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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

27 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:	26 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	430,234	67.4400 GBP	66.0400 GBP
		322	77.3700 EUR	76.4200 EUR
	Sale	588,871	67.3900 GBP	66.0400 GBP
		372	77.3700 EUR	76.4200 EUR

(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	6	66.3267 GBP
			225	66.6735 GBP
			3,674	66.7086 GBP
			24,768	66.7603 GBP
			756	66.7617 GBP
			7,174	66.7704 GBP
			12,527	66.8023 GBP
			543	66.8505 GBP
			685	66.8739 GBP
			1,224	66.8866 GBP
			37,500	66.8963 GBP
			700	66.9333 GBP
			429	66.9629 GBP
			27,000	67.0001 GBP
			52	67.0167 GBP
			2,087	67.0788 GBP
			12,500	67.1358 GBP
			4,943	67.1664 GBP
		Decrease Short	4,850	66.0400 GBP
			60	66.2347 GBP
			30,000	66.3241 GBP
			29,260	66.4320 GBP
			75,000	66.6502 GBP
			135	66.7490 GBP
			4,318	66.7600 GBP
			15,283	66.7774 GBP
			314	66.7961 GBP
			1,587	66.8115 GBP
			88	66.8288 GBP
			371	66.8449 GBP
			109,531	66.9382 GBP
			25,000	66.9488 GBP
			26,806	66.9727 GBP
			438	67.0051 GBP
			4,457	67.0269 GBP
			442	67.0776 GBP
			1,172	67.0925 GBP
			3,902	67.2630 GBP
			3,908	67.2691 GBP
		Increase Long	33	66.3503 GBP
			300	66.4774 GBP
			2,268	66.6705 GBP
			1,960	66.7132 GBP
			314	66.7517 GBP
			38	66.7570 GBP
			1,856	66.7600 GBP
			505	66.8512 GBP
			1,927	66.9015 GBP
			21,237	66.9314 GBP
			164	66.9383 GBP
			2,709	66.9687 GBP
			161	67.0550 GBP
			50	76.7712 EUR
		Increase Short	447	66.0531 GBP
			3,112	66.2782 GBP
			61	66.3507 GBP
			452	66.3781 GBP
			361	66.4103 GBP
			1,254	66.6419 GBP
			143	66.6903 GBP
			454	66.7172 GBP
			708	66.7266 GBP
			5,860	66.8785 GBP
			128	67.0367 GBP
	Opening a long position	232	66.7600 GBP
		1,685	66.9380 GBP
		130	67.0580 GBP
		153	67.1792 GBP
	Opening a short position	1,822	66.6514 GBP
		20,600	66.8101 GBP
		378	66.8142 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	23,662	148.6428 AUD
		Opening a short position	207	148.2454 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 [phone].

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

 

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