Form 8.3 - Rotork plc

Citadel Group

17 July 2026

 

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Citadel Group
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):      The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	ROTORK PLC
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	16 July 2026
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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:	ISIN GB00BVFNZH21 0.5p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	535,697	0.06	0	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	11,339,306	1.38	0	0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	11,875,003	1.45	0	0.00

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	N/A
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	N/A

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Common	Buy Transaction	368	4.8080 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	41	4.8100 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,047	4.8120 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	609	4.8120 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	282	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	271	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	461	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,060	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	989	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	68	4.8240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	182	4.8240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9	4.8278 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	178	4.8280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	443	4.8280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	568	4.8280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	868	4.8280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,415	4.8280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,776	4.8300 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	145	4.8320 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	68	4.8340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	646	4.8340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	377	4.8340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	549	4.8340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	504	4.8340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	133	4.8360 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	109	4.8380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	770	4.8380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	806	4.8380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	272	4.8380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,863	4.8400 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	386	4.8420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,058	4.8420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	833	4.8420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	68	4.8421 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3	4.8433 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	143	4.8440 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	777	4.8440 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	69	4.8459 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	394	4.8460 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	481	4.8460 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	81	4.8460 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	18	4.8478 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	248	4.8480 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,164	4.8480 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,066	4.8500 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	135	4.8520 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,044	4.8520 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	143	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	443	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,274	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	632	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	312	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	122	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	82	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	52	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	69	4.8541 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	49	4.8541 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	64	4.8559 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	72	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	529	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	534	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	367	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,234	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	125	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	608	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	373	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	363	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	211	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	141	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	68	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14	4.8579 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	68	4.8579 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	128	4.8580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	748	4.8580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,015	4.8580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	832	4.8580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	527	4.8580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	192	4.8580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	57	4.8581 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	27	4.8581 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,571	4.8600 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	157	4.8620 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	397	4.8620 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	61	4.8639 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	186	4.8640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	741	4.8640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,200	4.8640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,146	4.8660 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	231	4.8660 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	698	4.8160 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3	4.8200 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,062	4.8220 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,059	4.8260 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,304	4.8280 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,188	4.8300 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,038	4.8340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	740	4.8340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	547	4.8340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	322	4.8360 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,986	4.8360 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	383	4.8360 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,002	4.8400 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6	4.8433 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,000	4.8440 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2	4.8450 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	482	4.8460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,049	4.8460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,260	4.8460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	116	4.8460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	71	4.8461 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	68	4.8479 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	638	4.8480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,554	4.8480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,377	4.8480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,142	4.8480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	777	4.8480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,318	4.8500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	172	4.8520 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	135	4.8520 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,043	4.8520 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,486	4.8540 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,043	4.8540 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,882	4.8560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,040	4.8560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,298	4.8560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,002	4.8580 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	730	4.8600 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	925	4.8640 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	62	4.8640 GBP

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

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
Common	CFD	Opening long position	5,001	4.8263 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	143,860	4.8455 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	143,859	4.8455 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	314,419	4.8460 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	250,000	4.8463 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	250,000	4.8463 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	210,441	4.8495 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	210,439	4.8495 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	330,849	4.8500 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	37,478	4.8500 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	67,802	4.8509 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	1,500,000	4.8520 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	89,294	4.8522 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	1,552,194	4.8534 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	2,668	4.8534 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	660,623	4.8534 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	27,665	4.8536 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	38,453	4.8537 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	447	4.8544 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening long position	1,873	4.8546 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	127,883	4.8560 GBP

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(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)

4.         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 person 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"

None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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"

None

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:	17 July 2026
Contact name:	Paula Santos
Telephone number*:	020 7645 9700

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 disclosure requirements on [phone].

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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