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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

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:	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:	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, 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
10p ordinary	Purchase	452,484	63.5595 GBP	62.2800 GBP
		1,484	73.2614 EUR	72.7689 EUR
	Sale	880,175	63.5500 GBP	62.2137 GBP
		1,484	73.2614 EUR	72.7689 EUR

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
ADR	Purchase	52,734	83.5900 USD	83.5900 USD
	Sale	35,156	83.5900 USD	83.5900 USD

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary	Purchase	12,962	147.2676 AUD	146.4856 AUD
	Sale	12,888	147.2676 AUD	146.4856 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
10p ordinary	Equity Swap	Decrease Long	6,010	63.1527 GBP
			400	63.1807 GBP
			3,882	63.2488 GBP
			103	63.3229 GBP
			265	63.4448 GBP
			11,462	63.4605 GBP
			380	63.4659 GBP
			232	63.5529 GBP
			328	63.5532 GBP
			108	63.5579 GBP
			1,731	84.9127 GBP
		Decrease Short	26,754	62.2137 GBP
			67	62.4991 GBP
			26,400	62.5200 GBP
			12	62.5523 GBP
			190,996	62.6600 GBP
			415	62.8037 GBP
			83,774	62.8988 GBP
			199	63.2194 GBP
			3,790	63.2349 GBP
			115	63.2537 GBP
			429	63.2658 GBP
			196	63.2700 GBP
			10,288	63.2745 GBP
			23,575	63.2844 GBP
			4,286	63.3228 GBP
			799	63.3280 GBP
			4,651	63.3351 GBP
			15,957	63.3551 GBP
			8,603	63.3658 GBP
			4,123	63.3752 GBP
			11,116	63.3801 GBP
			1,806	63.4130 GBP
			5,952	63.4663 GBP
		Increase Long	1	62.3972 GBP
			7	62.4129 GBP
			11,605	63.0701 GBP
			9,343	63.1809 GBP
			17	63.1901 GBP
			25,030	63.3414 GBP
			2,950	63.3942 GBP
			1,945	63.4354 GBP
			19,189	63.4886 GBP
			2,213	63.4943 GBP
			1,122	63.5471 GBP
		Increase Short	51	62.2509 GBP
			292	62.3859 GBP
			9	62.7569 GBP
			291	62.9868 GBP
			3,383	63.0963 GBP
			1,706	63.1077 GBP
			1,691	63.2119 GBP
			462	63.2303 GBP
			391	63.2730 GBP
			486	63.2958 GBP
			13	63.3377 GBP
			1,035	63.4103 GBP
			3,081	63.4114 GBP
			32	63.4206 GBP
			278	63.4332 GBP
			657	63.5595 GBP
		Opening a long position	358	62.7472 GBP
			618	63.1132 GBP
			1,144	63.1637 GBP
			4,382	63.2094 GBP
			14,499	63.2793 GBP
			161	63.2909 GBP
		Opening a short position	2,332	62.5618 GBP
			2,404	62.7715 GBP
			77	62.8159 GBP
			837	62.8431 GBP
			908	63.3054 GBP
			13,752	63.5480 GBP
			852	63.5500 GBP

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	Equity Swap	Opening a long position	10,054	145.8855 AUD
			1,046	146.6386 AUD
			661	146.6965 AUD
			8	146.9146 AUD
			204	147.1211 AUD
		Opening a short position	10,915	98.3065 AUD
			1,919	146.7481 AUD
			54	147.2676 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:	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 [phone].

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

 

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