5 May 2022

2022 Annual General Meetings - Votes cast as a percentage of issued capital

Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting was held on 8 April 2022 and Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting was held on 5 May 2022.

For the purposes of section 341 of the UK Companies Act 2006 (as amended by the Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009) and in respect of Rio Tinto plc, the votes validly cast are expressed as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's total issued share capital as at 8pm British Standard Time on 6 April 2022.

In respect of Rio Tinto Limited, the votes validly cast are expressed as a percentage of Rio Tinto Limited's issued capital as at 7:00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time on 3 May 2022.

It should be noted that 'withheld' votes at Rio Tinto plc's meeting and 'abstained' votes at Rio Tinto Limited's meeting are not included in the calculation of the proportion of total votes cast on each resolution. For UK law purposes, a vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law.

Rio Tinto plc votes cast as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's issued capital

Rio Tinto Limited votes cast as a percentage of Rio Tinto Limited's issued capital

Joint decision matters

1

Receipt of the 2021 Annual Report

72.69%

54.32%

2

Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report: Implementation Report

73.00%

55.68%

3

Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report

72.93%

55.68%

4

To elect Dominic Barton BBM as a director

73.02%

55.73%

5

To elect Peter Cunningham as a director

73.73%

55.71%

6

To elect Ben Wyatt as a director

73.72%

55.71%

7

To re-elect Megan Clark AC as a director

73.72%

55.75%

8

To re-elect Simon Henry as a director

73.65%

55.74%

9

To re-elect Sam Laidlaw as a director

73.72%

55.74%

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Rio Tinto plc votes cast as a percentage of Rio Tinto plc's issued capital

Rio Tinto Limited votes cast as a percentage of Rio Tinto Limited's issued capital

10

To re-elect Simon McKeon AO as a director

73.72%

55.75%

11

To re-elect Jennifer Nason as a director

73.72%

55.75%

12

To re-elect Jakob Stausholm as a director

73.72%

55.76%

13

To re-elect Ngaire Woods CBE as a director

73.72%

55.75%

14

Re- appointment of auditors

73.75%

55.76%

15

Remuneration of auditors

73.71%

55.76%

16

Authority to make political donations

73.73%

55.76%

17

Climate Action Plan

72.01%

54.19%

19/22

Resolution to hold a meeting for fresh election of directors (conditional item)1

73.63%

55.67%

Rio Tinto plc only matters

18

General authority to allot shares

73.69%

19

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

73.66%

20

Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares

73.73%

21

Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings

73.74%

Rio Tinto Limited only matters

18

Renewal of off-market and on-market share buy-back authorities

55.71%

1 Resolution 22 in the Rio Tinto plc notice of meeting and Resolution 19 in the Rio Tinto Limited notice of meeting are corresponding resolutions. The poll for Resolution 22 in the Rio Tinto plc notice of meeting and the corresponding Resolution 19 in the Rio Tinto Limited notice of meeting was not valid because more than 75% of the votes validly cast on Resolution 3 (Approval of the 2021 Directors' Remuneration Report) were cast in favour of that resolution. The percentage votes cast for these resolutions are provided above for information purposes only, and do not represent votes validly cast.

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Steve Allen

Tim Paine

Group Company Secretary

Joint Company Secretary

Rio Tinto plc

Rio Tinto Limite

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Level 7, 360 Collins Street

London SW1Y 4AD

Melbourne 3000

United Kingdom

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T +61 3 9283 3333

Registered in England

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ABN 96 004 458 404

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