BTS signs an agreement with world leading mining corporation Rio Tinto

Stockholm, Sweden and Sydney, Australia - BTS Group AB (publ.), the global
leader in accelerating strategic alignment and execution is proud to announce
that it has signed an agreement with one of the largest mining corporations in
the world, Rio Tinto.
 
The objective of the project is to continue to drive a Zero Harm culture across
the areas of Health Safety & Environment globally. The program will be rolled
out to over 1000 front line leaders as part of an integrated Front Line
Leadership program which will cover all regions within Rio Tinto's vast global
footprint and be delivered in 3 different languages.
 
The objective for Rio Tinto is to create confident, aligned and focused front
line leaders that are able to articulate and role model what it takes to be a
HSE Leader in Rio Tinto. This learning will be reinforced back on the job
through post program coaching completed by leaders of participants using a Zero
Harm Action Planning process developed by BTS.
 
 The program builds a positive experience, leverages the exceptional work
already developed within Rio Tinto such as the Online Global Safety Leadership
Program whilst learning new best practice HSE leadership from peers and subject
matter experts using experiential learning.
 
The target audience for the 25 programs during 2010 spans from experienced front
line leaders to first time front line leaders globally.
 
"We are proud that one of the world's leading mining corporations has trusted
BTS with such an important and wide-reaching initiative," says Henrik Ekelund,
President and CEO of BTS Group AB. "HSE Leadership is a core value of Rio Tinto
and BTS. Rio Tinto choosing to partner with BTS was based on BTS's proven
ability to help large diverse organizations effectively execute strategy, we
understand Rio Tinto's commitment to HSE and Rio Tinto understands BTS's
commitment to delivering business results".
 
For more information, please contact;
 
Thomas Ahlerup
Senior Vice President
Investor and Corporate Communications
BTS Group AB
Phone    +46-8-5870 7002
 
Mobile   +46-768 966 300
 
E-mail   thomas.ahlerup@bts.com
 
About Rio Tinto
 
Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK,
combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto
Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
 
Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major
products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold,
industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore.
Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North
America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern
Africa
 
About BTS Group AB
 
BTS partners with leading companies to accelerate change and improve business
results. BTS is the world leader in customized business simulations and
discovery-based learning solutions that enable leading corporations to grow and
become successful through change and improvement processes. BTS adds value to
its clients through three practice areas: Strategic Alignment & Business Acumen,
Leadership & Management, and Sales. BTS also has strong capabilities in
Operational Excellence & Project Management and offer an innovative Engage for
Change process.
 
BTS has more than 250 highly talented employees serving more than 450 clients
including 40 of the US Fortune 100 companies and 25 of the Global Fortune 100
largest corporations in the world. In 2007 BTS recorded revenues of SEK 523
millions. Recent selected BTS clients include Ericsson, Kimberly-Clark, Nokia,
Sony, Toyota, Unilever and Xerox. BTS serves its clients from Stockholm,
Helsinki, Oslo, London, Madrid, Bilbao, Brussels, Johannesburg, Singapore,
Beijing, Sydney, Melbourne, Mexico City, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Stamford,
New York, Chicago and Scottsdale.
 
BTS is a public company listed on the Swedish Stock Exchange and trades under
the symbol BTS B.
 
For more information please visitwww.bts.com.
 
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