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RNS Number : 4602P  UBS AG (EPT)  19 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:                                                                16 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               603863                      148.48000 AUD                         143.18060 AUD

 Ordinary                    Sell              604873                      148.48000 AUD                         143.18060 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                                                                           11000                           147.974464        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           11230                           148.25        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           12000                           148.009314        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           414                             148.21164251        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           12000                           148.130071        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           78245                           148.201026        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           41285                           148.174383        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           384                             147.850443        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           46000                           148.2516        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           2719                            148.25159985        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           12394                           148.142293        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           31719                           148.146639        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           6935                            148.214977649603        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           10523                           148.311856        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           5035                            148.0333        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Long                                                                           36544                           148.234561        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2605                            148.121447216891        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1482                            148.119973009447        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          83                              148.130361445783        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          139                             148.021043        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          4420                            147.959416728371        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          21613                           148.237633        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          2932                            148.125978854025        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          835                             148.397545        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          510                             148.146529        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          3837                            148.16976        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          152                             148.039079        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1289                            147.878332        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          3626                            148.199124        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          13981                           148.160875        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          526                             148.25        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1686                            99.290809        USD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          21217                           148.14766        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          27537                           148.123766        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1883                            148.115613        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          499                             147.925331        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          7500                            148.48        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          1069                            148.215622        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          74729                           148.148569        AUD

 Ordinary                    CFD                  Short                                                                          16849                           148.064782        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:  19 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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