Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd, acting as exempt principal trader for ABB Automation Holding UK Limited, disclosed on 04 Nov 2026 interests in Rotork PLC of 42,745,365 ordinary shares (5.23%) plus 1,049,122 cash-settled derivatives (0.13%) totalling 43,794,487 shares (5.36%), with short positions totalling 43,871,240 shares (5.37%); on 04 Nov it executed purchases of 1,250,544 shares at £4.9340–£4.9400 and sales of 293,483 shares at £4.9340–£4.9400, and the filing reports no indemnity/arrangements or subscription rights disclosed.

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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:				04 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:			42,745,365	5.23%	1,217,425	0.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,049,122	0.13%	42,653,815	5.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			43,794,487	5.36%	43,871,240	5.37%
(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		1,250,544		4.9400 GBP	4.9340 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		293,483		4.9400 GBP	4.9340 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		131	4.9374 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,979	4.9397 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,428	4.9377 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,000	4.9396 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		405	4.9392 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,268	4.9366 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,676	4.9382 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,367	4.9390 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		231,086	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,669	4.9388 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,180	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,322	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,211	4.9380 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,300	4.9370 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,345	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		245,934	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,302	4.9388 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,991	4.9397 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		640	4.9378 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		91	4.9390 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		245,934	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,172	4.9368 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,945	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		255,228	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		398	4.9374 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		263	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,055	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		664	4.9380 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113	4.9390 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,895	4.9386 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,433	4.9355 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:				05 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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