Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Glencore PLC

UBS AG (EPT)
21 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

            Glencore plc

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

            Rio Tinto plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

            20 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 NPV

Buy

 

4149060

4.86000        GBP

4.74571        GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sell

 

5552212

4.91000        GBP

4.74571        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

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

84500

4.79805006        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

729

106.1419        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

426

4.785        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

3945

4.81120012        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

99533

106.16770267        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

18644

4.790749        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

5236

4.79644993911383        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

487

106.6367        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

196

4.8055        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

791

4.80476        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

9051

106.1947155        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

3000

4.7795        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

51801

4.79729839535955        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

8375

106.1053994        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

204

4.793        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

1388

4.81170017        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

267987

4.79502252        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

79530

4.791773        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

125998

106.3327        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

539

106.4082        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

326071

4.80393        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

5000000

4.7885        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

15622

4.80553834        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

353

4.79807365        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

48809

4.81381739        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

26651

4.81987        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

1816

106.39177863        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

38400

4.7974        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

321179

4.8095        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

17230

4.79805049        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

264

4.82        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

3387

4.81927664599941        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

87197

106.10080519        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

137660

4.80106392561383        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

2281

4.8196144        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

68451

4.82        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

5000000

4.7885        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

77500

4.8160051985        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

226914

6.46519885        USD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

48

4.813864        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

729

106.1419        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

12320

4.784083        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

110441

4.78903504        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

487

106.6367        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

87197

106.10080519        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

11388

4.8057        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

74025

106.333485        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

539

106.4082        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

4583

4.814437        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

51973

106.331529        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

274

4.805328        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

31000

4.80179968        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

1141

4.80572305        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

1598

4.801352        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

3575

4.79883        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

9051

106.1947155        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

8375

106.1053994        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

401

4.82072319201995        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

43100

4.78620487238979        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

99533

106.16770267        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

1816

106.39177863        ZAR

 

(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:

21 January 2026

Contact name:

Richard Howard

Telephone number:

+44 (0)207 568 9128

 

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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk

 

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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