Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc
15 January 2026
 

AMENDMENT

 

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:             

J.P. Morgan Securities Plc

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Corporate Broker to Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

13 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, Glencore plc

 

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

Rio Tinto plc 10p ordinary

Purchase

465,125

62.4600 GBP

61.1720 GBP


664

71.6550 EUR

71.5658 EUR


Sale


446,308


62.4115 GBP


61.1703 GBP


636

71.5658 EUR

71.5658 EUR

 

 

Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

Ordinary

Purchase

702

145.5300 AUD

145.5300 AUD


Sale


2,834


146.1825 AUD


145.5300 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

Rio Tinto plc 10p ordinary

Equity Swap

Decrease Long

3,469

61.3715 GBP



930

61.5550 GBP



136

61.5924 GBP



438

61.5953 GBP



352

61.6712 GBP



216

61.6732 GBP



70

61.6757 GBP



69

61.7108 GBP



436

61.7255 GBP



79

61.7763 GBP



49

61.7847 GBP



132

61.7848 GBP



196

61.7883 GBP



53

61.7930 GBP



140

61.7933 GBP



1,238

61.7971 GBP



2,089

61.8368 GBP



36

61.8403 GBP



56

61.8438 GBP



1,006

61.8487 GBP



617

61.8489 GBP



2,350

61.8506 GBP



91

61.8676 GBP



200

61.8936 GBP



29

61.9304 GBP



224

61.9343 GBP



1,260

61.9395 GBP



17

61.9666 GBP



3

62.0082 GBP



1,105

62.0714 GBP



1,690

62.1128 GBP



7

62.1428 GBP



2,395

62.1455 GBP



7

62.1478 GBP



1,023

62.1583 GBP



144

62.2290 GBP



28

71.6586 EUR

 


Decrease Short


115


61.5292 GBP



565

61.5957 GBP



12,150

61.6142 GBP



1,567

61.7424 GBP



1,583

61.8826 GBP



75

61.8957 GBP



9,110

61.9227 GBP



1,496

61.9384 GBP



63

61.9498 GBP



2,052

61.9671 GBP



3,337

61.9712 GBP



1,149

62.0386 GBP



73

62.1095 GBP



58

62.1338 GBP



18,641

62.1400 GBP



20,784

62.1416 GBP



49

62.1440 GBP



1,532

62.1471 GBP



6,077

62.1495 GBP



396

62.1658 GBP



928

62.2100 GBP



61

62.2115 GBP



155

62.2338 GBP

 


Increase Long


66


61.5550 GBP



12,785

61.7462 GBP



1,772

61.8233 GBP



2,051

62.0831 GBP



230

62.1273 GBP



14,118

62.1397 GBP

 


Increase Short


2,700


61.3094 GBP



3,800

61.4341 GBP



5,813

61.4700 GBP



1,237

61.6330 GBP



17

61.6507 GBP



232

61.6865 GBP



50

61.7587 GBP



2,229

61.8351 GBP



54,360

61.9075 GBP



1,248

61.9369 GBP



5

61.9910 GBP



247

62.0029 GBP



13,410

62.0613 GBP



4,191

62.0647 GBP



2,007

62.0669 GBP



400

62.1809 GBP

 


Opening a long position


878


61.9491 GBP



308

61.9827 GBP



9,518

62.0346 GBP



470

62.0846 GBP



23,100

62.1400 GBP

 


Opening a short position


729


61.8451 GBP



754

62.0139 GBP



109

62.0719 GBP



23,918

62.1400 GBP



8,764

62.1406 GBP

 

(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:

Hetvi Shah

Telephone number:

44 2034 936359

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

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

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