Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rotork plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

28 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:	27 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	SALES	361,187	4.8600 GBP	4.8519 GBP
0.5p ordinary	PURCHASES	2,527,328	4.8620 GBP	4.8518 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	16	4.8561 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13,603	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,706	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	22	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	190	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,680	4.8521 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	74,990	4.8523 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,281	4.8527 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,127	4.8527 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	242	4.8530 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	16,094	4.8533 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,801	4.8539 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,876	4.8548 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	671	4.8550 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	80,562	4.8551 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	304	4.8552 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	68,789	4.8557 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	85,697	4.8558 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	25,000	4.8560 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	272	4.8560 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6,191	4.8564 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	31,998	4.8564 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	480	4.8564 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,620	4.8564 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	16,920	4.8564 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,771	4.8564 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	725	4.8580 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,314	4.8580 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	62,209	4.8585 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	61,800	4.8596 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	27,622	4.8596 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	172,266	4.8596 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	16,286	4.8596 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	319,148	4.8596 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,873	4.8596 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	649,017	4.8597 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9,538	4.8597 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	121,126	4.8597 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	56,517	4.8597 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	337,247	4.8597 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	31,712	4.8597 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	23	4.8604 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	518	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	701	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	274	4.8530 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	29,289	4.8531 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2	4.8537 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	119	4.8538 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,444	4.8519 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	800	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	272	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,388	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	137,199	4.8520 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	545	4.8536 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	54	4.8544 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	22,197	4.8547 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,676	4.8556 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	500	4.8577 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,700	4.8577 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,370	4.8578 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	14	4.8580 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:	28 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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