Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto Limited

UBS AG (EPT)

19 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:	16 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	603863	148.48000 AUD	143.18060 AUD
Ordinary	Sell	604873	148.48000 AUD	143.18060 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	11000	147.974464        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	11230	148.25        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	12000	148.009314        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	414	148.21164251        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	12000	148.130071        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	78245	148.201026        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	41285	148.174383        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	384	147.850443        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	46000	148.2516        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	2719	148.25159985        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	12394	148.142293        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	31719	148.146639        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	6935	148.214977649603        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	10523	148.311856        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	5035	148.0333        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	36544	148.234561        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	2605	148.121447216891        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1482	148.119973009447        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	83	148.130361445783        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	139	148.021043        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	4420	147.959416728371        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	21613	148.237633        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	2932	148.125978854025        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	835	148.397545        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	510	148.146529        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	3837	148.16976        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	152	148.039079        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1289	147.878332        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	3626	148.199124        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	13981	148.160875        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	526	148.25        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1686	99.290809        USD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	21217	148.14766        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	27537	148.123766        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1883	148.115613        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	499	147.925331        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	7500	148.48        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	1069	148.215622        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	74729	148.148569        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	16849	148.064782        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:	19 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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