Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Glencore plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc
29 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:

28 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

805

111.3000 ZAR

110.8681 ZAR


5,416,389

5.1002 GBP

5.0260 GBP


Sale


805


111.3000 ZAR


110.6930 ZAR


7,387,281

5.0960 GBP

5.0170 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

890

5.0482 GBP



180,755

5.0580 GBP



1,701

5.0588 GBP



976

5.0592 GBP



1,144

5.0613 GBP



90,092

5.0648 GBP



9,767

5.0694 GBP



3,027

5.0710 GBP



300,000

5.0720 GBP



59,203

5.0738 GBP



3,509

110.7163 ZAR



3,661

110.7918 ZAR



757

110.9925 ZAR



3,509

111.0189 ZAR



123

111.1193 ZAR



59,002

111.1640 ZAR



6,470

111.1994 ZAR



487

111.4976 ZAR



3,386

111.5742 ZAR



53,034

111.7145 ZAR

 


Decrease Short


6,746


5.0509 GBP



936,751

5.0515 GBP



799

5.0520 GBP



600

5.0578 GBP



1,849

5.0594 GBP



175,342

5.0609 GBP



3,748

5.0622 GBP



28,151

5.0646 GBP



55,380

5.0675 GBP



395,950

5.0717 GBP



13,853

5.0768 GBP



10

5.0770 GBP



9,842

5.0823 GBP



6,746

5.0858 GBP



42,209

5.0865 GBP



18,700

5.0873 GBP



191

110.2337 ZAR



3,932

110.5235 ZAR



2,257

110.6541 ZAR



6,519

110.6995 ZAR



3,661

110.7918 ZAR



6,654

110.8056 ZAR



3,345

110.8887 ZAR



659

110.9844 ZAR



6,045

111.0145 ZAR



98

111.0300 ZAR



10,527

111.0978 ZAR



7,352

111.1799 ZAR



5,130

111.1904 ZAR



7,646

111.4648 ZAR



487

111.4976 ZAR



1,136

111.5024 ZAR



2,886

111.5207 ZAR



12,379

111.6666 ZAR



53,034

111.7000 ZAR

 


Increase Long


43,534


5.0610 GBP



5,492

5.0622 GBP



22,638

5.0631 GBP



20,564

5.0643 GBP



5,007

5.0649 GBP



222,519

5.0731 GBP



193,085

5.0749 GBP



109,279

5.0802 GBP



23,603

5.0814 GBP



256,102

5.0855 GBP



25,741

110.8482 ZAR



10,095

110.8713 ZAR



6,403

110.9639 ZAR



823

111.2620 ZAR



9,249

111.3878 ZAR

 


Increase Short


8,569


5.0545 GBP



723

5.0567 GBP



43

5.0568 GBP



2,321

5.0581 GBP



105,155

5.0582 GBP



34,237

5.0585 GBP



16,750

5.0604 GBP



46,793

5.0619 GBP



18,766

5.0632 GBP



6,451

5.0655 GBP



18,000

5.0672 GBP



131,160

5.0679 GBP



7,600

5.0700 GBP



827

5.0742 GBP



32,219

5.0857 GBP



14,945

5.1002 GBP



10,095

110.8713 ZAR



5,605

110.8731 ZAR



1,001

111.2033 ZAR



823

111.2620 ZAR



657

111.2801 ZAR



6,199

111.3800 ZAR



1,034

111.5735 ZAR



798

111.6017 ZAR



358

111.7000 ZAR

 


Opening a long position


800


110.7728 ZAR



99,694

111.2610 ZAR

 


Opening a short position


800


110.7728 ZAR



23,500

110.7910 ZAR



99,694

111.2610 ZAR



2,241

111.4600 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:

29 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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