Rio Tinto PLC Results of Rio Tinto plc AGM (6787V)
April 06 2023 - 8:56AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMRIO
RNS Number : 6787V
Rio Tinto PLC
06 April 2023
Notice to ASX/LSE
Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting
6 April 2023
The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 6 April
2023.
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 18
(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 4 May 2023.
The remaining resolutions 19 to 22 (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 and the Chief Executive are
available at www.riotinto.com/agm .
Resolutions For / discretion % for Against Total votes % of Withheld*
(number / discretion (number validly issued
of votes) of votes) cast share
capital
voted
19. General
authority
to allot shares 896,719,373 98.63 12,443,034 909,162,407 72.68% 13,243,072
----------------- -------------- ------------ ------------ --------- -----------
20. Disapplication
of pre-emption
rights 903,182,122 99.42 5,292,502 908,474,624 72.63% 13,930,703
----------------- -------------- ------------ ------------ --------- -----------
21. Authority
to purchase
Rio Tinto
plc shares 720,621,578 79.26 188,535,217 909,156,795 72.68% 13,240,002
----------------- -------------- ------------ ------------ --------- -----------
22. Notice
period for
general meetings
other than
annual general
meetings 873,062,810 96.00 36,339,720 909,402,530 72.70% 13,004,092
----------------- -------------- ------------ ------------ --------- -----------
* 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 4 April 2023, 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 1,255,855,118 (excluding
Treasury shares 1,250,832,245).
The Company notes that Resolution 21 '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 21. 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 .
LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82
Classification: 3.1. Information disclosed under article 19 of
the Market Abuse Regulation.
Contacts
Please direct all enquiries to media.enquiries@riotinto.com
Media Relations, United Media Relations, Australia Media Relations,
Kingdom Americas
Matt Chambers
Matthew Klar M +61 433 525 739 Simon Letendre
M +44 7796 630 637 M +514 796 4973
Jesse Riseborough
David Outhwaite M +61 436 653 412 Malika Cherry
M +44 7787 597 493 M +1 418 592 7293
Alyesha Anderson
M +61 434 868 118
Investor Relations, United Investor Relations, Australia
Kingdom
Tom Gallop
Menno Sanderse M +61 439 353 948
M +44 7825 195 178
Amar Jambaa
David Ovington M +61 472 865 948
M +44 7920 010 978
Clare Peever
M +44 7788 967 877
Rio Tinto plc Rio Tinto Limited
6 St James's Square Level 43, 120 Collins Street
London SW1Y 4AD Melbourne 3000
United Kingdom Australia
T +44 20 7781 2000 T +61 3 9283 3333
Registered in England Registered in Australia
No. 719885 ABN 96 004 458 404
This announcement is authorised for release to the market by
Steve Allen, Rio Tinto's Group Company Secretary.
riotinto.com
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