Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

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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