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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 relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Rio Tinto plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Rio Tinto plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 13 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
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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
| 307370 | 62.46000 GBP | 61.24355 GBP |
10p ordinary | Sell
| 430737 | 62.46517 GBP | 61.24355 GBP |
(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 | CFD
| Long | 20000 | 61.660521 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 8 | 70.98691265 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 292 | 62.0296459150685 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 708 | 61.82330712 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 174 | 61.708 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 842 | 61.9545 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 259 | 62.1314 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1003 | 61.555 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 2701 | 61.5549981488338 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 34 | 61.573103 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 33 | 61.563843 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1 | 61.554292 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 802 | 71.457855 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 71 | 61.68 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 24 | 61.655 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 43 | 61.575 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 103 | 61.705 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 92 | 61.675 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 59 | 61.565085 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 38 | 61.59 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 28 | 61.85 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 66 | 62.41 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 67 | 62.45 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 31 | 62.435 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 25 | 62.2352 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 11058 | 61.989369 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 42 | 62.37 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 22 | 62.145 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 25 | 62.275 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 31 | 61.605 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 77 | 61.735065 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 38 | 61.74 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 84 | 61.8 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 34 | 61.69 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 34 | 61.76 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 37 | 61.63 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 91 | 61.57 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 190 | 61.815 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1032 | 62.01093 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 35 | 61.603647 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 48325 | 62.14057 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 78 | 71.90089744 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 3205 | 61.4864520082215 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 17667 | 61.6912056376295 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 13433 | 62.1443497357254 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 2701 | 61.5549981488338 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 328 | 61.8937 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 100 | 61.94 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 185 | 71.86291892 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 1181 | 62.055123 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 11202 | 61.8521331 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 6112 | 61.4865892283966 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 9 | 71.86555556 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 292 | 62.14 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 636 | 71.565833335 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 441 | 62.07134583 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 200 | 62.133 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 10 | 71.892 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 147 | 62.09950005 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 697 | 71.386284 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 63 | 61.99239976 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 382 | 62.100932 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 354 | 62.05206215 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 286 | 61.948357 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 72 | 61.905972 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 292 | 71.88106164 EUR |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 103 | 71.71089638 EUR |
(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 |
10p ordinary | Call | Purchasing | 6146 | 67.13 GBP | European | 10 February 2026 | 0.39148 GBP |
10p ordinary | Call | Selling | 6146 | 67.13 GBP | European | 10 February 2026 | 0.39148 GBP |
10p ordinary | Call | Purchasing | 6146 | 67.13 GBP | European | 10 February 2026 | 0.39148 GBP |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(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 |
| Date of disclosure: | 14 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
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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