Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Glencore plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc
05 February 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:

04 February 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

1,515

114.3500 ZAR

112.5500 ZAR


11,254,496

5.3090 GBP

5.1120 GBP


Sale


1,515


114.3500 ZAR


112.5500 ZAR


8,748,477

5.3074 GBP

5.1094 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

215,104

5.1120 GBP



214,836

5.1121 GBP



123,824

5.1207 GBP



167,577

5.1554 GBP



1,108

5.1592 GBP



1,357

5.1831 GBP



322

5.1957 GBP



715

5.1990 GBP



715

5.2000 GBP



1,502

5.2016 GBP



43,302

5.2034 GBP



69

5.2035 GBP



5,617

5.2044 GBP



183,442

5.2119 GBP



42,418

5.2163 GBP



3,376

5.2233 GBP



27,487

5.2261 GBP



41,657

5.2297 GBP



22,192

5.2325 GBP



77,806

5.2378 GBP



5,722

5.2452 GBP



44,273

5.2535 GBP



50

114.0228 ZAR



2,477

114.0878 ZAR



2,673

114.1400 ZAR



91,739

114.1423 ZAR



4,592

114.4293 ZAR



7,378

114.8406 ZAR



8,970

114.9923 ZAR



2,451

115.2324 ZAR



2,370

115.2976 ZAR



22

115.3854 ZAR



58

115.4081 ZAR

 


Decrease Short


396,260


5.1094 GBP



1,883

5.1119 GBP



146,681

5.1295 GBP



22,249

5.1461 GBP



2,250

5.1556 GBP



806,681

5.1628 GBP



122,487

5.1644 GBP



13,164

5.1720 GBP



10,386

5.1723 GBP



706,106

5.1784 GBP



34,742

5.1820 GBP



49,936

5.1860 GBP



37,695

5.1861 GBP



10,654

5.1863 GBP



124

5.2015 GBP



121,426

5.2059 GBP



31,571

5.2148 GBP



1,015

5.2224 GBP



9,563

5.2236 GBP



289

5.2430 GBP



13,778

5.2432 GBP



250,000

5.2894 GBP



4,120

5.2970 GBP



94,412

114.1400 ZAR



3,886

114.2395 ZAR



7,378

114.8406 ZAR



7,428

114.8652 ZAR



8,970

114.9923 ZAR



361

115.4600 ZAR



345

115.4894 ZAR

 


Increase Long


79,154


5.1120 GBP



913

5.1139 GBP



53,097

5.1192 GBP



39,517

5.1212 GBP



443,590

5.1255 GBP



2,772

5.1339 GBP



38,529

5.1685 GBP



33,098

5.1726 GBP



2,343

5.1898 GBP



715

5.1990 GBP



715

5.2000 GBP



475

5.2049 GBP



39,676

5.2216 GBP



228,857

5.2245 GBP



19,627

5.2396 GBP



25,751

5.2578 GBP



4,920

5.2737 GBP



2,548

5.2789 GBP



15,877

5.2837 GBP



1,799

113.2749 ZAR



301

113.4866 ZAR



6

113.7705 ZAR



6

113.8122 ZAR



4

113.8722 ZAR



3

113.9705 ZAR



190

114.6200 ZAR



243

114.6600 ZAR



292

114.8432 ZAR



280

115.0395 ZAR



54

115.3200 ZAR



3

115.3536 ZAR



7

115.3598 ZAR



9,660

115.4371 ZAR

 


Increase Short


1


5.1122 GBP



132

5.1125 GBP



2,681

5.1240 GBP



352

5.1277 GBP



68,661

5.1500 GBP



23

5.1503 GBP



842

5.1541 GBP



9,739

5.1551 GBP



4,356

5.1602 GBP



933

5.1624 GBP



19,382

5.1675 GBP



98,204

5.1757 GBP



3,911

5.1874 GBP



15,300

5.1920 GBP



125,000

5.2230 GBP



125,000

5.2278 GBP



5,200

5.2442 GBP



763,728

5.2451 GBP



125,000

5.2549 GBP



8,170

5.2846 GBP



1,251,970

5.2895 GBP



1,799

113.2896 ZAR



902

114.4360 ZAR



190

114.6200 ZAR



243

114.6600 ZAR



54

115.3200 ZAR



9,660

115.4371 ZAR

 


Opening a long position


3


5.1120 GBP



30,571

114.9390 ZAR

 


Opening a short position


2,597,334


5.1120 GBP



30,571

114.9389 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:

05 February 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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