REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Rio Tinto - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited
19/01/2026 11:30
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RNS Number : 4517P JPMorgan Securities Plc 19 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: 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: 16 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
Ordinary
Sale 1,045 148.4129 AUD 148.4129 AUD
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 1,389,722 64.0300 GBP 62.9600 GBP
987 73.3475 EUR 73.1633 EUR
Sale 1,518,811 64.0028 GBP 62.9600 GBP
991 73.3475 EUR 73.1633 EUR
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
ADR Purchase 50,000 85.2000 USD 85.2000 USD
Sale 100,000 85.2000 USD 85.2000 USD
(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
Ordinary Equity Swap Opening a long position 2,826 99.4873 AUD
10p Ordinary
2,773 147.8711 AUD
7,565 148.0174 AUD
463 148.0444 AUD
2,013 148.1463 AUD
27,572 148.1857 AUD
54 148.2322 AUD
1,091 148.3437 AUD
273 148.4652 AUD
Opening a short position 1,118 99.4739 AUD
3,525 147.8887 AUD
10 148.0400 AUD
192 148.0653 AUD
17,058 148.1315 AUD
163 148.2704 AUD
7,564 148.2722 AUD
Equity Swap 63.0156 GBP
Decrease Long 67
14 63.0463 GBP
284 63.0579 GBP
26 63.1206 GBP
16,891 63.2987 GBP
1,444 63.3515 GBP
8,666 63.4374 GBP
144 63.4729 GBP
3,918 63.4737 GBP
26 63.4933 GBP
30,028 63.5376 GBP
7,067 63.5691 GBP
1,407 85.0062 GBP
Decrease Short 480 63.1698 GBP
2,133 63.2936 GBP
1,232 63.3102 GBP
3,764 63.3132 GBP
1,591 63.3379 GBP
49 63.3514 GBP
82 63.3834 GBP
36 63.3835 GBP
14 63.3846 GBP
21 63.3847 GBP
956 63.3868 GBP
1,246 63.3871 GBP
4,958 63.3911 GBP
2,660 63.4183 GBP
206 63.4303 GBP
30,451 63.4318 GBP
458 63.4564 GBP
17 63.4688 GBP
21,337 63.5485 GBP
6,530 63.5502 GBP
191 63.5737 GBP
3,361 63.8219 GBP
Increase Long 5,860 63.3604 GBP
53 63.4123 GBP
483 63.4230 GBP
436 63.4380 GBP
10,946 63.4466 GBP
3 63.4471 GBP
35,200 63.4479 GBP
2,227 63.4481 GBP
16 63.4621 GBP
121,050 63.4674 GBP
2,280 63.4695 GBP
581 63.6752 GBP
4 73.2563 EUR
Increase Short 441 63.2294 GBP
1,955 63.2477 GBP
19 63.2984 GBP
518 63.3260 GBP
1,476 63.3573 GBP
12 63.3763 GBP
814 63.3772 GBP
6,938 63.3810 GBP
1,095 63.4070 GBP
11 63.4264 GBP
402 63.4694 GBP
345 63.4944 GBP
1,466 63.4945 GBP
1,699 63.6511 GBP
949 63.6846 GBP
2,044 63.7623 GBP
Opening a long position 506 63.4025 GBP
385 63.4567 GBP
24,240 63.4653 GBP
649 63.4668 GBP
Opening a short position 200 63.3510 GBP
24 63.4619 GBP
306 63.4698 GBP
24,601 63.4700 GBP
(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: 19 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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