Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rotork plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

20 August 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Rotork plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Rotork plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	19 August 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
0.5p ordinary	PURCHASES	6,718,864	4.8525 GBP	4.8432 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SALES	4,953,912	4.8549 GBP	4.8440 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
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	210	4.8472 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	258	4.8474 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	55,022	4.8478 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,841	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	239	4.8496 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	155,155	4.8439 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	364	4.8450 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	322,800	4.8462 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,949	4.8466 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13,373	4.8479 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	23,059	4.8479 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	24,648	4.8479 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,971	4.8479 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,018	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,541	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,231	4.8481 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,846	4.8485 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	22	4.8487 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,846	4.8487 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	48,982	4.8490 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,918	4.8490 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9,473	4.8490 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	733	4.8490 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	25,898	4.8490 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,478	4.8490 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,239	4.8490 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,315	4.8492 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,172	4.8495 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	442	4.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,079	4.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,850	4.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	162,398	4.8503 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,339	4.8504 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,000,000	4.8509 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,139	4.8511 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	125,000	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,725	4.8525 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	669	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	45,726	4.8481 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	5,224	4.8482 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	12,617	4.8483 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,000	4.8456 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	800	4.8456 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	416	4.8457 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	29,954	4.8463 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	334	4.8465 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	15,605	4.8476 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	554	4.8479 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	23	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	770	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	147,829	4.8480 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,684	4.8488 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,006	4.8496 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	301	4.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	568	4.8500 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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(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)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

3.         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 exempt principal trader 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 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 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

Date of disclosure:	20 August 2026
Contact name:	Claire Gordon
Telephone number:	[phone]

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 dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

 

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