Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Glencore PLC

UBS AG (EPT)
23 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:

            22 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

 

5728349

5.04000        GBP

4.82550        GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sell

 

6874469

5.05000        GBP

4.82550        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

9480

4.88        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

252

4.891        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

3650

4.881        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

3458

4.8945        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

262

4.8805        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

44

4.895        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

2974

4.87975        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

85

4.893        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

41929

4.892176        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

7042

110.0048722        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

1338

4.88817638        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

715

4.98255944        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

14275

4.904992        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

2413

4.897443        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

46883

4.931286        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

1440

4.943003        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

1724

4.895352        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

298100

4.92322086548138        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

2700

107.361277        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

31551

107.4333        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

24786

107.33730372        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

990

107.254        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

7668

106.9527        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

337249

4.9015        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

41600

4.9342462738        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

177339

4.92331845        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

67181

4.9106        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

10834

107.3841702        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

748

4.916921        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

137143

106.9737        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

13743

107.9331        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

188527

107.47791563        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

20256

4.922157        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

4730

4.920173        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

2715

4.918993        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

2361

4.915504        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

1411

4.929815        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

1314

4.915648        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

209

4.920422        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

147

4.922876        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

69

4.917008        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

492

4.922792        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

235540

4.90088728        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

72294

4.90088736        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

219794

4.94003418        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

307991

4.89471015        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

734317

4.96477851        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

191735

4.90088733        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

349222

4.94003421        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

489356

4.89471014        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

25641

4.89470216457665        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

74235

4.91273433        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Long

2264

4.8785        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

188527

107.47791563        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

953

4.89169983        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

66480

4.924332        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

2862

4.964036        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

13743

107.9331        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

976817

4.9015        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

231544

6.63470179        USD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

17220

4.9745056482        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

4076

4.898805        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

153582

4.89606441        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

50000

4.861574        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

50000

4.854221        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

300000

4.90446757        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

100000

4.915334        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

935

4.9068990003        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

31551

107.4333        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

2700

107.3613        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

10834

107.3841702        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

990

107.254        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

7042

110.0048722        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

7668

106.9527        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

24786

107.33730372        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

351

4.89793        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

56234

106.973582        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

80909

106.973714        ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

1152

4.90119988        GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

 

Short

1090

4.94457798        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

Ordinary NPV

Call

Purchasing

1500000

5.6        GBP

American

18 September 2026

0.2225        GBP

Ordinary NPV

Call

Selling

1500000

5.6        GBP

American

18 September 2026

0.2225        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:

23 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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