Common use of Distributions Other Than Cash or Rio Tinto Shares Clause in Contracts

Distributions Other Than Cash or Rio Tinto Shares. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash or Rio Tinto Shares upon any Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall cause the securities or property received by it to be distributed to the Owners entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares representing such Deposited Securities held by them respectively, in any manner that the Depositary in good faith and reasonably may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution; provided, however, that if in the reasonable opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among the Owners entitled thereto, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary or the Company in good faith and reasonably deems such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, after consultation with the Company, adopt such method as it may in good faith and reasonably deem equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, and the net proceeds of any such sale shall be distributed by the Depositary to the Owners entitled thereto as in the case of a distribution received in cash.