Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto Limited

UBS AG (EPT)

13 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:	UBS Investment Bank, London
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Rio Tinto Limited
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Rio Tinto plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	12 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

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	Buy	1083810	142.75000 AUD	141.12000 AUD
Ordinary	Sell	1068649	142.60222 AUD	141.686609 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
Ordinary	CFD	Long	3095	141.474959612278        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	18	142.460555555556        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	862	142.446531322506        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	10472	142.4393210466        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	14013	141.445430671519        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	4868	141.882656        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	17	142.370588        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	198	142.316934        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	33395	142.081717        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	58	142.463448        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	107	142.151121        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	28739	141.943638609618        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	619	142.552132        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	29487	142.076789        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	102838	142.149553        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	17030	142.278636        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Long	5	142.203        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	8198	142.292645        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	53202	70.962972        GBP
Ordinary	CFD	Short	131	142.443074        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	2778	142.455526        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	179669	142.178998        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	6	142.273333        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	7718	142.43        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	562	142.602224        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	2992	141.899054        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	15000	142.31315        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	950	142.342663        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	13975	141.913913        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	90750	142.054855        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	14324	141.913419        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	105820	141.935535        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	62943	142.257014        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	5566	142.024394400636        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	309	142.158867        AUD
Ordinary	CFD	Short	160049	142.272085        AUD

(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:	13 January 2026
Contact name:	Richard Howard
Telephone number:	[phone]

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail]

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

 

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