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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

21 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:	20 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	889,919	63.1700 GBP	62.3900 GBP
		907	72.4900 EUR	72.0177 EUR
	Sale	818,129	63.1403 GBP	62.4100 GBP
		847	72.4900 EUR	72.0177 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	965	148.5862 AUD	146.3400 AUD
	Sale	24	146.3400 AUD	146.3400 AUD

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
ADR	Purchase	1,133	85.2500 AUD	85.2500 AUD
	Sale	1,133	85.2500 AUD	85.2500 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	Decrease Long	42,843	62.8912 GBP
			1,050	62.9481 GBP
			2,328	62.9595 GBP
			18	62.9795 GBP
			23,692	62.9973 GBP
			70	62.9993 GBP
			5,481	63.0022 GBP
			3,098	63.0152 GBP
			1,902	63.0788 GBP
			18	63.1038 GBP
			41	63.1063 GBP
			17,769	63.1352 GBP
			14	63.1401 GBP
			16	63.1407 GBP
			23	63.1418 GBP
			1,386	63.1428 GBP
			4	63.1479 GBP
			264	63.1480 GBP
			7,221	63.1526 GBP
			18	72.3111 EUR
			42	72.4900 EUR
		Decrease Short	1	62.5381 GBP
			95	62.7603 GBP
			56	62.7850 GBP
			13,764	62.9079 GBP
			17,000	62.9174 GBP
			397	62.9380 GBP
			2,713	62.9464 GBP
			66	62.9556 GBP
			920	62.9626 GBP
			144	63.0246 GBP
			289	63.0725 GBP
			550	63.0729 GBP
			2,045	63.0808 GBP
			5,630	63.0814 GBP
			109	63.1037 GBP
			20,000	84.7923 GBP
		Increase Long	1,884	62.6537 GBP
			1	62.9300 GBP
			7,314	62.9989 GBP
			460	63.0146 GBP
			14,088	63.1209 GBP
			13,753	63.1400 GBP
			1,043	84.6475 GBP
		Increase Short	10	62.5850 GBP
			950	62.6400 GBP
			528	62.6698 GBP
			21,997	62.6810 GBP
			1,336	62.6861 GBP
			246	62.7088 GBP
			1,796	62.7548 GBP
			962	62.7706 GBP
			2,944	62.8384 GBP
			1,323	62.9322 GBP
			103	62.9490 GBP
			1,472	62.9993 GBP
			1,473	63.0305 GBP
			1	63.0363 GBP
			13	63.1094 GBP
			346	63.1216 GBP
		Opening a long position	571	62.9597 GBP
			842	62.9925 GBP
			1,015	63.0221 GBP
			961	63.1400 GBP
		13,971	63.1403 GBP
	Opening a short position	377	62.8419 GBP
		2,120	62.8522 GBP
		50	62.9669 GBP
		14,435	63.0118 GBP
		378	63.0474 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	606	99.3039 AUD
			229,436	146.3400 AUD
			2,005	146.9405 AUD
			81,550	147.7619 AUD
		Opening a short position	5,457	73.3566 AUD
			5,457	73.5873 AUD
			5,456	73.9157 AUD
			1,256	146.3693 AUD
			247,305	146.5350 AUD
			7,696	146.8449 AUD
			481	147.1253 AUD
			20,000	147.3275 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:	21 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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