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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="font-size: 16pt"><B>Rio Tinto plc</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="font-size: 16pt"><B>Rio Tinto Limited</b>
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ABN 96 004 458 404</B><BR>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>England and Wales</B><BR>
(State or other <BR>
jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or <BR>
organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Australia</B><BR>
(State or other<BR>
jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or<BR>
organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>6 St James&#146;s Square <BR>
London, SW1Y 4LD, <BR>
United Kingdom</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>120 Collins Street<BR>
Melbourne, Victoria 3000,<BR>
Australia</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Rio Tinto plc Share Option Plan 2004<BR>
Rio Tinto plc <BR>
Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004<BR>
Rio Tinto plc <BR>
Management Share Plan 2007</B><BR>
(Full title of plans)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Rio Tinto Limited Share Option Plan 2004<BR>
Rio Tinto Limited<BR>
Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004<BR>
Rio Tinto Limited<BR>
Management Share Plan 2007</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Shannon Crompton<BR>
Corporate Secretary<BR>
Rio Tinto Services Inc<BR>
80 State Street<BR>
Albany<BR>
New York, 12207-2543</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(801)&nbsp;563-6707</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, for agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of each class</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">aggregate offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">- Share Option Plan 2004<BR>
- Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004<BR>
- Management Share Plan 2007
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,025,000<BR>
936,000<BR>
103,000
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">57.45<BR>
57.45<BR>
57.45
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$34,953,973<BR>
$32,501,902<BR>
$5,917,663
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,075<br>
$1,013<br>
$184</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rio Tinto Limited shares</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">- Share Option Plan 2004<BR>
- Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004<BR>
- Management Share Plan 2007
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">144,000<BR>
145,000<BR>
20,000
</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">65.70<BR>
65.70<BR>
65.70
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5,830,749<BR>
$5,896,446<BR>
$1,313,944
</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$184<br>
$184<br>
$61</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,702</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable under
the plan in connection with variations in share capital, demergers, special dividends or
similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>The amount of ordinary shares being registered represents the estimated maximum aggregate
projected amount issuable to the employees in the United States of each Registrant pursuant to
such plans for grants made to date.</TD>
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    <TD>Stated for the purposes of calculating the registration fee only in accordance with Rule
457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.</TD>
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    <TD>for the Rio Tinto plc Share Option Plan 2004, the weighted average price of Rio Tinto
plc ordinary shares of 10p each at which options issued may be exercised of &#163;16.57;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>for the Rio Tinto plc Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004, the weighted average
market price of Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each quoted on the London Stock
Exchange at the time grants were made of &#163;16.88;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>for the Rio Tinto plc Management Share Plan 2007, the market price of Rio Tinto plc
ordinary shares of 10p each quoted on the London Stock Exchange at the time grants were
made of &#163;27.92;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for the Rio Tinto Limited Share Option Plan 2004, the weighted average price of Rio
Tinto Limited shares at which options issued may be exercised of A$46.40;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for the Rio Tinto Limited Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004, the weighted
average market price of Rio Tinto Limited shares quoted on the Australian Securities
Exchange at the time grants were made of A$46.60; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for the Rio Tinto Limited Management Share Plan 2007, the market price of Rio Tinto
Limited shares quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange at the time grants were made
of A$75.29;</TD>
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    <TD>translated into US dollars at the noon buying rates as posted by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York on 4 December&nbsp;2007 of USD 2.0577 per GBP 1.00 and USD 0.8726 per AUD 1.00.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv4w3.htm">EX-4.3: RULES OF THE SHARE OPTION PLAN 2004</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv4w4.htm">EX-4.4: RULES OF THE COMPARATIVE PLAN 2004</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv4w5.htm">EX-4.5: RULES OF MANAGEMENT SHARE PLAN 2007</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv4w6.htm">EX-4.6: RULES OF THE SHARE OPTION PLAN 2004</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv4w7.htm">EX-4.7: RULES OF THE COMPARATIVE PLAN 2004</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv4w8.htm">EX-4.8: RULES OF THE SHARE PLAN 2007</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF MR. CHARLES LAWTON</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv5w2.htm">EX-5.2: OPINION OF MR. STEPHEN CREESE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54352exv23w2.htm">EX-23.2: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Explanatory note:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As permitted by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
omits the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. We will deliver the documents containing
the information specified in Part&nbsp;I to the participants in the plans covered by this registration
statement as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b). We are not filing these documents with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148;
the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be
part of this registration statement, and subsequent information that we file with the Commission
will automatically update and supersede this information. Information set forth in this
registration statement supersedes any previously filed information that is incorporated by
reference into this registration statement. We incorporate by reference into this registration
statement Rio Tinto&#146;s Annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December&nbsp;2006. The
Description of Rio Tinto plc&#146;s Equity Securities is hereby incorporated by reference to such
description contained in Rio Tinto&#146;s Form 6-K filed on 5 June&nbsp;2007.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, certain reports on Form 6-K (to the extent designated therein) and all documents
subsequently filed by Rio Tinto pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities hereby registered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference and to be part hereof from the date of
filing such documents.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Description of Rio Tinto Limited&#146;s Equity Securities is hereby incorporated by reference to
