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

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RNS Number : 2748P  UBS AG (EPT)  16 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:                                                                15 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               750604                      149.03266 AUD                         121.68720 AUD

 Ordinary                    Sell              728929                      146.56445 AUD                         121.68720 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                                                                           25000                           99.113496        USD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           16                              147.310625        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           61142                           148.041692        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           148                             148.610036        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           120541                          148.360635        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           53                              148.343679        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           173                             149.032659        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           56140                           147.685861        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           263                             147.2        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           7                               148.114286        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           535                             147.315271028037        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           27073                           148.342475        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           4840                            148.121645        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           24957                           148.22398        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2452                            147.891737        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          962                             148.446066        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          166                             147.682289        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          141                             147.2        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          10                              147.918        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          9387                            147.552908        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          47653                           147.8920216        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          3123                            147.386304835094        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          6514                            147.383685907277        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1194                            148.219489112228        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          4899                            148.051647175273        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          558                             147.473118        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          93268                           148.10971        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          5200                            73.596232        GBP

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          887                             147.867565        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          3571                            98.618535        USD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          54033                           147.97856        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2                               147.39        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          26367                           147.224367        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          7362                            148.178183917414        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          3000                            147.696077        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1763                            148.702853        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          13215                           148.378971        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          113770                          148.2054        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          988                             147.821812        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          20749                           148.33829        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:  16 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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