REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Rio Tinto - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited
02/02/2026 11:30
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RNS Number : 3371R JPMorgan Securities Plc 02 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: 30 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 519,412 67.8200 GBP 66.4214 GBP
831 77.8428 EUR 77.6558 EUR
Sale 749,149 67.8000 GBP 66.4450 GBP
1,343 77.8002 EUR 77.1300 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 37,707 151.5500 AUD 151.5500 AUD
Sale 47,277 152.1500 AUD 151.5500 AUD
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
ADR Purchase 342 92.2600 USD 92.2600 USD
Sale 342 92.2600 USD 92.2600 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
10p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 1,601 66.7457 GBP
281 66.7774 GBP
1,091 66.9035 GBP
809 66.9037 GBP
19,086 67.0530 GBP
4,213 67.1403 GBP
2,392 67.1881 GBP
335 67.2308 GBP
822 67.2797 GBP
119 67.2867 GBP
1,830 67.3434 GBP
18 67.3833 GBP
44 67.3884 GBP
4,599 67.3901 GBP
1,155 67.4089 GBP
16 67.4419 GBP
103 67.4987 GBP
61 67.5357 GBP
Decrease Short 372 66.6261 GBP
1,182 66.6316 GBP
1,035 66.6778 GBP
101 66.6815 GBP
4 66.7080 GBP
13 66.7422 GBP
47 66.7424 GBP
21 66.7426 GBP
1,457 66.8083 GBP
2,131 66.8316 GBP
6,582 66.8462 GBP
1,311 66.8998 GBP
10,373 66.9178 GBP
873 67.1088 GBP
78,990 67.1324 GBP
23,761 67.1627 GBP
23 67.2255 GBP
5 67.2433 GBP
37,498 67.3022 GBP
37,487 67.3068 GBP
730 67.3339 GBP
860 67.3746 GBP
65,957 67.3800 GBP
16 67.4111 GBP
850 67.4238 GBP
16,910 67.5598 GBP
Increase Long 1 66.5500 GBP
5,800 66.8036 GBP
559 66.8854 GBP
7,382 67.0192 GBP
918 67.1701 GBP
807 67.1929 GBP
4,470 67.2778 GBP
3,272 67.3379 GBP
3,187 67.3457 GBP
32,300 67.3594 GBP
417 67.3700 GBP
137 67.3770 GBP
76,620 67.3774 GBP
749 67.4017 GBP
601 67.4068 GBP
29,586 67.4406 GBP
213 67.6992 GBP
1 77.1261 EUR
511 77.7400 EUR
Increase Short 6,384 66.5058 GBP
88 66.5320 GBP
1,001 66.6860 GBP
32 66.7150 GBP
27,961 66.7796 GBP
385 67.2675 GBP
271 67.3068 GBP
1,191 67.3758 GBP
873 67.3772 GBP
20,000 67.3800 GBP
30,312 67.3936 GBP
2,519 67.4023 GBP
204 67.4197 GBP
1,551 67.6345 GBP
240 67.7150 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 1 151.9750 AUD
141 153.1031 AUD
139,073 153.9460 AUD
91 155.7623 AUD
561 156.6973 AUD
Opening a short position 8,201 77.5729 AUD
6,344 79.2764 AUD
2,387 80.3607 AUD
969 151.7215 AUD
7,102 151.7773 AUD
39,245 152.1757 AUD
28,191 152.3742 AUD
930 153.0731 AUD
1,300 154.1629 AUD
76 155.1805 AUD
58 157.8785 AUD
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
(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: 02 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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