Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

RNS Number : 2264N

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			21,191,960	2.59%	3,208,094	0.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			838,734	0.10%	21,028,365	2.57%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			22,030,694	2.70%	24,236,459	2.97%
(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		1,744,709		4.8640 GBP	4.8470 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		4,273,476		4.8580 GBP	4.8476 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		Decreasing Short		1,171	4.8489 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,050	4.8504 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,916	4.8517 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,448	4.8517 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,621	4.8526 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,756	4.8517 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,713	4.8508 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,088	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,826	4.8481 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,735	4.8506 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		54,832	4.8477 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,879	4.8519 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		735	4.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		977,494	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		10,674	4.8598 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		10,553	4.8560 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		145	4.8560 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		46,239	4.8498 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		46,737	4.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		11,116	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		22,721	4.8498 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		201,255	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		734	4.8521 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,450	4.8495 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,005	4.8496 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,986	4.8567 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		538,264	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,515	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,667	4.8473 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,799	4.8472 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		180,848	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		638	4.8560 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,113	4.8515 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		115,966	4.8488 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,348	4.8529 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		308,059	4.8508 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		209,315	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		246,073	4.8477 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,740	4.8524 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,019	4.8522 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,741	4.8517 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,859	4.8477 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,752	4.8476 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		96,112	4.8498 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,735	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		200,000	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,633	4.8523 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,506	4.8499 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,244	4.8528 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,638	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,065	4.8499 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		777	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,695	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		47,078	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,179	4.8502 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,674	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,007	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,213	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,239	4.8492 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		128,430	4.8499 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,863	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,186	4.8620 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,642	4.8493 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		260	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64,920	4.8504 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,269	4.8512 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		148,396	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,814	4.8620 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,948	4.8521 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		93,842	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145,730	4.8511 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		568	4.8517 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67,667	4.8505 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		820	4.8507 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,138	4.8535 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		258	4.8517 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,223	4.8556 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,285	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		324,022	4.8514 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		787	4.8507 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,088	4.8510 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,987	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,030	4.8508 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,398	4.8511 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,583	4.8507 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,460	4.8507 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,949	4.8516 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,406	4.8510 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		767	4.8493 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		45,017	4.8496 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:				21 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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