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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

06 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:	05 February 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	1,369,204	69.7100 GBP	67.8700 GBP
		888	79.6020 EUR	78.0600 EUR
	Sale	1,548,092	69.6671 GBP	67.8350 GBP
		874	79.6020 EUR	78.0600 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	-	-	-
	Sale	316	157.1300 AUD	157.1300 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	40	68.1913 GBP
			46,746	68.1953 GBP
			438	68.2313 GBP
			46	68.2685 GBP
			2,976	68.3514 GBP
			187,019	68.4320 GBP
			390	68.4865 GBP
			1,448	68.5168 GBP
			20,465	68.5387 GBP
			21,934	68.5852 GBP
			35	68.6274 GBP
			36	68.6381 GBP
			3,383	68.7223 GBP
			677	68.7273 GBP
			1,825	68.8404 GBP
			330	68.8426 GBP
			1,019	68.9114 GBP
			1,340	69.1579 GBP
			1,821	69.1580 GBP
			2,765	69.2802 GBP
			1,583	69.3341 GBP
			14	78.9540 EUR
		Decrease Short	98	68.0872 GBP
			60	68.2515 GBP
			17,030	68.2545 GBP
			3	68.2586 GBP
			4,892	68.2600 GBP
			148,640	68.2727 GBP
			56	68.2882 GBP
			360	68.3730 GBP
			29,221	68.4158 GBP
			112	68.4191 GBP
			3,475	68.4331 GBP
			7,069	68.4848 GBP
			202	68.4877 GBP
			35,997	68.4996 GBP
			60	68.5164 GBP
			32	68.5460 GBP
			648	68.5536 GBP
			947	68.5756 GBP
			144	68.6223 GBP
			19,356	68.6224 GBP
			98	68.6576 GBP
			24	68.6590 GBP
			73,889	68.6688 GBP
			59,112	68.6757 GBP
			157	68.7427 GBP
			122	68.7866 GBP
			1,110	68.7934 GBP
			43	68.8291 GBP
			98	68.8669 GBP
			17	68.9555 GBP
			1,197	68.9556 GBP
			160	68.9558 GBP
			11	68.9698 GBP
			155	68.9701 GBP
			81	68.9702 GBP
			1,668	69.0075 GBP
			63	69.1405 GBP
			257	69.1900 GBP
		Increase Long	31,200	68.2115 GBP
			130	68.2569 GBP
			25,800	68.2600 GBP
			11,433	68.3009 GBP
		6,880	68.4124 GBP
		253	68.4539 GBP
		250	68.5032 GBP
		1,840	68.5136 GBP
		4,512	68.6964 GBP
		1,879	68.7117 GBP
		3,348	68.8355 GBP
		3,659	68.8526 GBP
		200	69.0198 GBP
		21,192	69.0663 GBP
		41,563	69.2492 GBP
		5,583	69.5449 GBP
		5,948	69.5553 GBP
		672	93.0895 GBP
	Increase Short	21	68.0897 GBP
		19,741	68.2600 GBP
		123	68.2668 GBP
		85,769	68.3273 GBP
		50,000	68.4055 GBP
		207	68.4111 GBP
		2,915	68.4116 GBP
		3,572	68.5497 GBP
		265	68.6660 GBP
		1,248	68.9733 GBP
		498	69.1137 GBP
		281	69.2995 GBP
	Opening a long position	3,871	67.8656 GBP
		291	67.8880 GBP
		2,904	68.0492 GBP
		41,218	68.1650 GBP
		25,000	68.3257 GBP
		25,000	68.7144 GBP
		7,220	68.8532 GBP
		531	68.8874 GBP
		45	68.8879 GBP
		2,868	68.9505 GBP
	Opening a short position	877	68.2855 GBP
		29,016	68.3928 GBP
		269	68.6521 GBP
		2,168	68.6717 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	4,188	109.8834 AUD
			943	110.0375 AUD
			54,221	157.2577 AUD
			5,906	157.5340 AUD
			210	157.5363 AUD
			317	157.5406 AUD
			399	157.6289 AUD
			607	157.7123 AUD
			47	157.9671 AUD
			4,121	159.3748 AUD
		Opening a short position	4,555	80.5709 AUD
			4,121	156.8942 AUD
			4,900	157.1457 AUD
			106	157.1489 AUD
			6,830	157.2353 AUD
			13,661	157.2374 AUD
			134	157.6637 AUD
			8,411	157.6998 AUD
			16,738	158.0928 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:	06 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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