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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

30 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:	29 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	542,126	70.1384 GBP	67.9800 GBP
		235	80.3300 EUR	79.9700 EUR
	Sale	1,214,852	70.1900 GBP	67.9300 GBP
		235	80.3300 EUR	79.9700 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	454	157.0400 AUD	157.0400 AUD
	Sale	1,930	157.0400 AUD	157.0400 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	299	68.2021 GBP
			119	68.2751 GBP
			5	68.4931 GBP
			246	68.4951 GBP
			1,626	68.5446 GBP
			152	68.7338 GBP
			253	68.7830 GBP
			1,208	68.8597 GBP
			3,784	69.0935 GBP
			628	69.1452 GBP
			31	69.2669 GBP
			5,651	69.3376 GBP
			328	69.4081 GBP
			357	69.4099 GBP
			240	69.5282 GBP
			154	69.5292 GBP
			255	69.5609 GBP
			970	69.5705 GBP
			1,454	69.6001 GBP
			9,659	69.6860 GBP
			689	95.1215 GBP
		Decrease Short	3,214	68.2938 GBP
			4	68.3932 GBP
			27,173	68.4558 GBP
			3,922	68.4698 GBP
			4	68.4832 GBP
			24,112	68.4900 GBP
			4,055	68.5817 GBP
			3,670	68.5965 GBP
			1,033	68.6860 GBP
			424	68.9415 GBP
			227	69.0173 GBP
			4,265	69.0507 GBP
			1,760	69.0712 GBP
			12	69.2379 GBP
			40	69.3650 GBP
			220	69.3738 GBP
			541	69.3767 GBP
			38,114	69.3827 GBP
			1,054	69.4276 GBP
			1,446	69.5107 GBP
			3,997	69.6699 GBP
			7,201	69.8381 GBP
			1,282	69.9462 GBP
		Increase Long	5,225	68.3995 GBP
			11,679	68.4299 GBP
			152	68.4814 GBP
			1,819	68.4869 GBP
			472	68.8055 GBP
			1,770	69.0886 GBP
			6,457	69.1668 GBP
			238,100	69.1752 GBP
			663	69.2818 GBP
			32,030	69.4778 GBP
			9	69.5000 GBP
			47,909	69.7654 GBP
		Increase Short	44	67.9868 GBP
			1,871	68.2215 GBP
			43,875	68.4900 GBP
			2,032	68.8249 GBP
			461	68.9687 GBP
			99	69.1970 GBP
			858	69.2257 GBP
			2,433	69.3374 GBP
		184	69.5010 GBP
		299	69.5614 GBP
		531	69.7982 GBP
		14,440	69.9784 GBP
	Opening a long position	31,597	68.8876 GBP
		1,260	68.9709 GBP
	Opening a short position	1,002	68.9290 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	196	110.4180 AUD
			1	152.0100 AUD
			29	153.4877 AUD
			377	154.9194 AUD
			111,997	155.5624 AUD
			793	156.3953 AUD
			2,254	156.7076 AUD
			1,123	157.0007 AUD
			32	157.0213 AUD
		Opening a short position	5,493	78.2669 AUD
			9,262	80.1795 AUD
			5,457	80.3149 AUD
			2,928	152.3162 AUD
			13,807	153.7236 AUD
			10,262	154.2136 AUD
			9,843	156.5592 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:	30 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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