REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Rio Tinto - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited
27/01/2026 11:45
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RNS Number : 5731Q JPMorgan Securities Plc 27 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: 26 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
10p ordinary Purchase 430,234 67.4400 GBP 66.0400 GBP
322 77.3700 EUR 76.4200 EUR
Sale 588,871 67.3900 GBP 66.0400 GBP
372 77.3700 EUR 76.4200 EUR
(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 6 66.3267 GBP
225 66.6735 GBP
3,674 66.7086 GBP
24,768 66.7603 GBP
756 66.7617 GBP
7,174 66.7704 GBP
12,527 66.8023 GBP
543 66.8505 GBP
685 66.8739 GBP
1,224 66.8866 GBP
37,500 66.8963 GBP
700 66.9333 GBP
429 66.9629 GBP
27,000 67.0001 GBP
52 67.0167 GBP
2,087 67.0788 GBP
12,500 67.1358 GBP
4,943 67.1664 GBP
Decrease Short 4,850 66.0400 GBP
60 66.2347 GBP
30,000 66.3241 GBP
29,260 66.4320 GBP
75,000 66.6502 GBP
135 66.7490 GBP
4,318 66.7600 GBP
15,283 66.7774 GBP
314 66.7961 GBP
1,587 66.8115 GBP
88 66.8288 GBP
371 66.8449 GBP
109,531 66.9382 GBP
25,000 66.9488 GBP
26,806 66.9727 GBP
438 67.0051 GBP
4,457 67.0269 GBP
442 67.0776 GBP
1,172 67.0925 GBP
3,902 67.2630 GBP
3,908 67.2691 GBP
Increase Long 33 66.3503 GBP
300 66.4774 GBP
2,268 66.6705 GBP
1,960 66.7132 GBP
314 66.7517 GBP
38 66.7570 GBP
1,856 66.7600 GBP
505 66.8512 GBP
1,927 66.9015 GBP
21,237 66.9314 GBP
164 66.9383 GBP
2,709 66.9687 GBP
161 67.0550 GBP
50 76.7712 EUR
Increase Short 447 66.0531 GBP
3,112 66.2782 GBP
61 66.3507 GBP
452 66.3781 GBP
361 66.4103 GBP
1,254 66.6419 GBP
143 66.6903 GBP
454 66.7172 GBP
708 66.7266 GBP
5,860 66.8785 GBP
128 67.0367 GBP
Opening a long position 232 66.7600 GBP
1,685 66.9380 GBP
130 67.0580 GBP
153 67.1792 GBP
Opening a short position 1,822 66.6514 GBP
20,600 66.8101 GBP
378 66.8142 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 23,662 148.6428 AUD
Opening a short position 207 148.2454 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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