Palliser Capital Calls for Rio Tinto to Unify Dual Listing

December 4, 2024
  • Presentation and letter highlight $50bn in shareholder value destruction as consequence of dual listed company structure
  • Palliser calls for independent review and detailed report on the merits of unification
  • Materials available on newly launched website: UnifyRio.com

LONDON (December 4, 2024)— Palliser Capital (“Palliser”), an investor with a significant economic position in Rio Tinto Plc (LSE: RIO) and Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO), collectively referred to as “Rio Tinto” or “the Company”), today released a presentation and letter to the Rio Tinto Board of Directors (“the Board”) calling for the unification of their dual listed company structure on the London Stock Exchange and Australian Stock Exchange into a single Australian domiciled holding company.

The presentation and letter outline why the current dual listed company structure has led to approximately US$50 billion in value destruction for shareholders since its inception, which include limiting the Company’s ability to pursue stock-based M&A and inefficiently utilizing its Australian franking credits. Palliser also refutes arguments made by Rio Tinto management against unification, noting the highly successful example set by BHP, the Company’s key industry peer.

Palliser has called upon the Board to launch an independent, comprehensive and transparent review of the merits of unification and to publish a detailed report of the review’s findings for shareholders to consider.  

Full details of the presentation are outlined in the accompanying attachment and have been made available on a newly launched website dedicated to Palliser’s ongoing engagement with Rio Tinto. The website can be accessed at: UnifyRio.com.