REG - UBS AG (EPT) Rio Tinto - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rio Tinto plc
16/01/2026 12:00
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RNS Number : 2750P 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 plc
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
10p ordinary Buy 1247319 64.64000 GBP 62.65000 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 1008701 64.68000 GBP 62.65000 GBP
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
ADR Buy 63099 86.54000 USD 85.98029 USD
ADR Sell 44186 86.54000 USD 85.99162 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 CFD Long 25 74.48698 EUR
10p ordinary CFD Long 50000 62.87 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 791 64.6754740834387 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 330880 64.68 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 326 64.47 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 600 63.38575 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 55056 63.065019503 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 65844 0.0 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 20000 64.140299 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2329 62.69432374 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 16182 63.86137622 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 423 64.305659434279 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 6100 62.8697439232 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 18400 62.7613394017 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2845 62.69432337 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 547 62.69431444 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 300 64.4998 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 45 64.6787 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 1486 62.69432032 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 26 62.69423077 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 975 62.892831 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 424 64.47403302 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 231 64.080043 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 151 64.460132 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 31209 63.6294354192701 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 10 74.62 EUR
10p ordinary CFD Short 28 64.3100038461982 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 6 62.81 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 670 64.237403 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 230 74.35172217 EUR
10p ordinary CFD Short 55 64.3074583915005 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 112 74.5455571446429 EUR
10p ordinary CFD Short 212271 64.68 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 166 63.7640815891566 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 371 73.9 EUR
10p ordinary CFD Short 12 74.49716667 EUR
10p ordinary CFD Short 211 64.237393 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 180 64.38039996 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 1 64.56 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 240 64.6754166666667 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 74 64.39019998 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 310 63.633194 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 256 64.237422 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 65844 0.0 AUD
10p ordinary CFD Short 600000 62.91 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 9518 63.222008 GBP
ADR CFD Long 973 86.4346 USD
ADR CFD Short 494 86.395881 USD
ADR CFD Short 20000 85.9918759594 USD
ADR CFD Short 9 86.54 USD
(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.
10p ordinary Call Purchasing 9767 69.887 GBP European 16 April 2026 1.0672 GBP
(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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