Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto plc

UBS AG (EPT)

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:	UBS Investment Bank, London
(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
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Rio Tinto plc
(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

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	Buy	800646	70.91000        EUR	60.10262        GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	718435	121.86441        AUD	60.10262        GBP

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
ADR	Buy	3721	81.296326        USD	81.13000        USD
ADR	Sell	8263	81.296326        USD	81.85000        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	CFD	Long	816	61.35        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1447	70.3081548        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	446	70.4654484304933        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	24511	121.5115139        AUD
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	424	69.8225000025        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1453	60.55939776        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	300	61.0886        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	99	70.7496717181818        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	24	61.208307        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	59	60.985085        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	41	61.165        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	340	60.860338        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	70	61.095        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	76	61.075        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	834	60.99512        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	67	60.88        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	55	61.21        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	27	60.87        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	70	61.12        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	29	61.125172        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	45	61.125        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	102	61.085        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	73	61.16        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	508	60.83        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	7047	61.000153        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	253	70.91        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	773	60.507788        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	296	60.575882        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	37	60.569189        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	32	60.6653125        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	292	70.63893836        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	281	70.05538764        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	65844	121.8644        AUD
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	131	70.81572519        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	8563	60.7523496438982        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	5500	60.59736        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	750	60.764        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	101	60.6609524782178        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	6	60.11        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	917	60.5234351491821        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	2117	60.9072845        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	842	60.9067        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	237	61.0988        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	181	60.5505        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	216	60.9460004        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	94	60.95139986        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	65	70.72        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	957	62.12473182        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	814	60.360319        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	135	60.880913        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	111	60.934234        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	48	60.43520833        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	225	69.546489        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	3	69.62087025        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	209544	60.46        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	9	70.91        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	4993	61.3546012499499        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	4056	60.8052479215286        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	463	61.3208639308855        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	300	60.4848666666667        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	5781	60.8262        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	500	60.471        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	44194	60.63201464        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	9523	61.3546012500262        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	7227	60.815276173653        GBP

(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
10p ordinary	Call	Purchasing	3301	67.436        GBP	European	09 February 2026	0.3374        GBP
10p ordinary	Call	Purchasing	3301	67.436        GBP	European	09 February 2026	0.3374        GBP
10p ordinary	Call	Selling	3301	67.436        GBP	European	09 February 2026	0.3374        GBP

(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:	Richard Howard
Telephone number:	[phone]

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail]

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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