such description contained in Rio Tinto&#146;s Form 6-K filed on 5 June&nbsp;2007.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">None.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Rio Tinto plc</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;143 Indemnity, of Rio Tinto plc&#146;s Articles of Association provides:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&#147;(A) Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be consistent with the Statutes, every
Director, Secretary or other officer of the Company shall be indemnified by the Company out of
its own funds against and/or exempted by the Company from all costs, charges, losses, expenses
and liabilities incurred by him in the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of his
duties and/or the exercise or purported exercise of his powers and/or otherwise in relation to
or in connection with his duties, powers or office.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&#147;(B) Without prejudice to paragraph (A)&nbsp;of this Article the Directors shall have power to
purchase and maintaining insurance for or for the benefit of any persons who are all were at
any time Directors, officers
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">or employees of any Relevant Company (as defined in paragraph (C)&nbsp;of this Article) or who are
all were at any time trustees of any pension fund or employees&#146; share scheme in which
employees of any Relevant Company are interested, including (without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing) insurance against any liabilities incurred by such persons in
respect of any act or omission in the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of their
duties and/or in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers and/or otherwise in relation
to their duties, powers or offices in relation to any Relevant Company, or any such pension
fund or employees&#146; share scheme.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&#147;(C) For the purpose of paragraph (B)&nbsp;of this Article&nbsp;Relevant Company shall mean the Company,
any holding company of the Company or any other body, whether or not incorporated, in which
the Company or such holding company or any of the predecessors of the Company or of such
holding company has or had any interest whether direct or indirect or which is in any way
allied to or associated with the Company, or any subsidiary undertaking of the Company or of
such other body and shall include Rio Tinto Limited (&#147;RTL&#148;) and any controlled entity of RTL
(within the meaning of the Corporations Act).&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Rio Tinto Group has therefore during the year paid premiums for directors&#146; and officers&#146;
insurance. In broad terms, the insurance indemnifies individual directors&#146; and officers&#146; personal
legal liability and costs for claims arising out of actions taken in connection with Group
business. It is a condition of the insurance policy that detailed terms and premiums paid cannot be
disclosed.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">With effect from 1 October&nbsp;2007, the following provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (inserted by
para. 2(1)(d) Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No.&nbsp;3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional
Provisions and Savings) Order 2007) provide as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>&#147;232 Provisions protecting directors from liability</B>
</DIV>


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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company (to any extent) from any
liability that would otherwise attach to him in connection with any negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void.</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides an indemnity (to any extent)
for a director of the company, or of an associated company, against any liability attaching to
him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation
to the company of which he is a director is void except as permitted by &#151;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>section 233 (provision of insurance),</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>section 234 (qualifying third party indemnity provision), or</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>section 235 (qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision).</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company&#146;s articles or in any
contract with the company or otherwise.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Nothing in this section prevents a company&#146;s articles from making such provision as has
previously been lawful for dealing with conflicts of interest.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>233 Provision of insurance</B>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Section&nbsp;232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not prevent a company
from purchasing and maintaining for a director of the company, or of an associated company,
insurance against any such liability as is mentioned in that subsection.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>234 Qualifying third party indemnity provision</B>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Section&nbsp;232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to
qualifying third party indemnity provision.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Third party indemnity provision means provision for indemnity against liability incurred by
the director to a person other than the company or an associated company.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Such provision is qualifying third party indemnity provision if the following requirements are
met.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The provision must not provide any indemnity against -</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any liability of the director to pay -</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect
of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any liability incurred by the director -</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending civil proceedings brought by the company, or an
associated company, in which judgment is given against him, or</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in connection with an application for relief (see subsection (6)) in
which the court refuses to grant him relief.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief are to the
final decision in the proceedings.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>For this purpose -</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final -</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of,
and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>an appeal is disposed of -</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if it is determined and the period of bringing any further appeal has ended, or<BR>
</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The reference in subsection (3)(b)(iii) to an application for relief is to an application
for relief under -</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>section 661(3) or (4) (power of court to grant relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent
nominee), or</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>section 1157 (general power of court to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable
conduct).</TD>
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</DIV>


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Section&nbsp;232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to
qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pension scheme indemnity provision means provision indemnifying a director of a company that
is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with
the company&#146;s activities as trustee of the scheme.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such provision is qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision if the following requirements
are met.
