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Form 6-K RIO TINTO PLC For: Apr 30

May 2, 2016 4:41 PM EDT

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

 REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of April 2016

 

Commission file number: 001-10533

Commission file number: 001-34121

 

 

Rio Tinto plc

Rio Tinto Limited

 

ABN 96 004 458 404

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

6 St James’s Square

Level 33, 120 Collins Street

London, SW1Y 4AD, United Kingdom

Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F _X_  Form 40-F ___

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ___

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ___

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to

Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes ___  No _X_

 

 

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection

with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________

 

 


 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

99.1

 

99.2

 

 

 

 

 

27 April 2016

 

28 April 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rio Tinto prices Any and All Offer

 

Rio Tinto to purchase $1.359 billion debt under Any and All Offer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.

 

Rio Tinto plc  

Rio Tinto Limited

(Registrant)        

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By     /s/

Eleanor Evans   

By     /s/

Eleanor Evans

Name 

Eleanor Evans     

Name 

Eleanor Evans

Title    

Company Secretary   

Title    

Joint Company Secretary

 

 

 

 

Date   

2 May 2016   

Date   

2 May 2016

 

 

 

 



Media release

 

Rio Tinto prices Any and All Offer

27 April 2016

Rio Tinto has progressed plans to reduce gross debt through the early repayment of some near term maturing debt, today pricing its Any and All Offer.

The total consideration payable in connection with the Any and All Offer by Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated 21 April 2016 has been set at $1,006.91 for the 2.000 per cent Notes due 2017 and at $1,005.85 for the 1.625 per cent Notes due 2017, in each case per $1,000 principal amount of notes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

Outstanding 

 

Fixed 

         

Any and All 

Consider- 

ation(1) (2) 

       

Principal 

 

Spread 

 

Reference US 

 

Reference 

Yield(1) 

 

Title of Security 

 

CUSIP/ISIN 

 

Amount 

 

(bps) 

 

Treasury Security 

   

2.000% Notes 

 

76720AAB2/ 

 

$500,000,000 

 

30 

 

0.875% US Treasury 

 

0.844% 

 

$1,006.91 

due 2017 

 

US76720AAB26 

         

Notes due 31 March 

       
               

2018 

       
 

1.625% Notes 

 

76720AAE6/ 

 

$1,250,000,000 

 

30 

 

0.875% US Treasury 

 

0.844% 

 

$1,005.85 

due 2017 

 

US76720AAE64 

         

Notes due 31 March 

       
               

2018 

       

Note:

(1)

The Reference Yield and the Any and All Consideration for each series of the Any and All Securities was determined on 27 April 2016 at 11am, New York City time, as described in the Offer to Purchase.

(2)

Per $1,000 principal amount of Any and All Securities validly tendered and accepted for purchase.

Capitalized terms in this announcement have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Offer to Purchase.

The Any and All Offer will expire on 27 April 2016 at 5pm, New York City time. Any and All Securities tendered in the Any and All Offer may only be withdrawn at or prior to 5pm, New York City time, on 27 April 2016, but not thereafter. These dates and times are subject, where applicable, to the right of Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc to extend, re-open, amend, and/or terminate the Any and All Offer, subject to applicable laws.

The Any and All Offer is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase. If any of the conditions are not satisfied or waived by Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc, it will not be obligated to accept for purchase, purchase or pay for, validly tendered Any and All Securities, and may terminate the Any and All Offer in each case subject to applicable laws.

Holders of Any and All Securities are advised to read carefully the Offer to Purchase for full details of and information on the procedures for participating in the Any and All Offer. Holders of Any and All Securities may access the Offer to Purchase and the form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (as described in the Offer to Purchase) at http://www.gbsc-usa.com/RioTinto.

The Lead Dealer Managers for the offers are Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBC Capital Markets, LLC. The Co-Dealer Managers are BMO Capital Markets Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp., nabSecurities, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC.

