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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

13 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:	12 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	854,289	61.3600 GBP	60.0547 GBP
		1,875	70.3082 EUR	69.8225 EUR
	Sale	693,802	61.3500 GBP	60.0000 GBP
		1,875	70.3082 EUR	69.8225 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	48,938	143.0000 AUD	142.6142 AUD
	Sale	693,802	142.6142 AUD	141.6500 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	35,000	81.7900 USD	81.7900 USD
	Sale	70,000	81.7900 USD	81.7900 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	1,773	60.0600 GBP
			3,740	60.1800 GBP
			301	60.5064 GBP
			472	60.5178 GBP
			181	60.5571 GBP
			6,131	60.5889 GBP
			633	60.6094 GBP
			815	60.6173 GBP
			54,089	60.6351 GBP
			80	60.6996 GBP
			261	60.7066 GBP
			5,427	60.8200 GBP
			19,250	60.8206 GBP
			96	60.8227 GBP
			197	60.8465 GBP
			5,291	60.9073 GBP
			30,011	60.9608 GBP
			2,529	60.9868 GBP
			3,683	61.0177 GBP
			87	61.0338 GBP
			1,158	61.1900 GBP
			26,846	61.3057 GBP
			22	61.3577 GBP
			4	61.3600 GBP
		Decrease Short	581	60.4770 GBP
			412	60.4976 GBP
			19,032	60.5314 GBP
			25,252	60.5861 GBP
			8,119	60.6310 GBP
			581	60.6474 GBP
			131	60.7007 GBP
			1,431	60.7395 GBP
			1,709	60.7439 GBP
			87	60.8238 GBP
			1,040	60.9293 GBP
			19,491	61.3488 GBP
		Increase Long	14	60.1443 GBP
			3,632	60.5594 GBP
			3,716	60.7672 GBP
			184	61.1233 GBP
			2,787	61.3021 GBP
			90,699	61.3405 GBP
		Increase Short	2,300	60.1880 GBP
			908	60.5414 GBP
			1,590	60.5939 GBP
			40,455	60.6471 GBP
			2,790	60.8618 GBP
			28,061	60.8803 GBP
			33,762	60.9430 GBP
			14	61.0668 GBP
			15	61.1237 GBP
			4	61.1261 GBP
			246	61.1661 GBP
			108	61.2361 GBP
		Opening a long position	5,757	60.3336 GBP
			6,163	60.5204 GBP
			2,838	60.5280 GBP
			333	60.5301 GBP
			9,166	60.5744 GBP
			69	60.5989 GBP
			1,211	60.7526 GBP
			1,376	61.0595 GBP
			9,513	61.3203 GBP
		Opening a short position	61	60.2818 GBP
		427	60.3237 GBP
		9,951	60.3238 GBP
		208	60.5059 GBP
		429	60.7322 GBP
		10,797	60.7625 GBP
		10,100	60.7677 GBP
		17,424	60.7947 GBP
		4,164	61.1051 GBP
		2,887	61.1309 GBP
		6,521	61.3495 GBP
		14,246 15,435	61.3500 GBP 61.3512 GBP
Equity Swap	Opening a long position	12,500	95.3325 AUD
			625	142.4129 AUD
			2,600	142.5808 AUD
			93,261	142.8670 AUD
		Opening a short position	21,138	71.1068 AUD
			13,096	141.9712 AUD
			1,046	142.1446 AUD
			850	142.2239 AUD
			26,581	142.3380 AUD
			70	143.2971 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:	13 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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