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The provision must not provide any indemnity against -</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any liability of the director to pay -</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect
of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any liability incurred by the director in defending criminal proceedings in which
he is convicted.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is to the final decision in the
proceedings.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;For this purpose -</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a conviction becomes final -</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an
appeal, or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal
is disposed of, and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>an appeal is disposed of -</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has
ended, or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In this section &#147;occupational pension scheme&#148; means an occupational pension scheme as defined
in section 150(5) of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) that is established under a trust.&#148;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>&#147;256 Associated bodies corporate</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">For the purposes of this Part &#151;
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>bodies corporate are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are
subsidiaries of the same body corporate, and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are
subsidiaries of the same body corporate.&#148;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>&#147;239 Ratification of acts of directors</B>
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This section applies to the ratification by a company of conduct by a director amounting to
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The decision of the company to ratify such conduct must be made by resolution of the members
of the company.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Where the resolution is proposed as a written resolution neither the director (if a member of
the company) not any member connected with him is an eligible member.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Where the resolution is proposed at a meeting, it is passed only if the necessary majority is
obtained disregarding votes in favour of the resolution by the director (if a member of the
company) and any member connected with him.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This does not prevent the director or any such member from attending, being counted towards
the quorum and taking part in the proceedings at any meeting at which the decision is
considered.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>For the purposes of this section &#151;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#147;conduct&#148; includes acts and omissions;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#147;director&#148; includes a former director;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a shadow director is treated as a director; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in section 252 (meaning of &#147;connected person&#148;), subsection (3)&nbsp;does not apply
(exclusion of person who is himself a director).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Nothing in this section affects &#151;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the validity of a decision taken by unanimous consent of the members of the
company, or</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any power of the directors to agree not to sue, or to settle or release a claim
made by them on behalf of the company.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(7)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This section does not affect any other enactment or rule of law imposing additional
requirements for valid ratification or any rule of law as to acts that are incapable of being
ratified by the company.&#148;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Rio Tinto Limited</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Rule&nbsp;144 Indemnity, of Rio Tinto Limited&#146;s Constitution provides:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&#147;(1) The Company shall indemnify each officer of the Company and each officer of each wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company out of the assets of the Company to the relevant extent
against any liability incurred by the officer in the conduct of the business of the Company or
in the conduct of the business of such wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (as the case may
be) or in the actual or purported execution or discharge of the duties of the officer.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;To the extent permitted by law, the Company may pay amounts by way of premium in respect
of any contract effecting insurance on behalf or in respect of an officer or employee of any
relevant company, including (without limitation) insurance against liability incurred by the
officer or employee in the conduct of the business of the relevant company or in the actual or
purported execution or discharge of the duties of the officer or employee.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(3)&nbsp;In this Rule:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(a) &#147;officer&#148; means:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(i)&nbsp;a director, secretary or executive officer, or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(ii)&nbsp;a person appointed as a trustee by, or acting as a trustee at the express
request of, the Company or a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(b) &#147;duties &#147; includes duties and powers arising by reason of, or otherwise in
connection with the appointment or nomination of the person by the Company or any
relevant company to any other corporation.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(c) &#147;liability&#148; means all costs, charges, losses, damages, expenses, penalties and
liabilities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(d) &#147;to the relevant extent&#148; means:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(i)&nbsp;to the extent the Company is not precluded by law from doing so;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(ii)&nbsp;where the liability is incurred in the conduct of the business of another
corporation or in the discharge of the duties of the officer in relation to
another corporation, to the extent and for the amount that the officer is not
entitled to be indemnified and is not actually indemnified out of the assets of
that corporation; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(iii)&nbsp;to the extent and for the amount that the officer is not otherwise entitled
to be indemnified and is not otherwise actually indemnified.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(e) &#147;relevant company&#148; means the Company, any holding company of the Company, any body
(whether or not incorporated) in which the Company or such holding company (or any
predecessors of the Company or such holding company of the Company) has or had any
interest (whether direct or indirect), any body that is in any way allied to or
associated with the Company, and Rio Tinto plc and any of its subsidiaries.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199A(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) (the &#147;Corporations Act&#148;) provides that
a company or a related body corporate must not exempt a person from a liability to the company
incurred as an officer of the company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199A(2) of the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must
not indemnify a person against any of the following liabilities incurred as an officer of the
company:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a liability for a pecuniary penalty order or compensation order under specified provisions
of the Corporations Act; or</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate that
did not arise out of conduct in good faith.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199A(2) does not apply to a liability for legal costs.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199A(3) provides that a company or a related body corporate must not indemnify a person
against legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer of the
company if the costs are incurred:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending or resisting proceedings in which the person is found to have a liability for
which they could not be indemnified under Section&nbsp;199A(2); or</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty; or</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending or resisting proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC)&nbsp;or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are
found by the court to have been established (this does not apply to costs incurred in
responding to actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before
commencing proceedings for the court order); or</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in connection with proceedings for relief to the person under the Corporations Act in which
the court denies the relief.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199B of the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must not
pay, or agree to pay, a premium for a contract insuring a person who is or has been an officer of
the company against a liability (other than one for legal costs) arising out of:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>conduct involving a willful breach of any duty in relation to the company; or</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>a contravention of the officer&#146;s duties under the Corporations Act not to improperly use
their position or make improper use of information obtained as an officer</TD>
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    <TD>a person who makes, or participates in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a
substantial part, of the business of the company;</TD>
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    <TD>a person in accordance with whose instructions or wishes the directors of the company are
accustomed to act.</TD>