 

 

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Questions regarding the offers may be directed to:
   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

US Toll Free: 1 (888) 292-0070
US Collect: 1 (980) 387-3907
London: +44-20-7996-1103

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

US Toll Free: 1 (877) 381-2099
US Collect: 1 (212) 618-7822
London: +44-20-7029-7063

 

Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be obtained from the Depositary and Information Agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation at +1 (866) 470 3800 (toll-free) or +1 (212) 430 3774 (collect) or in writing at 65 Broadway, Suite 404, New York, New York 10006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contacts

[email protected]

www.riotinto.com


Follow @RioTinto on Twitter

Media Relations, EMEA/Americas  Media Relations, Australia/Asia 
Illtud Harri  Ben Mitchell 
T +44 20 7781 1152  T +61 3 9283 3620 
M +44 7920 503 600  M +61 419 850 212 
 
David Outhwaite  Bruce Tobin 
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M +44 7787 597 493  M +61 419 103 454 
 
David Luff  Matthew Klar 
T + 44 20 7781 1177  T +61 7 3625 4244 
M + 44 7780 226 422  M +61 457 525 578 
 
Investor Relations, EMEA/Americas  Investor Relations, Australia/Asia 
John Smelt  Natalie Worley 
T +44 20 7781 1654  T +61 3 9283 3063 
M +44 7879 642 675  M +61 409 210 462 
 
David Ovington  Rachel Storrs 
T +44 20 7781 2051  T +61 3 9283 3628 
M +44 7920 010 978  M +61 417 401 018 
 
Grant Donald   
T +44 20 7781 1262   
M +44 7920 587 805   

 

   

Rio Tinto plc
6 St James’s Square
London SW1Y 4AD
United Kingdom

T +44 20 7781 2000
Registered in England
No. 719885

Rio Tinto Limited
120 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000
Australia

T +61 3 9283 3333
Registered in Australia
ABN 96 004 458 404

 

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NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER

This press release is neither an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Any and All Securities or any other securities. Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc is making the offers only by, and pursuant to, the terms of the Offer to Purchase and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. The offers are not being made in any jurisdiction in which the making of or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities laws, blue sky laws or other laws of such jurisdiction. None of Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers, the Depositary or the Information Agent is making any recommendation as to whether Holders should tender or refrain from tendering their Any and All Securities in response to the Offers or how much they should tender. Each Holder must make his, her or its own decision as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering Any and All Securities and, if a Holder determines to tender, as to how many Any and All Securities of each Series to tender.

OFFER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS

This announcement and the Offer to Purchase do not constitute an offer or an invitation to participate in the Offers in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such offer or invitation or for there to be such participation under applicable laws. The distribution of this announcement and the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or the Offer to Purchase comes are required by each of Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers the Depositary and the Information Agent to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

United Kingdom

The communication of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Offers is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorised person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom, and are only for circulation to persons to whom they can lawfully be circulated outside the United Kingdom or to persons within the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Order), or within Article 43(2) of the Order, or within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, or to other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated in accordance with the Order (such persons together being the “Relevant Persons”). This announcement, the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Offers are only available to Relevant Persons and the transactions contemplated herein will be available only to, and engaged in only with, Relevant Persons, and this Offer to Purchase must not be relied or acted upon by persons other than Relevant Persons.

Belgium

None of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offers in respect of each Series of Securities have been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or recognition to the Financial Services and Markets Authority (“Authorite des services et marches financiers/Autoriteit financiele diensten en markten”) and, accordingly, the Offers may not be made in Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in Articles 3 and 6 of the Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public takeover bids (the “Belgian Takeover Law”) as amended or replaced from time to time. Accordingly, the Offers may not be advertised and the Offers will not be extended, and none of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offers (including any memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents) has been or shall be distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than (i) to “qualified investors” in the sense of Article 10 of the Belgian Law of 16 June 2006 on the public offer of placement instruments and the admission to trading of placement instruments on regulated markets, acting on their own account or (ii) in any circumstances set out in Article 6, § 4 of the Belgian Takeover Law. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase have been issued only for the personal use of the above qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the Offers. Accordingly, the information contained in this announcement and the Offer to Purchase may not be used for any other purposes or disclosed to any other person in Belgium.

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France

The Offers are not being made, directly or indirectly, to the public in France. None of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or offering materials relating to the Offers in respect of each Series of Securities have been or shall be distributed to the public in France and only (i) providers of investment services relating to portfolio management for the account of third parties (personnes fournissant le service d’investissement de gestion de portfeuille pour compte de tiers) and/or (ii) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés), all as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1, L.411-2 and D.411-1 to D.411-3 of the French Code monétaire et financier, are eligible to participate in the Offers. Neither this announcement nor the Offer to Purchase has been submitted to the clearance procedures (visa) of the Autorité des marchés financiers.

