Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

RNS Number : 8182M

Barclays PLC

17 July 2026

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:				BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				ROTORK PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				ABB AUTOMATION HOLDING UK LIMITED (AN INDIRECT, WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ABB LTD)
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				16 Jul 2026
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				0.5p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			24,332,540	2.98%	4,010,916	0.49%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,835,396	0.22%	24,375,843	2.98%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			26,167,936	3.20%	28,386,759	3.47%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
0.5p ordinary		Purchase		16,244,775		4.8650 GBP	4.8297 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		11,510,315		4.8650 GBP	4.8295 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		40,095	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,151	4.8545 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		6,800	4.8548 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		595,937	4.8534 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,780	4.8515 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,891	4.8489 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		416	4.8396 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		356,836	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		106,796	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		15,918	4.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		65,668	4.8610 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		35,630	4.8496 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		455,040	4.8538 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		491,412	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		88,223	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		8,406	4.8543 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		372,285	4.8530 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		621,615	4.8530 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		25,000	4.8569 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,024	4.8545 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		25,000	4.8300 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		275,403	4.8503 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		11,254	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		17,450	4.8546 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		31,436	4.8533 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,783	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		500,000	4.8324 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		252,295	4.8524 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		500,000	4.8504 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		250,000	4.8524 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,453	4.8536 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		214,258	4.8538 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		446	4.8519 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		287,479	4.8518 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		329,669	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		131,770	4.8476 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		362,923	4.8525 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		541,769	4.8495 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		49,631	4.8494 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		468,114	4.8523 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		781,886	4.8524 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	4.8577 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89,294	4.8525 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61,227	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,121	4.8561 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,642	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		66,160	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		775	4.8322 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,410	4.8528 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,648	4.8578 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,075	4.8530 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		30,065	4.8514 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,320	4.8398 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		281,021	4.8524 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		468,979	4.8524 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		6,329	4.8533 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		127,883	4.8559 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		724	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,677	4.8527 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,209	4.8537 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,252	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,376	4.8582 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		420,471	4.8544 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		702,205	4.8544 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		447	4.8543 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,634	4.8591 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		74,276	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		643	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		29,550	4.8560 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,873	4.8546 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		154,615	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		214,049	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		87,583	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		566,149	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,665	4.8536 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,216	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,519	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,351	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		196,355	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		215,257	4.8483 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,668	4.8534 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		207,138	4.8502 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		458,000	4.8548 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		527	4.8590 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		346,925	4.8574 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		53,075	4.8574 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,158,585	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		500,000	4.8524 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		84,605	4.8545 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		459,213	4.8524 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,012,288	4.8506 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		277,479	4.8506 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		250,000	4.8324 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		27,479	4.8574 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		97,521	4.8574 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)

4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				17 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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