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    <TD>Each undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events are arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect of the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement what any
material change to such information in the registration statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purposes of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities: The
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i)&nbsp;any preliminary prospectus or prospectus
of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424; (ii)&nbsp;any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant; (iii)&nbsp;the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and (iv)&nbsp;any other
communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the
purchaser.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than director, officer or controlling person in the successful defence of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto to
duly authorized in the city of London, United Kingdom, on 30 August&nbsp;2007.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rio Tinto plc<BR>
(Registrant)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rio Tinto Limited<BR>
(Registrant)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By /s/ Ben Mathews<BR>
Ben Mathews<BR>
Secretary<BR>
(Signature and Title)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By /s/ Ben Mathews<BR>
Ben Mathews<BR>
Assistant Secretary<BR>
(Signature and Title)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Each director and officer of the Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Shannon Crompton, the agent for service named in the registration
statement, and appoints each of Paul Skinner, Guy Elliott and Tom Albanese, to be his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her, and on his or her behalf and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file any amendments to this
registration statement on Form S-8 necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes
in this registration statement as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and any subsequent
registration statement for the same offering that may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>For and on behalf of Rio Tinto plc:</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul Skinner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul Skinner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Tom Albanese
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Tom Albanese
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief executive
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Guy Elliott
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Guy Elliott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Finance director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dick Evans
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dick Evans
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Clementi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir David Clementi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Vivienne Cox
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Vivienne Cox
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir Rod Eddington
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew Gould
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Andrew Gould
</DIV></TD>
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</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kerr of Kinlochard
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
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</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Mayhew
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David Mayhew
</DIV></TD>
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</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir Richard Sykes
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul Tellier
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Shannon Crompton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Shannon Crompton
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Authorized Representative in
the United States of America
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>For and on behalf of Rio Tinto Limited:</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul Skinner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul Skinner
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Tom Albanese
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Tom Albanese
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Guy Elliott
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Guy Elliott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Finance director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dick Evans
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dick Evans
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Clementi
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir David Clementi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Vivienne Cox
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Vivienne Cox
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir Rod Eddington
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael Fitzpatrick
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Yves Fortier
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard Goodmanson
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard Goodmanson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew Gould
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Andrew Gould
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kerr of Kinlochard
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Mayhew
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David Mayhew
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">7 December&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir Richard Sykes
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul Tellier
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Shannon Crompton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Shannon Crompton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Authorized Representative in
the United States of America</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following are filed at exhibits to this registration statement:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Memorandum and Articles of Association of Rio Tinto plc (adopted by special resolution passed
on 11 April&nbsp;2002 and amended on 14 April&nbsp;2005 and 13 April&nbsp;2007), incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to Rio Tinto&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;20-F for the financial year
ended 31 December&nbsp;2006 (File No.&nbsp;1-10533)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Constitution of Rio Tinto Limited (ACN 004 458 404) (as adopted by special resolution passed
on 24 May&nbsp;2000 and amended by special resolution on 18 April&nbsp;2002, 29 April&nbsp;2005 and 27 April
2007), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1.2 to Rio Tinto&#146;s Annual Report on Form
20-F for the financial year ended 31 December&nbsp;2006 (File No.&nbsp;1-10533)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rules of the Rio Tinto plc Share Option Plan 2004</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rules of the Rio Tinto plc Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rules of the Rio Tinto plc Management Share Plan 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rules of the Rio Tinto Limited Share Option Plan 2004</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rules of the Rio Tinto Limited Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rules of the Rio Tinto Limited Management Share Plan 2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Mr Charles Lawton, The Legal Adviser, Rio Tinto plc, as to the validity of the
newly issued shares</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Mr Stephen Creese, General Counsel, Rio Tinto Limited, as to the validity of the
newly issued shares</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms to the incorporation of the audit
report relating to the Rio Tinto Group by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Auditors to the incorporation of the audit report relating to Minera
Escondida Limitada by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Rio Tinto plc
Rio Tinto Limited
ABN 96 004 458 404
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
England and Wales
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
None
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Australia
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
None
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6 St James's Square
London, SW1Y 4LD,
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive offices)
120 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000,
Australia
(Address of principal executive offices)
Rio Tinto plc Share Option Plan 2004
Rio Tinto plc
Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004
Rio Tinto plc
Management Share Plan 2007
(Full title of plans)
Rio Tinto Limited Share Option Plan 2004
Rio Tinto Limited
Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004
Rio Tinto Limited
Management Share Plan 2007
(Full title of plans)
Shannon Crompton
Corporate Secretary
Rio Tinto Services Inc
80 State Street
Albany
New York, 12207-2543
(Name and address of agent for service)
(801) 563-6707
(Telephone number, including area code, for agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class
Amount
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
of securities
to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered
(1)(2)
per share
(3)
price
(4)
fee
Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each
- Share Option Plan 2004
- Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004
- Management Share Plan 2007
1,025,000
936,000
103,000
57.45
57.45
57.45
$34,953,973
$32,501,902
$5,917,663
$1,075
$1,013
$184
Rio Tinto Limited shares
- Share Option Plan 2004
- Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004
- Management Share Plan 2007
144,000
145,000
20,000
65.70
65.70
65.70
$5,830,749
$5,896,446
$1,313,944
$184
$184
$61
$2,702
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable under
the plan in connection with variations in share capital, demergers, special dividends or
similar transactions.