Italy

None of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offers have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (“CONSOB”) pursuant to Italian laws and regulations.

The Offers are being carried out in the Republic of Italy as exempted offers pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the “Financial Services Act”) and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended (the “Issuers’ Regulation”). The Offers are also being carried out in compliance with article 35-bis, paragraph 7 of the Issuers' Regulation.

A holder of Securities located in the Republic of Italy can tender Securities through authorized persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority.

Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with the Securities or the Offers.

General

Neither this announcement nor the Offer to Purchase constitutes an offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell Securities, and tenders of Securities in the Offers will not be accepted from Holders, in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require an Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and a Dealer Manager or its affiliate is such a licensed broker or dealer in such jurisdictions, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc by such Dealer Manager or such affiliate, as the case may be, and no Offer is made in any such jurisdiction where the relevant Dealer Manager or its affiliate is not so licensed.

 

 

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Media release

 

Rio Tinto to purchase $1.359 billion debt under Any and All Offer

28 April 2016

Under Rio Tinto’s plan to reduce gross debt through the early repayment of some near term maturing debt, Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc has accepted for purchase a total of $1.359 billion in debt pursuant to its Any and All Offer, which commenced on 21 April 2016 and expired on 27 April 2016.

$339 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.000 per cent Notes due 2017 will be purchased at a price of $1,006.91 per $1,000 principal amount of notes. $1.020 billion in aggregate principal amount of its 1.625 per cent Notes due 2017 will be purchased at a price of $1,005.85 per $1,000 principal amount of notes. The above amounts exclude $2 million of Any and All Securities that remain subject to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Offer to Purchase. The Any and All Securities purchased will be retired and cancelled and no longer remain outstanding.

The settlement date for the Any and All Offer will be 29 April 2016 (or 3 May 2016 in the case of Any and All Securities delivered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures).

Capitalized terms in this announcement have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Offer to Purchase dated 21 April 2016.

The Lead Dealer Managers for the Any and All Offer are Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBC Capital Markets, LLC. The Co-Dealer Managers are BMO Capital Markets Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp., nabSecurities, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC.

Questions regarding the Any and All Offer may be directed to:

   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

US Toll Free: 1 (888) 292-0070
US Collect: 1 (980) 387-3907
London: +44-20-7996-1103

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

US Toll Free: 1 (877) 381-2099
US Collect: 1 (212) 618-7822
London: +44-20-7029-7063

Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be obtained from the Depositary and Information Agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation at +1 (866) 470 3800 (toll-free) or +1 (212) 430 3774 (collect) or in writing at 65 Broadway, Suite 404, New York, New York 10006.

Page 1 of 3


 


Contacts

[email protected]

www.riotinto.com


Follow @RioTinto on Twitter

Media Relations, EMEA/Americas  Media Relations, Australia/Asia 
Illtud Harri  Ben Mitchell 
T +44 20 7781 1152  T +61 3 9283 3620 
M +44 7920 503 600  M +61 419 850 212 
 
David Outhwaite  Bruce Tobin 
T +44 20 7781 1623  T +61 3 9283 3612 
M +44 7787 597 493  M +61 419 103 454 
 
David Luff  Matthew Klar 
T + 44 20 7781 1177  T +61 7 3625 4244 
M + 44 7780 226 422  M +61 457 525 578 
 
Investor Relations, EMEA/Americas  Investor Relations, Australia/Asia 
John Smelt  Natalie Worley 
T +44 20 7781 1654  T +61 3 9283 3063 
M +44 7879 642 675  M +61 409 210 462 
 
David Ovington  Rachel Storrs 
T +44 20 7781 2051  T +61 3 9283 3628 
M +44 7920 010 978  M +61 417 401 018 
 
Grant Donald   
T +44 20 7781 1262   
M +44 7920 587 805   

 

Rio Tinto plc
6 St James’s Square
London SW1Y 4AD
United Kingdom

T +44 20 7781 2000
Registered in England
No. 719885

Rio Tinto Limited
120 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000
Australia

T +61 3 9283 3333
Registered in Australia
ABN 96 004 458 404

 

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NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER

This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. The distribution of this announcement and the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or the Offer to Purchase comes are required by each of Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers, the Depositary and Information Agent to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

 

 

 

 

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