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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

02 February 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:	30 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	519,412	67.8200 GBP	66.4214 GBP
		831	77.8428 EUR	77.6558 EUR
	Sale	749,149	67.8000 GBP	66.4450 GBP
		1,343	77.8002 EUR	77.1300 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	37,707	151.5500 AUD	151.5500 AUD
	Sale	47,277	152.1500 AUD	151.5500 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	342	92.2600 USD	92.2600 USD
	Sale	342	92.2600 USD	92.2600 USD

(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	1,601	66.7457 GBP
			281	66.7774 GBP
			1,091	66.9035 GBP
			809	66.9037 GBP
			19,086	67.0530 GBP
			4,213	67.1403 GBP
			2,392	67.1881 GBP
			335	67.2308 GBP
			822	67.2797 GBP
			119	67.2867 GBP
			1,830	67.3434 GBP
			18	67.3833 GBP
			44	67.3884 GBP
			4,599	67.3901 GBP
			1,155	67.4089 GBP
			16	67.4419 GBP
			103	67.4987 GBP
			61	67.5357 GBP
		Decrease Short	372	66.6261 GBP
			1,182	66.6316 GBP
			1,035	66.6778 GBP
			101	66.6815 GBP
			4	66.7080 GBP
			13	66.7422 GBP
			47	66.7424 GBP
			21	66.7426 GBP
			1,457	66.8083 GBP
			2,131	66.8316 GBP
			6,582	66.8462 GBP
			1,311	66.8998 GBP
			10,373	66.9178 GBP
			873	67.1088 GBP
			78,990	67.1324 GBP
			23,761	67.1627 GBP
			23	67.2255 GBP
			5	67.2433 GBP
			37,498	67.3022 GBP
			37,487	67.3068 GBP
			730	67.3339 GBP
			860	67.3746 GBP
			65,957	67.3800 GBP
			16	67.4111 GBP
			850	67.4238 GBP
			16,910	67.5598 GBP
		Increase Long	1	66.5500 GBP
			5,800	66.8036 GBP
			559	66.8854 GBP
			7,382	67.0192 GBP
			918	67.1701 GBP
			807	67.1929 GBP
			4,470	67.2778 GBP
			3,272	67.3379 GBP
			3,187	67.3457 GBP
			32,300	67.3594 GBP
			417	67.3700 GBP
			137	67.3770 GBP
			76,620	67.3774 GBP
			749	67.4017 GBP
			601	67.4068 GBP
			29,586	67.4406 GBP
			213	67.6992 GBP
			1	77.1261 EUR
			511	77.7400 EUR
		Increase Short	6,384	66.5058 GBP
		88	66.5320 GBP
		1,001	66.6860 GBP
		32	66.7150 GBP
		27,961	66.7796 GBP
		385	67.2675 GBP
		271	67.3068 GBP
		1,191	67.3758 GBP
		873	67.3772 GBP
		20,000	67.3800 GBP
		30,312	67.3936 GBP
		2,519	67.4023 GBP
		204	67.4197 GBP
		1,551	67.6345 GBP
		240	67.7150 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	1	151.9750 AUD
			141	153.1031 AUD
			139,073	153.9460 AUD
			91	155.7623 AUD
			561	156.6973 AUD
		Opening a short position	8,201	77.5729 AUD
			6,344	79.2764 AUD
			2,387	80.3607 AUD
			969	151.7215 AUD
			7,102	151.7773 AUD
			39,245	152.1757 AUD
			28,191	152.3742 AUD
			930	153.0731 AUD
			1,300	154.1629 AUD
			76	155.1805 AUD
			58	157.8785 AUD

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

(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:	02 February 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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