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REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Rio Tinto - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited Amend

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RNS Number : 6087Q  JPMorgan Securities Plc  27 January 2026

AMENDMENT

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 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:                                                    23 January 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

 ADR                         Purchase          948,603                     89.1200 USD                           89.1200 USD
                             Sale              632,402                     89.1200 USD                           89.1200 USD

 

 

 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          493,319                     66.0400 GBP                           64.6000 GBP
                                               596                         76.0400 EUR                           75.7087 EUR
                             Sale              507,122                     65.9745 GBP                           64.6800 GBP
                                               232                         75.8267 EUR                           75.7087 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          26,458                      148.7200 AUD                          148.7200 AUD
                             Sale              24,833                      149.0781 AUD                          149.0781 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

 

 

 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                                                                  3,679                           64.8600 GBP
                                                                                                                                 161                             65.2249 GBP
                                                                                                                                 43                              65.3618 GBP
                                                                                                                                 900                             65.4763 GBP
                                                                                                                                 840                             65.4790 GBP
                                                                                                                                 401                             65.6001 GBP
                                                                                                                                 284                             65.6488 GBP
                                                                                                                                 127                             65.6813 GBP
                                                                                                                                 107                             65.7026 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23,757                          65.7141 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,326                           65.7412 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,859                           65.7427 GBP
                                                                                                                                 81                              65.7578 GBP
                                                                                                                                 27                              65.7630 GBP
                                                                                                                                 32                              65.7634 GBP
                                                                                                                                 221                             65.8241 GBP
                                                                                                                                 364                             76.0400 EUR
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 5,000                           64.5905 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,000                           64.6309 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,500                           64.6506 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,084                           64.6937 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8                               65.2290 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7                               65.3690 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,058                           65.4344 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,180                           65.5233 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,557                           65.5818 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,168                           65.5997 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23,126                          65.6420 GBP
                                                                                                                                 78                              65.6635 GBP
                                                                                                                                 46,581                          65.6958 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,053                           65.7043 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,158                           65.7113 GBP
                                                                                                                                 359                             65.7202 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,642                           65.7250 GBP
                                                                                                                                 722                             65.7313 GBP
                                                                                                                                 301                             65.7325 GBP
                                                                                                                                 294                             65.7525 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,544                          65.8027 GBP
                                                                                                                                 87                              65.8454 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,240                           65.9656 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  16,281                          65.5966 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,283                           65.6275 GBP
                                                                                                                                 25,000                          65.6291 GBP
                                                                                                                                 86                              65.6827 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17,000                          65.7059 GBP
                                                                                                                                 837                             65.7247 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,659                           65.7333 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,256                           65.7428 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,231                           65.7570 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 1,043                           64.6743 GBP
                                                                                                                                 41                              64.7399 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,215                           64.9851 GBP
                                                                                                                                 597                             65.1326 GBP
                                                                                                                                 78,349                          65.1500 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               65.3562 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,991                           65.4072 GBP
                                                                                                                                 264                             65.4131 GBP
                                                                                                                                 241                             65.5101 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,302                           65.6303 GBP
                                                                                                                                 150                             65.6333 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28                              65.6566 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23                              65.6770 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16                              65.7041 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,222                           65.7597 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               65.7649 GBP
                                                                                                                                 22                              65.7666 GBP
                                                                                                                                 18                              65.7810 GBP
                                                                                                                                 27                              65.8910 GBP
                                                                                                                                 131                             65.9329 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        2,131                           65.6758 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,373                           65.7599 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,540                           65.7840 GBP
                                                                                                                                 619                             65.7901 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       42                              64.9170 GBP
                                                                                                                                 290                             65.0690 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,600                           65.2726 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,791                          65.7600 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                                                        66                              148.2382 AUD
                                                                                                                                 240                             148.2488 AUD
                                                                                                                                 176                             148.2620 AUD
                                                                                                                                 9,956                           148.3646 AUD
                                                                                                                                 74,737                          148.8623 AUD
                                                                                                                                 68                              149.9821 AUD
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       18,647                          101.7281 AUD
                                                                                                                                 10,506                          148.3700 AUD
                                                                                                                                 12,000                          148.4067 AUD
                                                                                                                                 285                             148.5266 AUD
                                                                                                                                 2,367                           148.5416 AUD
                                                                                                                                 25,068                          149.0244 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:  27 January 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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