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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Rio Tinto plc and Limited Amend

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 9572R
JPMorgan Securities Plc
05 February 2026
 

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:

03 February 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

10p ordinary

Purchase

765,799

70.3832 GBP

68.5000 GBP


198

81.4363 EUR

80.4200 EUR


Sale


1,110,908


70.3800 GBP


68.4000 GBP


198

81.4363 EUR

80.4200 EUR

 



Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

Ordinary

Purchase

12,359

152.8700 AUD

152.8700 AUD


Sale


-


-


-

 

(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

10p ordinary

Equity Swap

Decrease Long

54

68.5507 GBP



2,240

68.6484 GBP



15,000

69.1998 GBP



5,000

69.2786 GBP



158

69.2952 GBP



116

69.3444 GBP



4,884

69.3445 GBP



1,121

69.5592 GBP



784

69.6596 GBP



7,239

69.6876 GBP



10,000

69.7338 GBP



111

69.8431 GBP



26,069

69.9306 GBP



3,686

70.0387 GBP



82

70.1852 GBP



372

70.2322 GBP



1,520

70.2349 GBP



1,520

70.2359 GBP



55

70.3815 GBP



1

70.3832 GBP

 


Decrease Short


126


68.8186 GBP



23,796

69.2727 GBP



6,538

69.2927 GBP



10,099

69.3261 GBP



13,758

69.4196 GBP



599

69.4292 GBP



720

69.4475 GBP



980

69.4478 GBP



592

69.4710 GBP



1,978

69.5024 GBP



2,829

69.5059 GBP



352

69.5077 GBP



586

69.5078 GBP



266

69.5324 GBP



695

69.5817 GBP



61

69.6479 GBP



1,087

69.6547 GBP



7,150

69.7110 GBP



190

69.7686 GBP



11

69.8391 GBP



42

69.9251 GBP



32

69.9690 GBP



27,000

69.9775 GBP



10,608

70.0548 GBP



5,266

70.0551 GBP



80,000

70.1703 GBP



80,000

70.1771 GBP



77,000

70.2039 GBP



21,130

70.2355 GBP



1,090

70.3744 GBP



5,025

70.3800 GBP

 


Increase Long


1,732


69.3518 GBP



11,894

69.4055 GBP



10,321

69.4737 GBP



58,100

69.5772 GBP



5,355

69.5837 GBP



9,099

69.7447 GBP



1,439

69.7807 GBP



5,030

69.7861 GBP



1,644

69.7907 GBP



1,423

70.1625 GBP



1,495

70.2656 GBP



2,434

70.2884 GBP



11,834

70.3223 GBP



166

70.3659 GBP



34

70.3712 GBP

 


Increase Short


26


68.5051 GBP



858

69.2065 GBP



801

69.2957 GBP



9,936

69.5849 GBP



295

69.7486 GBP



5,096

69.8360 GBP



845

69.8714 GBP



645

69.9046 GBP



1,674

70.1266 GBP



45

70.1971 GBP



7

70.2720 GBP



4,096

70.3800 GBP



1,910

70.3856 GBP

 


Opening a long position


2,192


69.5190 GBP



3

70.1833 GBP



1,127

70.3800 GBP

 


Opening a short position


3,368


69.1184 GBP

 

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

9,150

152.8197 AUD



516

153.0250 AUD



660

153.0409 AUD



1,990

153.6070 AUD



4,922

153.7069 AUD



65,344

154.3190 AUD





Opening a short position


7,137


107.2007 AUD



3,258

152.9140 AUD



18

153.0720 AUD



9,340

153.1081 AUD



31,751

153.1409 AUD



17,744

153.1452 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

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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

05 February 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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