Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto Limited

UBS AG (EPT)

16 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:	15 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	750604	149.03266 AUD	121.68720 AUD
Ordinary	Sell	728929	146.56445 AUD	121.68720 AUD

(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	25000	99.113496        USD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	16	147.310625        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	61142	148.041692        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	148	148.610036        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	120541	148.360635        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	53	148.343679        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	173	149.032659        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	56140	147.685861        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	263	147.2        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	7	148.114286        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	535	147.315271028037        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	27073	148.342475        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	4840	148.121645        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	24957	148.22398        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	2452	147.891737        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	962	148.446066        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	166	147.682289        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	141	147.2        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	10	147.918        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	9387	147.552908        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	47653	147.8920216        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	3123	147.386304835094        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	6514	147.383685907277        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1194	148.219489112228        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	4899	148.051647175273        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	558	147.473118        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	93268	148.10971        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	5200	73.596232        GBP
Ordinary	CFD	Short	887	147.867565        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	3571	98.618535        USD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	54033	147.97856        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	2	147.39        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	26367	147.224367        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	7362	148.178183917414        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	3000	147.696077        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1763	148.702853        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	13215	148.378971        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	113770	148.2054        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	988	147.821812        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	20749	148.33829        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:	16 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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