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RNS Number : 9263R  JPMorgan Asset Management  05 February 2026

FORM 8.3

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR

 MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

 (a) Full name of discloser:                                          JPMorgan Asset Management
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short

  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

      The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is                   N/A

  insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and

  beneficiaries must be named.
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                     Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited

 relevant securities this form relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an

 offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of

 offeror/offeree:                                                   Corporate Broker to Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited
 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest            04 February 2026

 practicable date prior to the disclosure
 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the                 Yes, Glencore plc

 discloser making disclosures in respect of any

 other party to the offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.

 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree

 to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

 Class of relevant security:                                          10p ordinary
                                                                      Interests          Short positions

                                                                      Number      %      Number    %
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                     21,380,674  1.70   0         0.00
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        814,293     0.06   15,342    0.00
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
 purchase/sell:
                                                                      22,194,967  1.76   15,342    0.00

      TOTAL:

 

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 Class of relevant security:                                          ordinary
                                                                      Interests         Short positions

                                                                      Number     %      Number    %
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                     5,015,417  1.35   0         0.00
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        0          0.00   762       0.00
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
 purchase/sell:
                                                                      5,015,417  1.35   762       0.00

      TOTAL:

l interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other

 employee options)

 

 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

 

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit

 10p ordinary                Purchase       954                   70.0500 GBP

Purchase
42
70.0881 GBP

Purchase
279
70.0882 GBP

Purchase
77
70.0882 GBP

Purchase
149
70.0882 GBP

Purchase
1,761
70.0882 GBP

Purchase
93,372
70.0882 GBP

Purchase
19,975
70.0882 GBP

Purchase
1,186
70.0882 GBP

Purchase
443
70.0882 GBP

Purchase
80
70.0883 GBP

Purchase
69
70.0883 GBP

Purchase
47
70.0883 GBP

Purchase
18
70.0883 GBP

Purchase
25
70.0884 GBP

Purchase
19
70.0884 GBP

Purchase
70
70.1777 GBP

Purchase
66
70.1777 GBP

Purchase
40
70.1778 GBP

Purchase
180
70.1778 GBP

Purchase
41
70.1778 GBP

Purchase
32
70.1778 GBP

Purchase
87
70.1778 GBP

Purchase
272
70.1778 GBP

Purchase
1,380
70.1778 GBP

Purchase
16,122
70.1779 GBP

Purchase
3,114
70.1779 GBP

Purchase
1,070
70.1779 GBP

Purchase
1,047
70.1779 GBP

Purchase
507
70.1779 GBP

Purchase
81
70.1779 GBP

Purchase
110
70.1779 GBP

Purchase
48
70.1779 GBP

Purchase
44
70.1780 GBP

Purchase
30
70.1780 GBP

Purchase
33
70.1782 GBP

Purchase
69
71.0639 GBP

Purchase
56
71.0639 GBP

Purchase
110
71.0640 GBP

Purchase
129
71.0640 GBP

Purchase
109
71.0640 GBP

Purchase
84
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
106
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
371
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
250
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
1,644
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
18,674
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
1,083
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
743
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
264
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
116
71.0641 GBP

Purchase
340
71.0642 GBP

Purchase
204
71.0642 GBP

Purchase
110
71.0642 GBP

Purchase
43
71.0642 GBP

Purchase
33
71.0642 GBP

Purchase
55
71.0646 GBP

Purchase
60
71.2042 GBP

Purchase
114
71.2042 GBP

Purchase
166
71.2042 GBP

Purchase
3,520
71.2042 GBP

Purchase
102,379
71.2042 GBP

Purchase
7,030
71.2043 GBP

Purchase
1,709
71.2043 GBP

Purchase
126
71.2043 GBP

Purchase
79
71.2043 GBP

Purchase
65
71.2043 GBP

Purchase
46
71.2044 GBP

Purchase
25
71.2044 GBP

Purchase
36
71.2044 GBP

Purchase
11
71.2046 GBP

Purchase
17
71.2553 GBP

Purchase
17
71.4818 GBP

Purchase
11
71.4818 GBP

Purchase
16
71.4819 GBP

Purchase
42
71.4819 GBP

Purchase
146
71.4819 GBP

Purchase
134
71.4819 GBP

Purchase
323
71.4820 GBP

Purchase
705
71.4820 GBP

Purchase
9,836
71.4820 GBP

Purchase
90,438
71.4820 GBP

Purchase
2,929
71.4820 GBP

Purchase
780
71.4820 GBP

Purchase
134
71.4820 GBP

Purchase
104
71.4820 GBP

Purchase
38
71.4821 GBP

Purchase
13
71.4823 GBP

Sale
4,007
70.0500 GBP

Sale
969
71.5100 GBP

 

 Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit

 Ordinary                    Purchase       276                   157.9800 AUD

 

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference  Price per unit

securities
                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position

 

(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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii) Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

 

4. 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 person
 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 person 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

 

(c) Attachments

 

 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  No

 

 Date of disclosure:  05 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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market
Surveillance Unit.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/) .

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