Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Glencore plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc
30 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:

29 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

116

113.5600 ZAR

112.0000 ZAR


12,481,069

5.3340 GBP

5.0575 GBP


Sale


116


113.5600 ZAR


112.0000 ZAR


14,200,458

5.3310 GBP

5.0510 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

156,173

5.0760 GBP



198,334

5.0790 GBP



221,008

5.1068 GBP



189,917

5.1070 GBP



165,345

5.1337 GBP



69,158

5.1387 GBP



11,572

5.1487 GBP



4,349

5.2208 GBP



26,243

5.2217 GBP



60,126

5.2360 GBP



28,351

5.2489 GBP



23,531

5.2519 GBP



8,771

5.2557 GBP



4,866

5.2585 GBP



26,185

5.2609 GBP



1

113.0747 ZAR



81,028

113.1323 ZAR



87

113.7984 ZAR



3,224

113.8318 ZAR



238

113.8378 ZAR



13,416

113.8786 ZAR



2,499

114.3100 ZAR



15,360

114.3109 ZAR



3,956

114.4130 ZAR



23,976

114.6634 ZAR



3,846

114.6661 ZAR



3,569

115.5690 ZAR

 


Decrease Short


15,003


5.0787 GBP



1,125

5.0788 GBP



88,081

5.0798 GBP



52,627

5.1264 GBP



800

5.1416 GBP



7,364

5.1649 GBP



8,800

5.1734 GBP



64,980

5.1867 GBP



6,746

5.1987 GBP



6,710

5.2072 GBP



4,047

5.2142 GBP



796,161

5.2150 GBP



159,929

5.2262 GBP



1,844

5.2283 GBP



78,992

5.2290 GBP



52,346

5.2294 GBP



4,217

5.2304 GBP



19,212

5.2346 GBP



2,238

5.2366 GBP



7,281

5.2380 GBP



578,792

5.2418 GBP



56,669

5.2448 GBP



10

5.2931 GBP



611

5.3168 GBP



26,982

5.3193 GBP



43,172

5.3198 GBP



215

5.3243 GBP



50,700

111.9501 ZAR



1

113.0600 ZAR



720

113.1300 ZAR



1,490

113.7486 ZAR



304

114.1300 ZAR



6,765

114.1628 ZAR



6,431

114.3100 ZAR



15,360

114.3109 ZAR



13

114.3700 ZAR



37,717

114.3770 ZAR



710

114.5800 ZAR



3,532

114.6978 ZAR



7,959

114.9955 ZAR



3,569

115.5459 ZAR



325

115.5614 ZAR



15,604

115.5705 ZAR

 


Increase Long


33,530


5.1635 GBP



48,673

5.1925 GBP



239,827

5.2005 GBP



39,583

5.2499 GBP



24,609

5.2512 GBP



361,413

5.2595 GBP



2,914

5.2911 GBP



674

5.2965 GBP



12,753

113.8385 ZAR



13,559

114.2720 ZAR



4,950

114.2951 ZAR



205

114.4358 ZAR



54,745

114.8362 ZAR



542

114.9750 ZAR



755

114.9842 ZAR

 


Increase Short


1,477


5.0791 GBP



20

5.0792 GBP



2

5.0795 GBP



1

5.0875 GBP



52,787

5.0927 GBP



15,203

5.0993 GBP



18,701

5.1050 GBP



145,657

5.1075 GBP



4,118

5.1143 GBP



2,268

5.1246 GBP



2,946

5.1283 GBP



1,006

5.1452 GBP



5,694

5.1655 GBP



10,710

5.1756 GBP



6,100

5.1763 GBP



412,042

5.1817 GBP



19,121

5.1952 GBP



7,281

5.2380 GBP



382,895

5.2646 GBP



750,000

5.2806 GBP



21,402

7.1389 GBP



8,708

7.1640 ZAR



2,723

7.1738 ZAR



1,322

7.2337 ZAR



1,620

113.0067 ZAR



4,901

113.9306 ZAR



13,559

114.2720 ZAR



4,950

114.3100 ZAR



7,637

114.3191 ZAR



205

114.4358 ZAR



7,276

114.7393 ZAR



16,074

114.9258 ZAR



3,134

114.9300 ZAR



542

114.9750 ZAR



755

114.9842 ZAR



4,858

115.4366 ZAR



9,245

115.6439 ZAR

 


Opening a short position


495,890


5.0790 GBP



2,765

5.2007 GBP



2,765

5.2221 GBP



2,765

5.2696 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









 

(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:

30 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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