Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto plc

UBS AG (EPT)

16 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:	15 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	1247319	64.64000        GBP	62.65000        GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	1008701	64.68000        GBP	62.65000        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	63099	86.54000        USD	85.98029        USD
ADR	Sell	44186	86.54000        USD	85.99162        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	25	74.48698        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	50000	62.87        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	791	64.6754740834387        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	330880	64.68        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	326	64.47        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	600	63.38575        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	55056	63.065019503        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	65844	0.0        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	20000	64.140299        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	2329	62.69432374        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	16182	63.86137622        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	423	64.305659434279        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	6100	62.8697439232        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	18400	62.7613394017        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	2845	62.69432337        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	547	62.69431444        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	300	64.4998        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	45	64.6787        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1486	62.69432032        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	26	62.69423077        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	975	62.892831        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	424	64.47403302        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	231	64.080043        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	151	64.460132        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	31209	63.6294354192701        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	10	74.62        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	28	64.3100038461982        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	6	62.81        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	670	64.237403        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	230	74.35172217        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	55	64.3074583915005        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	112	74.5455571446429        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	212271	64.68        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	166	63.7640815891566        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	371	73.9        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	12	74.49716667        EUR
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	211	64.237393        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	180	64.38039996        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	1	64.56        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	240	64.6754166666667        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	74	64.39019998        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	310	63.633194        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	256	64.237422        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	65844	0.0        AUD
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	600000	62.91        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	9518	63.222008        GBP
ADR	CFD	Long	973	86.4346        USD
ADR	CFD	Short	494	86.395881        USD
ADR	CFD	Short	20000	85.9918759594        USD
ADR	CFD	Short	9	86.54        USD

(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	9767	69.887        GBP	European	16 April 2026	1.0672        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:	16 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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