Form 8.3 - Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Ltd Amend

JPMorgan Asset Management
06 February 2026
 

AMENDMENT

FORM 8.3

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
 MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Full name of discloser:

JPMorgan Asset Management

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short

 positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is

 insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and

 beneficiaries must be named.

 

 

N/A

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
 relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
 offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
 offeror/offeree:

 

Corporate Broker to Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest
 practicable date prior to the disclosure

 

04 February 2026

(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the
 discloser making disclosures in respect of any
 other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

Yes, Glencore plc

 

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
 to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

Class of relevant security:

10p ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

 

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

21,384,782*

1.70*

0

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

814,293

0.06

15,444

0.00

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

 

 

 

     TOTAL:

22,199,075*

1.76*

15,444

0.00

 

*In addition to the dealings in section 2a, there is an increase in the holding of 4,108 common share due to a transfer.

Class of relevant security:

ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

 

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

5,019,593*

1.35*

0

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

0

0.00

762

0.00

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

 

 

 

     TOTAL:

5,019,593*

1.35*

762

0.00

*In addition to the dealings in section 2a, there is an increase in the holding of 4,176 common share due to a transfer.

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other
 employee options)

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

 

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

10p ordinary

Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase


Sale
Sale

954
42
279
77
149
1,761
93,372
19,975
1,186
443
80
69
47
18
25
19
70
66
40
180
41
32
87
272
1,380
16,122
3,114
1,070
1,047
507
81
110
48
44
30
33
69
56
110
129
109
84
106
371
250
1,644
18,674
1,083
743
264
116
340
204
110
43
33
55
60
114
166
3,520
102,379
7,030
1,709
126
79
65
46
25
36
11
17
17
11
16
42
146
134
323
705
9,836
90,438
2,929
780
134
104
38
13


4,007
969

70.0500 GBP
70.0881 GBP
70.0882 GBP
70.0882 GBP
70.0882 GBP
70.0882 GBP
70.0882 GBP
70.0882 GBP
70.0882 GBP
70.0882 GBP
70.0883 GBP
70.0883 GBP
70.0883 GBP
70.0883 GBP
70.0884 GBP
70.0884 GBP
70.1777 GBP
70.1777 GBP
70.1778 GBP
70.1778 GBP
70.1778 GBP
70.1778 GBP
70.1778 GBP
70.1778 GBP
70.1778 GBP
70.1779 GBP
70.1779 GBP
70.1779 GBP
70.1779 GBP
70.1779 GBP
70.1779 GBP
70.1779 GBP
70.1779 GBP
70.1780 GBP
70.1780 GBP
70.1782 GBP
71.0639 GBP
71.0639 GBP
71.0640 GBP
71.0640 GBP
71.0640 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0641 GBP
71.0642 GBP
71.0642 GBP
71.0642 GBP
71.0642 GBP
71.0642 GBP
71.0646 GBP
71.2042 GBP
71.2042 GBP
71.2042 GBP
71.2042 GBP
71.2042 GBP
71.2043 GBP
71.2043 GBP
71.2043 GBP
71.2043 GBP
71.2043 GBP
71.2044 GBP
71.2044 GBP
71.2044 GBP
71.2046 GBP
71.2553 GBP
71.4818 GBP
71.4818 GBP
71.4819 GBP
71.4819 GBP
71.4819 GBP
71.4819 GBP
71.4820 GBP
71.4820 GBP
71.4820 GBP
71.4820 GBP
71.4820 GBP
71.4820 GBP
71.4820 GBP
71.4820 GBP
71.4821 GBP
71.4823 GBP


70.0500 GBP
71.5100 GBP

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

Ordinary 

Purchase

276

157.9800 AUD

 

(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

10p Ordinary 

Equity Swap 

Increasing a short position 

Increasing a short position 

Increasing a short position 

Increasing a short position 

 

Reducing a short position

Reducing a short position

102

17

21

136

 

75

99

96.3352 USD

96.5576 USD

96.5571 USD

96.3352 USD

 

97.7155 USD

97.7156 USD

 

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 

Equity Swap 

 -

 (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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. 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 person 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 person 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

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

No

 

Date of disclosure:

06 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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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