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

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RNS Number : 9074O  UBS AG (EPT)  14 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:                                                                13 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               741272                      146.60000 AUD                         121.59300 AUD

 Ordinary                    Sell              740774                      146.56445 AUD                         121.59300 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                                                                           34262                           146.159501        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           2507                            143.27        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           25445                           146.081273        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           17403                           145.702351        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           3000                            145.702453        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           28                              146.121964        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           147                             145.779523809524        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           10524                           146.027253        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           492                             145.781098        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           56233                           145.947939        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           59718                           145.782198        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           20257                           145.870797255314        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           8404                            145.53        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           1443                            143.50675        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           5213                            146.5644466        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           1420                            146.052261692113        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           55683                           146.024171        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          51841                           145.895913        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          30332                           145.965335        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          350                             146.412886        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          42676                           145.772989        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          207                             145.53        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          35640                           145.737776        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          50000                           72.653841        GBP

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          310                             145.813516        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          52                              145.76        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          36858                           145.739942        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          34                              146.067058823529        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1473                            145.812478        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          657                             145.766834094368        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          200                             145.716438        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          5                               145.764        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          380                             145.693658        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1063                            146.040898        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2671                            145.849131        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          44                              146.059484966818        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          70665                           145.809746        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2507                            145.605644        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1083                            146.43162        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:  14 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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