Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto Limited

UBS AG (EPT)

15 January 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the Code)

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	UBS Investment Bank, London
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Rio Tinto Limited
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Rio Tinto plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	14 January 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary	Buy	406751	147.68333 AUD	146.65594 AUD
Ordinary	Sell	330476	146.56445 AUD	98.27381 USD

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
Ordinary	CFD	Long	12197	146.965525        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	29111	147.01973        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	9	146.692222        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	21	146.969286        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	531	146.714765        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	60000	98.273807        USD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	155	146.756194        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	1477	147.16264        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	38386	146.770448        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	29049	146.720185        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	1000	147.235422        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	49812	147.081481        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1384	146.644682080925        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	17312	147.09289        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	171	146.66        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	15788	146.748924        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1177	146.706595        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	483	146.701594        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	5	146.924        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	325	146.655938        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	28075	146.719967        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	2555	146.898086105675        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	160	146.99517548125        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	10400	147.683331        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	511	146.656967        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1268	147.279448        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	47289	146.777136        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	3094	146.858184        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	15	146.669333333333        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	27112	147.060284        AUD

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none "

None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

Date of disclosure:	15 January 2026
Contact name:	Richard Howard
Telephone number:	[phone]

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail]

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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