Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

Summary by AI ^BETAClose X

Barclays Capital Securities Ltd, acting as an exempt principal trader connected to ABB Automation Holding UK Limited in relation to Rotork PLC, disclosed on 2 Nov 2026 that as at 30 Oct 2026 it held 40,471,225 Rotork 0.5p ordinary shares (4.95%) and 1,874,386 (0.23%) via cash-settled derivatives, totalling 42,345,611 (5.18%) interests; short positions totalled 42,061,564 (5.15%) comprising 2,041,112 (0.25%) direct shorts and 40,020,452 (4.90%) via cash-settled derivatives; during the period it purchased 1,559,691 shares at 4.9275–4.9400 GBP and sold 1,787,078 shares at 4.9240–4.9400 GBP.

Disclaimer*

Companies

Barclays (BARC)
Rotork (ROR)

UK 100

Latest directors dealings

1 hour ago Savannah Energy
2 hours ago Buccaneer Energy PLC
2 hours ago Savannah Energy
3 hours ago Carclo
3 hours ago Schroder Japan Growth Fund

All directors dealings today

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:				30 Oct 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:			40,471,225	4.95%	2,041,112	0.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,874,386	0.23%	40,020,452	4.90%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			42,345,611	5.18%	42,061,564	5.15%
(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		1,559,691		4.9400 GBP	4.9275 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		1,787,078		4.9400 GBP	4.9240 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		5,839	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,401	4.9397 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,362	4.9397 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,650	4.9396 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,178,417	4.9260 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,971	4.9342 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,819	4.9302 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		28,745	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,299	4.9372 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,930	4.9318 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		302,584	4.9398 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,674	4.9372 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,926	4.9389 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		101	4.9378 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,401	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,396	4.9291 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,407	4.9295 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		341,841	4.9260 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,844	4.9257 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,254	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		302,584	4.9398 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		91	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,299	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,643	4.9298 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		289	4.9390 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		509,612	4.9398 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		325	4.9279 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,846	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,056	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		302,584	4.9398 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,206	4.9296 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		821	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,753	4.9280 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,815	4.9281 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,814	4.9260 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,704	4.9295 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,461	4.9305 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,635	4.9280 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,228	4.9299 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46,840	4.9297 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,664	4.9300 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:				02 Nov 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Companies

UK 100

Latest directors dealings

Summary by AI ^BETAClose X