(2)
The amount of ordinary shares being registered represents the estimated maximum aggregate
projected amount issuable to the employees in the United States of each Registrant pursuant to
such plans for grants made to date.
(3)
Stated for the purposes of calculating the registration fee only in accordance with Rule
457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.
(4)
The aggregate offering price is based upon,
•
for the Rio Tinto plc Share Option Plan 2004, the weighted average price of Rio Tinto
plc ordinary shares of 10p each at which options issued may be exercised of £16.57;
•
for the Rio Tinto plc Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004, the weighted average
market price of Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each quoted on the London Stock
Exchange at the time grants were made of £16.88;
•
for the Rio Tinto plc Management Share Plan 2007, the market price of Rio Tinto plc
ordinary shares of 10p each quoted on the London Stock Exchange at the time grants were
made of £27.92;
•
for the Rio Tinto Limited Share Option Plan 2004, the weighted average price of Rio
Tinto Limited shares at which options issued may be exercised of A$46.40;
•
for the Rio Tinto Limited Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004, the weighted
average market price of Rio Tinto Limited shares quoted on the Australian Securities
Exchange at the time grants were made of A$46.60; and
•
for the Rio Tinto Limited Management Share Plan 2007, the market price of Rio Tinto
Limited shares quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange at the time grants were made
of A$75.29;
translated into US dollars at the noon buying rates as posted by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York on 4 December 2007 of USD 2.0577 per GBP 1.00 and USD 0.8726 per AUD 1.00.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBITS
EX-4.3: RULES OF THE SHARE OPTION PLAN 2004
EX-4.4: RULES OF THE COMPARATIVE PLAN 2004
EX-4.5: RULES OF MANAGEMENT SHARE PLAN 2007
EX-4.6: RULES OF THE SHARE OPTION PLAN 2004
EX-4.7: RULES OF THE COMPARATIVE PLAN 2004
EX-4.8: RULES OF THE SHARE PLAN 2007
EX-5.1: OPINION OF MR. CHARLES LAWTON
EX-5.2: OPINION OF MR. STEPHEN CREESE
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
EX-23.2: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Explanatory note:
As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. We will deliver the documents containing
the information specified in Part I to the participants in the plans covered by this registration
statement as required by Rule 428(b). We are not filing these documents with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") allows us to "incorporate by reference"
the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be
part of this registration statement, and subsequent information that we file with the Commission
will automatically update and supersede this information. Information set forth in this
registration statement supersedes any previously filed information that is incorporated by
reference into this registration statement. We incorporate by reference into this registration
statement Rio Tinto's Annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2006. The
Description of Rio Tinto plc's Equity Securities is hereby incorporated by reference to such
description contained in Rio Tinto's Form 6-K filed on 5 June 2007.
In addition, certain reports on Form 6-K (to the extent designated therein) and all documents
subsequently filed by Rio Tinto pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities hereby registered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference and to be part hereof from the date of
filing such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
The Description of Rio Tinto Limited's Equity Securities is hereby incorporated by reference to
such description contained in Rio Tinto's Form 6-K filed on 5 June 2007.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Rio Tinto plc
Article 143 Indemnity, of Rio Tinto plc's Articles of Association provides:
"(A) Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be consistent with the Statutes, every
Director, Secretary or other officer of the Company shall be indemnified by the Company out of
its own funds against and/or exempted by the Company from all costs, charges, losses, expenses
and liabilities incurred by him in the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of his
duties and/or the exercise or purported exercise of his powers and/or otherwise in relation to
or in connection with his duties, powers or office.
