Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc
27 January 2026
 

AMENDMENT

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

Rio Tinto plc and Limited

(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:

23 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, Glencore plc

 

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

ADR

Purchase

948,603

89.1200 USD

89.1200 USD


Sale


632,402


89.1200 USD


89.1200 USD

 

 



Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

10p ordinary

Purchase

493,319

66.0400 GBP

64.6000 GBP


596

76.0400 EUR

75.7087 EUR


Sale


507,122


65.9745 GBP


64.6800 GBP


232

75.8267 EUR

75.7087 EUR

 



Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

Ordinary

Purchase

26,458

148.7200 AUD

148.7200 AUD


Sale


24,833


149.0781 AUD


149.0781 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






 

 

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

Decrease Long

3,679

64.8600 GBP



161

65.2249 GBP



43

65.3618 GBP



900

65.4763 GBP



840

65.4790 GBP



401

65.6001 GBP



284

65.6488 GBP



127

65.6813 GBP



107

65.7026 GBP



23,757

65.7141 GBP



7,326

65.7412 GBP



1,859

65.7427 GBP



81

65.7578 GBP



27

65.7630 GBP



32

65.7634 GBP



221

65.8241 GBP



364

76.0400 EUR





Decrease Short


5,000


64.5905 GBP



5,000

64.6309 GBP



3,500

64.6506 GBP



3,084

64.6937 GBP



8

65.2290 GBP



7

65.3690 GBP



1,058

65.4344 GBP



1,180

65.5233 GBP



4,557

65.5818 GBP



1,168

65.5997 GBP



23,126

65.6420 GBP



78

65.6635 GBP



46,581

65.6958 GBP



3,053

65.7043 GBP



1,158

65.7113 GBP



359

65.7202 GBP



7,642

65.7250 GBP



722

65.7313 GBP



301

65.7325 GBP



294

65.7525 GBP



14,544

65.8027 GBP



87

65.8454 GBP



8,240

65.9656 GBP





Increase Long


16,281


65.5966 GBP



7,283

65.6275 GBP



25,000

65.6291 GBP



86

65.6827 GBP



17,000

65.7059 GBP



837

65.7247 GBP



1,659

65.7333 GBP



4,256

65.7428 GBP



1,231

65.7570 GBP





Increase Short


1,043


64.6743 GBP



41

64.7399 GBP



1,215

64.9851 GBP



597

65.1326 GBP



78,349

65.1500 GBP



1

65.3562 GBP



1,991

65.4072 GBP



264

65.4131 GBP



241

65.5101 GBP



5,302

65.6303 GBP



150

65.6333 GBP



28

65.6566 GBP



23

65.6770 GBP



16

65.7041 GBP



2,222

65.7597 GBP



1

65.7649 GBP



22

65.7666 GBP



18

65.7810 GBP



27

65.8910 GBP



131

65.9329 GBP





Opening a long position


2,131


65.6758 GBP



9,373

65.7599 GBP



4,540

65.7840 GBP



619

65.7901 GBP





Opening a short position


42


64.9170 GBP



290

65.0690 GBP



4,600

65.2726 GBP



11,791

65.7600 GBP

 

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

Opening a long position

66

148.2382 AUD



240

148.2488 AUD



176

148.2620 AUD



9,956

148.3646 AUD



74,737

148.8623 AUD



68

149.9821 AUD





Opening a short position


18,647


101.7281 AUD



10,506

148.3700 AUD



12,000

148.4067 AUD



285

148.5266 AUD



2,367

148.5416 AUD



25,068

149.0244 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:

27 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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