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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

20 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	Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto 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:	19 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
10p ordinary	Purchase	490,606	63.9300 GBP	63.1900 GBP
		178	73.5800 EUR	73.2225 EUR
	Sale	484,162	63.9200 GBP	63.1718 GBP
		534	73.5800 EUR	72.9900 EUR

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary	-	-	-	-

(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	Decrease Long	26,184	63.3685 GBP
			13,685	63.3900 GBP
			88	63.3979 GBP
			166	63.4027 GBP
			2,133	63.4154 GBP
			243	63.4159 GBP
			2,662	63.4208 GBP
			37,024	63.4214 GBP
			242	63.4442 GBP
			98	63.5051 GBP
		Decrease Short	93	63.3337 GBP
			441	63.3791 GBP
			9,582	63.4009 GBP
			76	63.4134 GBP
			1,268	63.4198 GBP
			85	63.4204 GBP
			1,250	63.4299 GBP
			2,180	63.4334 GBP
			43	63.4347 GBP
			84	63.4360 GBP
			612	63.4611 GBP
			1,606	63.4634 GBP
			5	63.4740 GBP
			309	63.4921 GBP
			565	63.5425 GBP
			8	63.5541 GBP
			32	63.5889 GBP
			2,383	63.7251 GBP
			72,000	63.8300 GBP
			58	63.9455 GBP
		Increase Long	16,218	63.3644 GBP
			1,075	63.3872 GBP
			7,270	63.4595 GBP
			5,167	63.4690 GBP
			1	63.5371 GBP
			2,827	63.8833 GBP
			355	72.9900 EUR
			1	73.1563 EUR
		Increase Short	12	63.2563 GBP
			1,493	63.2923 GBP
			944	63.3225 GBP
			530	63.3910 GBP
			11	63.3963 GBP
			255	63.4051 GBP
			373	63.4260 GBP
			5	63.4263 GBP
			1,158	63.4326 GBP
			853	63.4332 GBP
			1,623	63.4469 GBP
			492	63.4517 GBP
			478	63.4541 GBP
			5	63.4660 GBP
			5	63.5664 GBP
			723	63.8853 GBP
			724	63.9030 GBP
		Opening a long position	1,629	63.3704 GBP
			24	63.3881 GBP
			282	63.4251 GBP
			362	63.4894 GBP
		Opening a short position	116	63.3267 GBP
			2,005	63.3900 GBP
			176	63.4113 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	16,039	148.1012 AUD
			50,000	148.3374 AUD
			3,465	149.2307 AUD
			2,002	149.2496 AUD
			2,540	149.2665 AUD
			998	149.4219 AUD
		Opening a short position	5,456	74.7934 AUD
			200	148.0078 AUD
			59,005	148.4965 AUD
			192	148.9371 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:	20 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 [phone].

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

 

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