"(B) Without prejudice to paragraph (A) of this Article the Directors shall have power to
purchase and maintaining insurance for or for the benefit of any persons who are all were at
any time Directors, officers
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or employees of any Relevant Company (as defined in paragraph (C) of this Article) or who are
all were at any time trustees of any pension fund or employees' share scheme in which
employees of any Relevant Company are interested, including (without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing) insurance against any liabilities incurred by such persons in
respect of any act or omission in the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of their
duties and/or in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers and/or otherwise in relation
to their duties, powers or offices in relation to any Relevant Company, or any such pension
fund or employees' share scheme.
"(C) For the purpose of paragraph (B) of this Article Relevant Company shall mean the Company,
any holding company of the Company or any other body, whether or not incorporated, in which
the Company or such holding company or any of the predecessors of the Company or of such
holding company has or had any interest whether direct or indirect or which is in any way
allied to or associated with the Company, or any subsidiary undertaking of the Company or of
such other body and shall include Rio Tinto Limited ("RTL") and any controlled entity of RTL
(within the meaning of the Corporations Act)."
The Rio Tinto Group has therefore during the year paid premiums for directors' and officers'
insurance. In broad terms, the insurance indemnifies individual directors' and officers' personal
legal liability and costs for claims arising out of actions taken in connection with Group
business. It is a condition of the insurance policy that detailed terms and premiums paid cannot be
disclosed.
With effect from 1 October 2007, the following provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (inserted by
para. 2(1)(d) Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional
Provisions and Savings) Order 2007) provide as follows:
"232 Provisions protecting directors from liability
(1)
Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company (to any extent) from any
liability that would otherwise attach to him in connection with any negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void.
(2)
Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides an indemnity (to any extent)
for a director of the company, or of an associated company, against any liability attaching to
him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation
to the company of which he is a director is void except as permitted by —
(a)
section 233 (provision of insurance),
(b)
section 234 (qualifying third party indemnity provision), or
(c)
section 235 (qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision).
(3)
This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company's articles or in any
contract with the company or otherwise.
(4)
Nothing in this section prevents a company's articles from making such provision as has
previously been lawful for dealing with conflicts of interest.
233 Provision of insurance
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not prevent a company
from purchasing and maintaining for a director of the company, or of an associated company,
insurance against any such liability as is mentioned in that subsection.
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234 Qualifying third party indemnity provision
(1)
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to
qualifying third party indemnity provision.
(2)
Third party indemnity provision means provision for indemnity against liability incurred by
the director to a person other than the company or an associated company.
Such provision is qualifying third party indemnity provision if the following requirements are
met.
(3)
The provision must not provide any indemnity against -
(a)
any liability of the director to pay -
(i)
a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or
(ii)
a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect
of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or
(b)
any liability incurred by the director -
(i)
in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or
(ii)
in defending civil proceedings brought by the company, or an
associated company, in which judgment is given against him, or
(iii)
in connection with an application for relief (see subsection (6)) in
which the court refuses to grant him relief.
(4)
The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief are to the
final decision in the proceedings.
(5)
For this purpose -
(a)
a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final -
(i)
if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or
(ii)
if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of,
and
(b)
an appeal is disposed of -
(i)
if it is determined and the period of bringing any further appeal has ended, or
(ii)
if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.
(6)
The reference in subsection (3)(b)(iii) to an application for relief is to an application
for relief under -
section 661(3) or (4) (power of court to grant relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent
nominee), or
section 1157 (general power of court to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable
conduct).
235 Qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision
(1)
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to
qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.
(2)
Pension scheme indemnity provision means provision indemnifying a director of a company that
is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with
the company's activities as trustee of the scheme.
Such provision is qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision if the following requirements
are met.
(3)
The provision must not provide any indemnity against -
(a)
any liability of the director to pay -
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(i)
a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or
(ii)
a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect
of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or
(b)
any liability incurred by the director in defending criminal proceedings in which
he is convicted.
(4)
The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is to the final decision in the
proceedings.
(5)
For this purpose -
(a)
a conviction becomes final -
(i)
if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an
appeal, or
(ii)
if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal
is disposed of, and
(b)
an appeal is disposed of -
(i)
if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has
ended, or
(ii)
if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.
(6)
In this section "occupational pension scheme" means an occupational pension scheme as defined
in section 150(5) of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) that is established under a trust."
"256 Associated bodies corporate
For the purposes of this Part —
(a)
bodies corporate are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are
subsidiaries of the same body corporate, and
(b)
companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are
subsidiaries of the same body corporate."
"239 Ratification of acts of directors
(1)
This section applies to the ratification by a company of conduct by a director amounting to
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company.
