Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd, acting as an exempt principal trader connected to ABB Automation Holding UK Limited, reported on 05 Nov 2026 holdings in Rotork PLC of 43,012,290 shares (5.26%) and short positions of 43,088,691 shares (5.27%), implying a net short of 76,401 shares (~0.01%); cash-settled derivatives account for 41,872,004 short exposure (5.12%) while no stock-settled derivatives were held; same-day trades comprised purchases of 222,734 shares at £4.9340–£4.9440 and sales of 1,003,635 shares at £4.9358–£4.9460.

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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:				05 Nov 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:			41,963,726	5.14%	1,216,687	0.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,048,564	0.13%	41,872,004	5.12%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			43,012,290	5.26%	43,088,691	5.27%
(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		222,734		4.9440 GBP	4.9340 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		1,003,635		4.9460 GBP	4.9358 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		Increasing Short		6,286	4.9359 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,787	4.9357 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,119	4.9365 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,912	4.9358 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		150,371	4.9440 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,162	4.9377 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,506	4.9362 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		188	4.9364 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,105	4.9372 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,547	4.9372 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,244	4.9419 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,499	4.9367 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,100	4.9392 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,679	4.9360 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		68	4.9363 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,839	4.9380 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,200	4.9357 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		895,402	4.9440 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		309	4.9424 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,580	4.9360 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		905	4.9460 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,594	4.9360 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,157	4.9368 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,544	4.9360 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,953	4.9369 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,811	4.9389 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:				06 Nov 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

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