Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto plc

UBS AG (EPT)

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

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	Buy	307370	62.46000        GBP	61.24355        GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	430737	62.46517        GBP	61.24355        GBP

(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	CFD	Long	20000	61.660521        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	8	70.98691265        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	292	62.0296459150685        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	708	61.82330712        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	174	61.708        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	842	61.9545        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	259	62.1314        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1003	61.555        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	2701	61.5549981488338        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	34	61.573103        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	33	61.563843        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1	61.554292        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	802	71.457855        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	71	61.68        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	24	61.655        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	43	61.575        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	103	61.705        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	92	61.675        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	59	61.565085        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	38	61.59        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	28	61.85        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	66	62.41        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	67	62.45        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	31	62.435        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	25	62.2352        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	11058	61.989369        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	42	62.37        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	22	62.145        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	25	62.275        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	31	61.605        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	77	61.735065        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	38	61.74        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	84	61.8        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	34	61.69        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	34	61.76        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	37	61.63        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	91	61.57        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	190	61.815        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1032	62.01093        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	35	61.603647        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	48325	62.14057        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	78	71.90089744        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	3205	61.4864520082215        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	17667	61.6912056376295        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	13433	62.1443497357254        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	2701	61.5549981488338        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	328	61.8937        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	100	61.94        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	185	71.86291892        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	1181	62.055123        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	11202	61.8521331        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	6112	61.4865892283966        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	9	71.86555556        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	292	62.14        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	636	71.565833335        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	441	62.07134583        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	200	62.133        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	10	71.892        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	147	62.09950005        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	697	71.386284        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	63	61.99239976        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	382	62.100932        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	354	62.05206215        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	286	61.948357        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	72	61.905972        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	292	71.88106164        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	103	71.71089638        EUR

(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
10p ordinary	Call	Purchasing	6146	67.13        GBP	European	10 February 2026	0.39148        GBP
10p ordinary	Call	Selling	6146	67.13        GBP	European	10 February 2026	0.39148        GBP
10p ordinary	Call	Purchasing	6146	67.13        GBP	European	10 February 2026	0.39148        GBP

(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:	14 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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