REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Rio Tinto - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited
06/02/2026 11:15
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RNS Number : 0838S JPMorgan Securities Plc 06 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: 05 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 1,369,204 69.7100 GBP 67.8700 GBP
888 79.6020 EUR 78.0600 EUR
Sale 1,548,092 69.6671 GBP 67.8350 GBP
874 79.6020 EUR 78.0600 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 316 157.1300 AUD 157.1300 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 40 68.1913 GBP
46,746 68.1953 GBP
438 68.2313 GBP
46 68.2685 GBP
2,976 68.3514 GBP
187,019 68.4320 GBP
390 68.4865 GBP
1,448 68.5168 GBP
20,465 68.5387 GBP
21,934 68.5852 GBP
35 68.6274 GBP
36 68.6381 GBP
3,383 68.7223 GBP
677 68.7273 GBP
1,825 68.8404 GBP
330 68.8426 GBP
1,019 68.9114 GBP
1,340 69.1579 GBP
1,821 69.1580 GBP
2,765 69.2802 GBP
1,583 69.3341 GBP
14 78.9540 EUR
Decrease Short 98 68.0872 GBP
60 68.2515 GBP
17,030 68.2545 GBP
3 68.2586 GBP
4,892 68.2600 GBP
148,640 68.2727 GBP
56 68.2882 GBP
360 68.3730 GBP
29,221 68.4158 GBP
112 68.4191 GBP
3,475 68.4331 GBP
7,069 68.4848 GBP
202 68.4877 GBP
35,997 68.4996 GBP
60 68.5164 GBP
32 68.5460 GBP
648 68.5536 GBP
947 68.5756 GBP
144 68.6223 GBP
19,356 68.6224 GBP
98 68.6576 GBP
24 68.6590 GBP
73,889 68.6688 GBP
59,112 68.6757 GBP
157 68.7427 GBP
122 68.7866 GBP
1,110 68.7934 GBP
43 68.8291 GBP
98 68.8669 GBP
17 68.9555 GBP
1,197 68.9556 GBP
160 68.9558 GBP
11 68.9698 GBP
155 68.9701 GBP
81 68.9702 GBP
1,668 69.0075 GBP
63 69.1405 GBP
257 69.1900 GBP
Increase Long 31,200 68.2115 GBP
130 68.2569 GBP
25,800 68.2600 GBP
11,433 68.3009 GBP
6,880 68.4124 GBP
253 68.4539 GBP
250 68.5032 GBP
1,840 68.5136 GBP
4,512 68.6964 GBP
1,879 68.7117 GBP
3,348 68.8355 GBP
3,659 68.8526 GBP
200 69.0198 GBP
21,192 69.0663 GBP
41,563 69.2492 GBP
5,583 69.5449 GBP
5,948 69.5553 GBP
672 93.0895 GBP
Increase Short 21 68.0897 GBP
19,741 68.2600 GBP
123 68.2668 GBP
85,769 68.3273 GBP
50,000 68.4055 GBP
207 68.4111 GBP
2,915 68.4116 GBP
3,572 68.5497 GBP
265 68.6660 GBP
1,248 68.9733 GBP
498 69.1137 GBP
281 69.2995 GBP
Opening a long position 3,871 67.8656 GBP
291 67.8880 GBP
2,904 68.0492 GBP
41,218 68.1650 GBP
25,000 68.3257 GBP
25,000 68.7144 GBP
7,220 68.8532 GBP
531 68.8874 GBP
45 68.8879 GBP
2,868 68.9505 GBP
Opening a short position 877 68.2855 GBP
29,016 68.3928 GBP
269 68.6521 GBP
2,168 68.6717 GBP
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 4,188 109.8834 AUD
943 110.0375 AUD
54,221 157.2577 AUD
5,906 157.5340 AUD
210 157.5363 AUD
317 157.5406 AUD
399 157.6289 AUD
607 157.7123 AUD
47 157.9671 AUD
4,121 159.3748 AUD
Opening a short position 4,555 80.5709 AUD
4,121 156.8942 AUD
4,900 157.1457 AUD
106 157.1489 AUD
6,830 157.2353 AUD
13,661 157.2374 AUD
134 157.6637 AUD
8,411 157.6998 AUD
16,738 158.0928 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: 06 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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