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

Rio TintoAnnouncement

15/01/2026 12:00

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RNS Number : 0965P  UBS AG (EPT)  15 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:                                                                14 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               406751                      147.68333 AUD                         146.65594 AUD

 Ordinary                    Sell              330476                      146.56445 AUD                         98.27381 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                    CFD                  Long                                                                           12197                           146.965525        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           29111                           147.01973        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           9                               146.692222        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           21                              146.969286        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           531                             146.714765        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           60000                           98.273807        USD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           155                             146.756194        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           1477                            147.16264        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           38386                           146.770448        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           29049                           146.720185        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           1000                            147.235422        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           49812                           147.081481        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1384                            146.644682080925        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          17312                           147.09289        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          171                             146.66        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          15788                           146.748924        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1177                            146.706595        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          483                             146.701594        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          5                               146.924        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          325                             146.655938        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          28075                           146.719967        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2555                            146.898086105675        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          160                             146.99517548125        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          10400                           147.683331        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          511                             146.656967        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1268                            147.279448        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          47289                           146.777136        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          3094                            146.858184        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          15                              146.669333333333        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          27112                           147.060284        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:  15 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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