Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

RNS Number : 2179O

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			21,070,346	2.58%	3,163,164	0.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			778,933	0.10%	20,918,471	2.56%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			21,849,279	2.67%	24,081,635	2.95%
(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		2,163,769		4.8800 GBP	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		1,396,653		4.8800 GBP	4.8599 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		1,244	4.8599 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,710	4.8666 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,897	4.8674 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,810	4.8674 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		126,064	4.8667 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,536	4.8673 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,305	4.8666 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,065	4.8802 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,107	4.8696 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,609	4.8802 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,900	4.8708 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		184,838	4.8742 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,383	4.8719 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		998	4.8732 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,077	4.8798 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		61,022	4.8694 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49,800	4.8698 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		12,138	4.8854 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,000,000	4.8624 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,775	4.8599 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,280	4.8679 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,406	4.8750 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,440	4.8728 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,281	4.8697 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		127,091	4.8696 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,160	4.8644 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,808	4.8695 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,018	4.8710 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,866	4.8711 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		61,161	4.8800 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,890	4.8800 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,699	4.8638 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61,661	4.8800 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,783	4.8781 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,745	4.8640 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,952	4.8679 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		251,549	4.8640 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,549	4.8797 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,745	4.8640 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		690	4.8730 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		155,972	4.8649 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,944	4.8800 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,856	4.8664 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,142	4.8670 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,195	4.8677 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,883	4.8601 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:				28 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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