rio Tinto plc with voting rights of three per cent or more or any person with voting power of five per cent or more in Rio Tinto Limited, is required to provide the companies with notice. Excluding the interest held by Tinto Holdings Australia Pty Limited in Rio Tinto Limited, the shareholders who have provided such, or an equivalent, notice are:

Rio Tinto plc
Date of
notice		 Number of
shares		 Percentage
of issued
share capital
Barclays PLC 12 Jul 2006 42,129,019 4.02
The Capital Group Companies, Inc 13 Jun 2006 41,031,494 3.90
Legal & General plc 4 Feb 2008 43,532,050 4.36
AXA S.A. 29 Jan 2008 48,493,873 4.86
Shining Prospect Pte. Ltd 2 Feb 2008 119,705,134 12.00


Rio Tinto Limited
Date of
notice		 Number of
shares1		 Percentage
of issued
share capital1
Shining Prospect Pte. Ltd 4 Feb 2008 - -
Alcoa Inc 13 Feb 2008 - -


Notes Expand
  1. Shining Prospect Pte. Ltd, a Singapore based entity owned by Chinalco (Aluminum Corporation of China) with funding from Alcoa Inc, acquired 119,705,134 Rio Tinto plc shares on 1 February 2008. Through the operation of Corporations Act as modified, this gives these entities voting power of 9.33 per cent in the Rio Tinto Group on a joint decision matter, making them substantial shareholders of Rio Tinto Limited as well as of Rio Tinto plc.
  2. As far as it is known, Rio Tinto is not directly or indirectly owned or controlled by another corporation or by any government.
  3. Except as discussed in the chairman's statement, Rio Tinto is not aware of any arrangement which may result in a change in its control.
ANALYSIS OF ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS
As at 22 February 2008
Rio Tinto plc
No of
accounts		 % Shares %
1 to 1,000 shares 37,849 73.08 13,898,832 1.30
1,001 to 5,000 shares 11,307 21.83 22,648,550 2.11
5,001 to 10,000 shares 1,016 1.96 6,950,363 0.65
10,001 to 25,000 shares 544 1.05 8,400,701 0.79
25,001 to 125,000 shares 560 1.08 32,980,105 3.08
125,001 to 250,000 shares 183 0.35 33,914,101 3.16
250,001 to 1,250,000 shares 210 0.41 121,814,991 11.36
1,250,001 to 2,500,000 60 0.12 105,482,635 9.84
2,500,001 and over 61 0.12 725,779,627 67.71
ADRs - - 94,920,868 8.85
Publicly held shares 51,790 100 1,071,869,905 100
Shares held in treasury 74,167,852
Tinto Holdings Australia Pty Limited
1,071,869,905


Rio Tinto Limited
No of
accounts		 % Shares %
1 to 1,000 shares 101,921 83.59 32,380,143 7.09
1,001 to 5,000 shares 17,750 14.56 34,739,877 7.60
5,001 to 10,000 shares 1,401 1.15 9,707,172 2.12
10,001 to 25,000 shares 579 0.47 8,621,357 1.89
25,001 to 125,000 shares 196 0.16 9,699,188 2.12
125,001 to 250,000 shares 31 0.02 5,401,969 1.18
250,001 to 1,250,000 shares 34 0.03 20,035,350 4.39
1,250,001 to 2,500,000 8 0.01 15,235,651 3.34
2,500,001 and over 11 0.01 320,995,236 70.27
ADRs - - - -
Publicly held shares 121,931 100 456,815,943 100
Shares held in treasury
Tinto Holdings Australia Pty Limited 171,072,520
456,815,943
Number of holdings less than marketable parcel of A$500 1,111

TWENTY LARGEST REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS

In accordance with the ASX Listing Rules, below are the names of the twenty largest registered holders of Rio Tinto Limited shares and the number of shares and the percentage of issued capital each holds:

Rio Tinto Limited
Number of
shares		 Percentage
of issued
share capital
1 Tinto Holdings Australia Pty Limited 171,072,520 37.45
2 HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 39,237,31 8.59
3 National Nominees Limited 35,659,231 7.81
4 JP Morgan Nominees Australia Limited 31,302,302 6.83
5 Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 15,172,117 3.32
6 ANZ Nominees Limited 9,488,839 2.16
7 Cogent Nominees Pty Limited 6,240,454 1.37
8 Queensland Investment Corporation 4,341,895 0.95
9 AMP Life Limited 2,905,395 0.64
10 Merrill Lynch (Australia) Nominees Pty Ltd 2,761,366 0.60
11 UBS Wealth Management Australia Nominees Pty Ltd 2,553,987 0.56
12 Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited 2,443,414 0.53
13 HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 2,269,520 0.50
14 UBS Nominees Pty Ltd 2,127,402 0.47
15 HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 1,985,586 0.43
16 RBC Dexia Investor Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 1,777,687 0.39
17 Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 1,703,340 0.37
18 Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 1,532,859 0.34
19 Argo Investments Limited 1,395,843 0.31
20 HSB Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited-GSI ECSA 1,240,252 0.27
337,471,139 73.87


Notes Expand
  1. Tinto Holdings Australia Pty Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc.
  2. Other large registered shareholders are nominees who hold securities on behalf of beneficial shareholders.

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