UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
14D-9/C
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION
STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
Rio
Tinto plc
Rio Tinto Limited
(Name
of Subject Company)
Rio
Tinto plc
Rio Tinto Limited
(Name
of Person(s) Filing Statement)
Ordinary
Shares of Rio Tinto plc
American Depositary Shares, each
representing four Ordinary Shares of Rio Tinto plc
Ordinary Shares of Rio Tinto Limited
(Title
of Class of Securities)
Ordinary Shares of Rio Tinto plc (ISIN GB 0007188757)
American Depositary Shares of Rio Tinto plc (CUSIP US767204100)
Ordinary Shares of Rio Tinto Limited (ISIN AU000000RIO1)
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Ben
Mathews
Rio Tinto plc
5 Aldermanbury Square
London EC2V 7HR
United Kingdom
Tel: 011 44 20 7930 2399
Copy
to:
Thomas
B. Shropshire, Jr.
Linklaters LLP
One Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8HQ
United Kingdom
Tel: 011 44 20 7456 2000
(Name,
Address, and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications
On Behalf of the Person(s) Filing
Statement)
x
Check
the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made
before the commencement of a tender offer