REG - UBS AG (EPT) Rio Tinto - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto Limited

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RNS Number : 7253O  UBS AG (EPT)  13 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:                                                        UBS Investment Bank, London
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form              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                    Rio Tinto plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                12 January 2026
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    YES
 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                    Buy               1083810                     142.75000 AUD                         141.12000 AUD

 Ordinary                    Sell              1068649                     142.60222 AUD                         141.686609 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
 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           3095                            141.474959612278        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           18                              142.460555555556        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           862                             142.446531322506        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           10472                           142.4393210466        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           14013                           141.445430671519        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           4868                            141.882656        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           17                              142.370588        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           198                             142.316934        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           33395                           142.081717        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           58                              142.463448        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           107                             142.151121        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           28739                           141.943638609618        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           619                             142.552132        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           29487                           142.076789        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           102838                          142.149553        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           17030                           142.278636        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           5                               142.203        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          8198                            142.292645        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          53202                           70.962972        GBP

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          131                             142.443074        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2778                            142.455526        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          179669                          142.178998        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          6                               142.273333        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          7718                            142.43        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          562                             142.602224        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2992                            141.899054        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          15000                           142.31315        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          950                             142.342663        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          13975                           141.913913        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          90750                           142.054855        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          14324                           141.913419        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          105820                          141.935535        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          62943                           142.257014        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          5566                            142.024394400636        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          309                             142.158867        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          160049                          142.272085        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:  13 January 2026
 Contact name:        Richard Howard
 Telephone number:    +44 (0)207 568 9128

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk (mailto:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk)

 

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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