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J.P. Morgan Securities Plc, an exempt principal trader and corporate broker to Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited, submitted a Form 8.5 public dealing disclosure on 04 February 2026 for dealings undertaken on 28 January 2026. The disclosure reported dealings in securities of Rio Tinto plc/Limited and Glencore plc, including the purchase of 774,621 10p ordinary shares (GBP), 150 10p ordinary shares (EUR), and 34,321 ordinary shares (AUD), alongside the sale of 844,935 10p ordinary shares (GBP), 442 10p ordinary shares (EUR), and 34,293 ordinary shares (AUD). Additionally, the firm engaged in various cash-settled equity swap transactions across 10p ordinary and ordinary shares in GBP, EUR, and AUD, involving opening, increasing, and decreasing long and short positions.
| Date | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Time | 17:30:05 |
| Category | Holding(s) in company |
| ID | 7723R |
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
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader: |
J.P. Morgan Securities Plc |
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(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 |
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(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 |
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: |
28 January 2026 |
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(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
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Class of relevant security |
Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities |
Highest price per unit paid/received |
Lowest price per unit paid/received |
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
774,621 |
67.7400 GBP |
67.0400 GBP |
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|
150 |
77.9900 EUR |
77.4650 EUR |
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Sale |
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442 |
77.9900 EUR |
77.4650 EUR |
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Class of relevant security |
Purchases/ sales
|
Total number of securities |
Highest price per unit paid/received |
Lowest price per unit paid/received |
|
Ordinary |
Purchase |
34,321 |
156.1505 AUD |
153.8611 AUD |
Sale |
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|
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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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 |
663 |
67.1550 GBP |
|
|
|
4,165 |
67.2509 GBP |
|
|
|
|
2,055 |
67.3527 GBP |
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|
|
|
198 |
67.4290 GBP |
|
|
|
|
357 |
67.4656 GBP |
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|
|
|
76 |
67.4807 GBP |
|
|
|
|
1,428 |
67.4940 GBP |
|
|
|
|
772 |
67.5097 GBP |
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|
|
|
55,265 |
67.5100 GBP |
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|
|
154 |
67.5114 GBP |
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|
|
|
1,783 |
67.5130 GBP |
|
|
|
|
15 |
67.5133 GBP |
|
|
|
|
6,855 |
67.6112 GBP |
|
|
|
|
21 |
67.6305 GBP |
|
|
|
|
782 |
92.8079 GBP |
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|
4,405 |
67.2129 GBP |
|
|
|
|
1,803 |
67.2162 GBP |
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|
|
|
1,538 |
67.2801 GBP |
|
|
|
|
102 |
67.2802 GBP |
|
|
|
|
227 |
67.2953 GBP |
|
|
|
|
1,780 |
67.3035 GBP |
|
|
|
|
779 |
67.3869 GBP |
|
|
|
|
1,357 |
67.3928 GBP |
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|
|
|
132 |
67.4233 GBP |
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|
|
|
133 |
67.4958 GBP |
|
|
|
|
138 |
67.5033 GBP |
|
|
|
|
111,415 |
67.5201 GBP |
|
|
|
|
10,924 |
67.5489 GBP |
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|
|
|
315 |
67.5499 GBP |
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|
|
|
95 41,844 9,855 |
67.5582 GBP 92.8366 GBP TBD |
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|
|
60,649 |
67.3579 GBP |
|
|
|
|
697 |
67.3646 GBP |
|
|
|
|
2,369 |
67.4026 GBP |
|
|
|
|
6,060 |
67.4047 GBP |
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|
|
|
2,382 |
67.4155 GBP |
|
|
|
|
2,660 |
67.4440 GBP |
|
|
|
|
300 |
67.4809 GBP |
|
|
|
|
10,011 |
67.4880 GBP |
|
|
|
|
2,459 |
67.4942 GBP |
|
|
|
|
8 |
67.5016 GBP |
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|
|
|
912 |
67.5024 GBP |
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|
|
|
74 |
67.5070 GBP |
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|
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97,771 |
67.1100 GBP |
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|
|
299 |
67.1244 GBP |
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|
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97,771 |
67.1436 GBP |
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|
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|
18 |
67.2510 GBP |
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|
|
|
1,349 |
67.2728 GBP |
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|
|
|
200 |
67.3208 GBP |
|
|
|
|
988 |
67.3491 GBP |
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|
|
|
575 |
67.3822 GBP |
|
|
|
|
477 |
67.3886 GBP |
|
|
|
|
6,857 |
67.3901 GBP |
|
|
|
|
350 |
67.4111 GBP |
|
|
|
|
2,145 |
67.4428 GBP |
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|
|
|
152 |
67.5201 GBP |
|
|
|
|
391 |
67.5661 GBP |
|
|
|
|
1,754 |
67.5676 GBP |
|
|
|
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2,149 |
67.6317 GBP |
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|
917 |
67.2592 GBP |
|
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|
|
19,681 |
67.2909 GBP |
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|
6 |
67.3733 GBP |
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|
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7,387 |
67.5517 GBP |
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393 292 |
67.6059 GBP 77.9900 EUR |
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3,825 |
67.1076 GBP |
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|
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2,196 |
67.1711 GBP |
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12,500 |
67.2006 GBP |
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|
116 |
67.2712 GBP |
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|
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12,500 |
67.3116 GBP |
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12,500 |
67.3422 GBP |
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|
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32,500 |
67.3593 GBP |
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|
|
|
20,746 |
67.5100 GBP |
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|
|
|
30,000 |
67.5310 GBP |
|
|
|
|
1,549 |
67.6966 GBP |
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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 |
577 |
107.1508 AUD |
|
|
|
84 |
152.7933 AUD |
|
|
|
|
21 |
152.7934 AUD |
|
|
|
|
110,652 |
152.8770 AUD |
|
|
|
|
4,260 |
152.9561 AUD |
|
|
|
|
8,194 |
153.4550 AUD |
|
|
|
|
322 |
153.6557 AUD |
|
|
|
|
159 |
154.2397 AUD |
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|
33 |
154.8015 AUD |
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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3,739 |
77.6442 AUD |
|
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|
|
5,457 |
78.2479 AUD |
|
|
|
|
7,821 |
107.9078 AUD |
|
|
|
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25,179 |
107.9079 AUD |
|
|
|
|
3,598 |
153.0601 AUD |
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21 |
153.1533 AUD |
|
|
|
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39,362 |
153.2590 AUD |
|
|
|
|
4,664 |
153.2891 AUD |
|
|
|
|
4,664 |
153.2917 AUD |
|
|
|
|
51 |
153.6338 AUD |
|
|
|
|
99 |
154.8665 AUD |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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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 |
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(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" |
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None
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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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" |
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None
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Date of disclosure: |
04 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.