(2)
The decision of the company to ratify such conduct must be made by resolution of the members
of the company.
(3)
Where the resolution is proposed as a written resolution neither the director (if a member of
the company) not any member connected with him is an eligible member.
(4)
Where the resolution is proposed at a meeting, it is passed only if the necessary majority is
obtained disregarding votes in favour of the resolution by the director (if a member of the
company) and any member connected with him.
This does not prevent the director or any such member from attending, being counted towards
the quorum and taking part in the proceedings at any meeting at which the decision is
considered.
(5)
For the purposes of this section —
(a)
"conduct" includes acts and omissions;
(b)
"director" includes a former director;
(c)
a shadow director is treated as a director; and
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(d)
in section 252 (meaning of "connected person"), subsection (3) does not apply
(exclusion of person who is himself a director).
(6)
Nothing in this section affects —
(a)
the validity of a decision taken by unanimous consent of the members of the
company, or
(b)
any power of the directors to agree not to sue, or to settle or release a claim
made by them on behalf of the company.
(7)
This section does not affect any other enactment or rule of law imposing additional
requirements for valid ratification or any rule of law as to acts that are incapable of being
ratified by the company."
Rio Tinto Limited
Rule 144 Indemnity, of Rio Tinto Limited's Constitution provides:
"(1) The Company shall indemnify each officer of the Company and each officer of each wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company out of the assets of the Company to the relevant extent
against any liability incurred by the officer in the conduct of the business of the Company or
in the conduct of the business of such wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (as the case may
be) or in the actual or purported execution or discharge of the duties of the officer.
(2) To the extent permitted by law, the Company may pay amounts by way of premium in respect
of any contract effecting insurance on behalf or in respect of an officer or employee of any
relevant company, including (without limitation) insurance against liability incurred by the
officer or employee in the conduct of the business of the relevant company or in the actual or
purported execution or discharge of the duties of the officer or employee.
(3) In this Rule:
(a) "officer" means:
(i) a director, secretary or executive officer, or
(ii) a person appointed as a trustee by, or acting as a trustee at the express
request of, the Company or a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
(b) "duties " includes duties and powers arising by reason of, or otherwise in
connection with the appointment or nomination of the person by the Company or any
relevant company to any other corporation.
(c) "liability" means all costs, charges, losses, damages, expenses, penalties and
liabilities.
(d) "to the relevant extent" means:
(i) to the extent the Company is not precluded by law from doing so;
(ii) where the liability is incurred in the conduct of the business of another
corporation or in the discharge of the duties of the officer in relation to
another corporation, to the extent and for the amount that the officer is not
entitled to be indemnified and is not actually indemnified out of the assets of
that corporation; and
(iii) to the extent and for the amount that the officer is not otherwise entitled
to be indemnified and is not otherwise actually indemnified.
(e) "relevant company" means the Company, any holding company of the Company, any body
(whether or not incorporated) in which the Company or such holding company (or any
predecessors of the Company or such holding company of the Company) has or had any
interest (whether direct or indirect), any body that is in any way allied to or
associated with the Company, and Rio Tinto plc and any of its subsidiaries."
Section 199A(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) (the "Corporations Act") provides that
a company or a related body corporate must not exempt a person from a liability to the company
incurred as an officer of the company.
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Section 199A(2) of the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must
not indemnify a person against any of the following liabilities incurred as an officer of the
company:
•
a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate;
•
a liability for a pecuniary penalty order or compensation order under specified provisions
of the Corporations Act; or
•
a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate that
did not arise out of conduct in good faith.
Section 199A(2) does not apply to a liability for legal costs.
Section 199A(3) provides that a company or a related body corporate must not indemnify a person
against legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer of the
company if the costs are incurred:
•
in defending or resisting proceedings in which the person is found to have a liability for
which they could not be indemnified under Section 199A(2); or
•
in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty; or
•
in defending or resisting proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC) or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are
found by the court to have been established (this does not apply to costs incurred in
responding to actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before
commencing proceedings for the court order); or
•
in connection with proceedings for relief to the person under the Corporations Act in which
the court denies the relief.
Section 199B of the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must not
pay, or agree to pay, a premium for a contract insuring a person who is or has been an officer of
the company against a liability (other than one for legal costs) arising out of:
•
conduct involving a willful breach of any duty in relation to the company; or
•
a contravention of the officer's duties under the Corporations Act not to improperly use
their position or make improper use of information obtained as an officer
For the purpose of Sections 199A and 199B, an "officer" of a company includes:
•
a director or secretary;
•
a person who makes, or participates in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a
substantial part, of the business of the company;
•
a person who has the capacity to significantly affect the company's financial standing; and
•
a person in accordance with whose instructions or wishes the directors of the company are
accustomed to act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See index of Exhibits attached hereto.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
Each undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events are arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the
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Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect of the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement what any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for the purposes of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities: The
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus
of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and (iv) any other
communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the
purchaser.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than director, officer or controlling person in the successful defence of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto to
duly authorized in the city of London, United Kingdom, on 30 August 2007.
