Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

RNS Number : 5694O

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:			20,984,886	2.57%	2,995,009	0.37%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			594,279	0.07%	20,801,424	2.55%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			21,579,165	2.64%	23,796,433	2.91%
(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		1,298,671		4.8650 GBP	4.8570 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		882,669		4.8650 GBP	4.8580 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		5,898	4.8599 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,615	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		196	4.8660 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		283	4.8620 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,411	4.8611 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,999	4.8596 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		783	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		828	4.8602 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		58,288	4.8609 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,399	4.8638 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,726	4.8598 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,267	4.8604 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		40,431	4.8635 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		132,583	4.8854 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		652,113	4.8624 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70	4.8599 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,012	4.8649 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,650	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		88,835	4.8602 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,401	4.8609 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		998	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,566	4.8598 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,504	4.8596 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,054	4.8606 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,920	4.8619 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,411	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,571	4.8619 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		84,424	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109,777	4.8615 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,420	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,017	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		84,209	4.8640 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		260	4.8612 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,900	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,790	4.8590 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,275	4.8618 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		356	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,418	4.8633 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,857	4.8600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,331	4.8582 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,562	4.8637 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,210	4.8633 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		207,015	4.8610 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		99,596	4.8642 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:				30 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Market Cap	£66.90bn

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

Date	30 Jul 2026
Time	11:25:33
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5694O