22nd Jan 2026 16:42
AMENDMENT
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: | J.P. Morgan Securities Plc |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Corporate Broker to Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 16 January 2026 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | Yes, Glencore plc |
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 | Purchase | 20,340
| 148.1600 AUD | 148.1600 AUD |
| Sale | 21,385 | 148.4129 AUD | 148.1600 AUD |
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,402,299 | 64.0300 GBP | 62.9600 GBP |
987 | 73.3475 EUR | 73.1633 EUR | ||
Sale | 1,531,825 | 64.0028 GBP | 62.9600 GBP | |
991 | 73.3475 EUR | 73.1633 EUR |
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
ADR | Purchase | 50,000 | 85.2000 USD | 85.2000 USD |
| Sale | 100,000 | 85.2000 USD | 85.2000 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
Ordinary
| Equity Swap | Opening a long position
Opening a short position | 2,826 2,773 7,565 463 2,013 27,572 54 1,091 273
20,340 149 1,118 3,525 10 192 17,058 163 7,564 | 99.4873 AUD 147.8711 AUD 148.0174 AUD 148.0444 AUD 148.1463 AUD 148.1857 AUD 148.2322 AUD 148.3437 AUD 148.4652 AUD
73.5743 AUD 99.4348 AUD 99.4739 AUD 147.8887 AUD 148.0400 AUD 148.0653 AUD 148.1315 AUD 148.2704 AUD 148.2722 AUD |
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
Ordinary
| Equity Swap | Decrease Long
Decrease Short
Increase Long
Increase Short
Opening a long position
Opening a short position | 67 14 284 26 16,891 1,444 8,666 144 3,918 26 30,028 7,067 1,407
480 2,133 1,232 3,764 1,591 49 82 36 14 21 956 1,246 4,958 2,660 206 30,451 458 17 21,337 6,530 191 3,361 8,888 4,126
5,860 53 483 436 10,946 3 35,200 2,227 16 121,050 2,280 581
441 1,955 19 518 1,476 12 814 6,938 1,095 11 402 345 1,466 1,699 949 2,044
506 385 24,240 649 4
200 24 306 24,601 | 63.0156 GBP 63.0463 GBP 63.0579 GBP 63.1206 GBP 63.2987 GBP 63.3515 GBP 63.4374 GBP 63.4729 GBP 63.4737 GBP 63.4933 GBP 63.5376 GBP 63.5691 GBP 85.0062 GBP
63.1698 GBP 63.2936 GBP 63.3102 GBP 63.3132 GBP 63.3379 GBP 63.3514 GBP 63.3834 GBP 63.3835 GBP 63.3846 GBP 63.3847 GBP 63.3868 GBP 63.3871 GBP 63.3911 GBP 63.4183 GBP 63.4303 GBP 63.4318 GBP 63.4564 GBP 63.4688 GBP 63.5485 GBP 63.5502 GBP 63.5737 GBP 63.8219 GBP 126.8547 GBP 126.8925 GBP
63.3604 GBP 63.4123 GBP 63.4230 GBP 63.4380 GBP 63.4466 GBP 63.4471 GBP 63.4479 GBP 63.4481 GBP 63.4621 GBP 63.4674 GBP 63.4695 GBP 63.6752 GBP
63.2294 GBP 63.2477 GBP 63.2984 GBP 63.3260 GBP 63.3573 GBP 63.3763 GBP 63.3772 GBP 63.3810 GBP 63.4070 GBP 63.4264 GBP 63.4694 GBP 63.4944 GBP 63.4945 GBP 63.6511 GBP 63.6846 GBP 63.7623 GBP
63.4025 GBP 63.4567 GBP 63.4653 GBP 63.4668 GBP 73.2563 EUR
63.3510 GBP 63.4619 GBP 63.4698 GBP 63.4700 GBP |
(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 e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
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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
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(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
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| Date of disclosure: | 22 January 2026 |
| Contact name: | Hetvi Shah |
| Telephone number: | 44 2034 936359 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
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.
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