Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

Barclays PLC

24 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:				23 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:			21,039,953	2.57%	3,217,331	0.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			847,971	0.10%	20,885,723	2.56%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,887,924	2.68%	24,103,054	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		2,358,791		4.8700  GBP	4.8509  GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		1,358,924		4.8690  GBP	4.8500  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		21,114	4.8559  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,157	4.8549  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,704	4.8549  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58,768	4.8555  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,797	4.8549  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,426	4.8558  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		235	4.8516  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,689	4.8599  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58,424	4.8597  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,000,000	4.8543  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,700	4.8516  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		424,233	4.8593  GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12,436	4.8503  GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		7,710	4.8578  GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		25,186	4.8558  GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		7,378	4.8578  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,216	4.8529  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,035	4.8632  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,436	4.8598  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79,617	4.8596  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,235	4.8521  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,814	4.8704  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,832	4.8592  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,183	4.8592  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,179	4.8587  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13	4.8519  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,490	4.8536  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,389	4.8582  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,845	4.8541  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,552	4.8598  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		98,799	4.8615  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,892	4.8591  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		31,731	4.8552  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		49,968	4.8552  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		674	4.8609  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,074	4.8522  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,376	4.8602  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20	4.8550  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		106,332	4.8564  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,908	4.8596  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,167	4.8596  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		739	4.8600  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,651	4.8598  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,473	4.8600  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,916	4.8600  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,318	4.8604  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,944	4.8600  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		165,554	4.8524  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		246	4.8600  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,976	4.8510  GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		146,577	4.8553  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:				24 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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