Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Glencore plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc
27 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

Glencore plc

(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:

26 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, Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited

 

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

Purchase

1,500

109.7920 ZAR

109.7920 ZAR


4,488,487

5.0580 GBP

4.9888 GBP


Sale


1,500


110.1600 ZAR


109.0560 ZAR


5,030,588

5.0610 GBP

4.9863 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

Equity Swap

Decrease Long

12,560

5.0095 GBP



13,248

5.0182 GBP



15,779

5.0208 GBP



33,807

5.0287 GBP



312

5.0482 GBP



202

109.5719 ZAR



6,034

109.6225 ZAR



9,446

109.7165 ZAR



11,931

109.7456 ZAR



17,229

109.8842 ZAR



7,415

110.0497 ZAR



21,750

110.2718 ZAR



15,679

110.4239 ZAR



79,900

110.5144 ZAR

 


Decrease Short


705


5.0005 GBP



4,529

5.0008 GBP



3,159

5.0019 GBP



2,955

5.0045 GBP



450

5.0056 GBP



2,330

5.0086 GBP



15,800

5.0107 GBP



6,746

5.0116 GBP



11,233

5.0127 GBP



11,253

5.0139 GBP



2,724

5.0145 GBP



69,200

5.0146 GBP



451

5.0170 GBP



227

5.0178 GBP



268,658

5.0185 GBP



371,777

5.0225 GBP



327

5.0250 GBP



10

5.0253 GBP



758,890

5.0294 GBP



231

5.0368 GBP



44,466

5.0386 GBP



2,400

5.0395 GBP



13,491

5.0405 GBP



15,087

5.0414 GBP



1,000

109.3705 ZAR



3,067

109.4698 ZAR



5,751

109.4901 ZAR



1,184

109.5938 ZAR



3,368

109.6099 ZAR



6,034

109.6225 ZAR



171

109.9000 ZAR



11,478

110.0817 ZAR



33,883

110.0824 ZAR



343

110.1650 ZAR



1,187

110.2600 ZAR



2,541

110.2684 ZAR



2,228

110.2801 ZAR



90,467

110.5000 ZAR



469

110.5200 ZAR

 


Increase Long


2,035


4.9966 GBP



13,614

5.0010 GBP



8,627

5.0032 GBP



110,606

5.0182 GBP



23,023

5.0209 GBP



5,903

5.0282 GBP



3,879

5.0409 GBP



2,479

110.0079 ZAR



4,515

110.0242 ZAR



355

110.0950 ZAR



21,782

110.3127 ZAR



7,060

110.3584 ZAR



7,694

110.4742 ZAR

 


Increase Short


38,944


4.9974 GBP



188,364

4.9985 GBP



578

5.0012 GBP



78,711

5.0054 GBP



3,474

5.0059 GBP



10

5.0065 GBP



15,000

5.0116 GBP



24,980

5.0121 GBP



3,638

5.0139 GBP



1,988

5.0154 GBP



4,358

5.0162 GBP



124,099

5.0178 GBP



3,400

5.0198 GBP



6,905

5.0258 GBP



422,173

5.0261 GBP



15,911

5.0346 GBP



5,809

6.9159 ZAR



3,630

6.9164 ZAR



12,343

6.9219 ZAR



1,012

109.6140 ZAR



1,000

109.6594 ZAR



468

109.8612 ZAR



2,479

110.0079 ZAR



1,498

110.1401 ZAR



909

110.2360 ZAR



628

110.3262 ZAR



7,694

110.4742 ZAR

 


Opening a long position


1,000


109.6594 ZAR



896

109.8841 ZAR



1,022

110.0100 ZAR



4,377

110.0549 ZAR



1,120

110.1907 ZAR

 


Opening a short position


1,000


109.3705 ZAR



355

110.0950 ZAR



262

110.1308 ZAR



373

110.2000 ZAR



3,844

110.2497 ZAR



880

110.3500 ZAR



667

110.3770 ZAR



1,034

110.8800 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:

27 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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