Company secretary remuneration

The broad policy described above applies to the company secretary of each of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited. The secretaries participate in the same performance based remuneration arrangements as the executives. The individual performance measures for the secretaries' annual cash bonus comprise Group and personal measures. Their personal measures reflect the key responsibilities of the company secretarial role and included ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, oversight of good corporate governance practice and the provision of corporate secretarial services.