Rio Tinto plc
(Registrant)
Rio Tinto Limited
(Registrant)
By /s/ Ben Mathews
Ben Mathews
Secretary
(Signature and Title)
By /s/ Ben Mathews
Ben Mathews
Assistant Secretary
(Signature and Title)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each director and officer of the Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Shannon Crompton, the agent for service named in the registration
statement, and appoints each of Paul Skinner, Guy Elliott and Tom Albanese, to be his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her, and on his or her behalf and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file any amendments to this
registration statement on Form S-8 necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes
in this registration statement as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and any subsequent
registration statement for the same offering that may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
For and on behalf of Rio Tinto plc:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Paul Skinner
Paul Skinner
Chairman
7 December 2007
/s/ Tom Albanese
Tom Albanese
Chief executive
7 December 2007
/s/ Guy Elliott
Guy Elliott
Finance director
7 December 2007
/s/ Dick Evans
Dick Evans
Executive director
7 December 2007
/s/ David Clementi
Sir David Clementi
Non executive director
7 December 2007
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Vivienne Cox
Vivienne Cox
Non executive director
7 December 2007
Sir Rod Eddington
Non executive director
Michael Fitzpatrick
Non executive director
Yves Fortier
Non executive director
/s/ Richard Goodmanson
Richard Goodmanson
Non executive director
7 December 2007
/s/ Andrew Gould
Andrew Gould
Non executive director
7 December 2007
/s/ Kerr of Kinlochard
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Non executive director
7 December 2007
/s/ David Mayhew
David Mayhew
Non executive director
7 December 2007
Sir Richard Sykes
Non executive director
Paul Tellier
Non executive director
/s/ Shannon Crompton
Shannon Crompton
Authorized Representative in
the United States of America
7 December 2007
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For and on behalf of Rio Tinto Limited:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Paul Skinner
Paul Skinner
Chairman
7 December 2007
/s/ Tom Albanese
Tom Albanese
Chief executive
7 December 2007
/s/ Guy Elliott
Guy Elliott
Finance director
7 December 2007
/s/ Dick Evans
Dick Evans
Executive director
7 December 2007
/s/ David Clementi
Sir David Clementi
Non executive director
7 December 2007
/s/ Vivienne Cox
Vivienne Cox
Non executive director
7 December 2007
Sir Rod Eddington
Non executive director
Michael Fitzpatrick
Non executive director
Yves Fortier
Non executive director
/s/ Richard Goodmanson
Richard Goodmanson
Non executive director
7 December 2007
/s/ Andrew Gould
Andrew Gould
Non executive director
7 December 2007
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kerr of Kinlochard
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Non executive director
7 December 2007
/s/ David Mayhew
David Mayhew
Non executive director
7 December 2007
Sir Richard Sykes
Non executive director
Paul Tellier
Non executive director
/s/ Shannon Crompton
Shannon Crompton
Authorized Representative in
the United States of America
7 December 2007
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EXHIBITS
The following are filed at exhibits to this registration statement:
4.1
Memorandum and Articles of Association of Rio Tinto plc (adopted by special resolution passed
on 11 April 2002 and amended on 14 April 2005 and 13 April 2007), incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Rio Tinto's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the financial year
ended 31 December 2006 (File No. 1-10533)
4.2
Constitution of Rio Tinto Limited (ACN 004 458 404) (as adopted by special resolution passed
on 24 May 2000 and amended by special resolution on 18 April 2002, 29 April 2005 and 27 April
2007), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Rio Tinto's Annual Report on Form
20-F for the financial year ended 31 December 2006 (File No. 1-10533)
4.3
Rules of the Rio Tinto plc Share Option Plan 2004
4.4
Rules of the Rio Tinto plc Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004
4.5
Rules of the Rio Tinto plc Management Share Plan 2007
4.6
Rules of the Rio Tinto Limited Share Option Plan 2004
4.7
Rules of the Rio Tinto Limited Mining Companies Comparative Plan 2004
4.8
Rules of the Rio Tinto Limited Management Share Plan 2007
5.1
Opinion of Mr Charles Lawton, The Legal Adviser, Rio Tinto plc, as to the validity of the
newly issued shares
5.2
Opinion of Mr Stephen Creese, General Counsel, Rio Tinto Limited, as to the validity of the
newly issued shares
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms to the incorporation of the audit
report relating to the Rio Tinto Group by reference.
23.2
Consent of Independent Auditors to the incorporation of the audit report relating to Minera
Escondida Limitada by reference.
24.
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)