REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Rio Tinto - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited
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RNS Number : 9146R JPMorgan Securities Plc 05 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 Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Corporate Broker to Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 04 February 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader Yes, Glencore plc
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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 892,415 72.2350 GBP 70.0500 GBP
213 82.3150 EUR 81.0600 EUR
Sale 1,110,144 72.1500 GBP 70.0100 GBP
213 82.3150 EUR 81.0600 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 1,526 157.8501 AUD 157.8501 AUD
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
10p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 7 70.0506 GBP
27 70.0532 GBP
31 70.0536 GBP
6,288 70.1079 GBP
254 70.2895 GBP
56 70.2961 GBP
812 70.3469 GBP
161 70.5707 GBP
4,650 70.7310 GBP
1,501 70.9043 GBP
302 70.9215 GBP
1,629 71.2340 GBP
104,000 72.0500 GBP
1 72.1000 GBP
Decrease Short 18 70.0394 GBP
175 70.0430 GBP
441 70.0490 GBP
31 70.2149 GBP
1,151 70.2440 GBP
49 70.2686 GBP
62 70.7629 GBP
1,449 70.8079 GBP
3,527 70.8185 GBP
29,964 70.8393 GBP
68 70.8979 GBP
301 70.8980 GBP
746 70.8990 GBP
594 71.0086 GBP
63 71.0312 GBP
406 71.0315 GBP
66 71.0316 GBP
204 71.1681 GBP
1,945 71.3561 GBP
7,297 71.4268 GBP
1,482 71.4894 GBP
629 71.7367 GBP
7,557 71.9495 GBP
55,834 71.9706 GBP
Increase Long 14 70.0412 GBP
56 70.0469 GBP
295 70.1496 GBP
1,183 70.2594 GBP
394 70.2596 GBP
800 70.4554 GBP
18 70.6128 GBP
15,251 70.7074 GBP
2,000 70.9251 GBP
1,419 70.9632 GBP
514 70.9891 GBP
21,595 71.0346 GBP
226,781 71.1769 GBP
1,143 71.2483 GBP
62 71.4346 GBP
41,694 71.5178 GBP
17,724 71.5403 GBP
7,916 71.5504 GBP
9,500 71.8651 GBP
Increase Short 201 70.0500 GBP
19,500 70.1025 GBP
58 70.2443 GBP
4,733 70.3064 GBP
2,200 70.3301 GBP
22 70.4153 GBP
67 70.4919 GBP
2,771 70.5666 GBP
95 70.6211 GBP
125,664 70.6600 GBP
496 70.7948 GBP
3,866 70.8865 GBP
28,302 71.8528 GBP
600 72.2350 GBP
Opening a long position 38,162 70.6802 GBP
28 70.7279 GBP
2,407 71.4851 GBP
67 81.0600 EUR
Opening a short position 30,020 70.0500 GBP
3,642 71.2864 GBP
6,935 71.5634 GBP
67 81.0600 EUR
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
Ordinary Equity Swap Opening a long position 32 158.9575 AUD
795 158.9637 AUD
27,384 158.9995 AUD
32 159.4109 AUD
Opening a short position 1,863 81.2260 AUD
75 111.8745 AUD
14,699 158.9100 AUD
1,032 159.1842 AUD
10,574 159.2090 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 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
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: 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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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