Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Rotork plc

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Morgan Stanley, acting as an exempt principal trader for Rotork plc, disclosed client-serving trades on 04 November 2026: purchases of 995,909 0.5p ordinary shares at between £4.9340 and £4.9400, and sales totaling 550,648 shares (550,646 at £4.9336–£4.9500 and 2 at $6.6440). The filing shows extensive CFD activity altering long and short exposures, including a notable 500,000-share CFD at £4.9390, large reductions of short CFDs of 255,236 and 200,000 at £4.9400 and £4.9388 respectively, and multiple additional blocks around £4.935–£4.940 that affect visible supply/demand and short-interest dynamics.

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Rotork (ROR)

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(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:	04 November 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

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	995,909	4.9400 GBP	4.9340 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SALES	550,646	4.9500 GBP	4.9336 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SALES	2	6.6440 USD	6.6440 USD

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	1,967	4.9355 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2	4.9360 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2	4.9366 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	10,796	4.9371 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	14,918	4.9386 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,924	4.9392 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	85	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	14,322	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	8,995	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	431	4.9351 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	36,575	4.9360 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	116	4.9365 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	133	4.9370 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	349	4.9375 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	19,928	4.9380 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,233	4.9381 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	200,000	4.9388 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	76,076	4.9388 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	500,000	4.9390 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	383	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,810	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	183	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,353	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	245	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	764	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,337	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	14,673	4.9375 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,924	4.9388 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	102	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	992	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8,995	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,019	4.9336 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	880	4.9351 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,186	4.9354 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	391	4.9358 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,668	4.9358 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,242	4.9360 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	21,774	4.9363 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	917	4.9369 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,005	4.9375 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	25,116	4.9382 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	40	4.9383 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	144	4.9383 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	603	4.9383 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	118	4.9383 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	332	4.9383 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	400	4.9385 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	431	4.9392 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	14,770	4.9392 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	32	4.9397 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	902	4.9399 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	255,236	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	31	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,797	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	74,834	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,718	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	178	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9	4.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	13,914	4.9400 GBP

Date of disclosure:	09 November 2026
Contact name:	Claire Gordon
Telephone number:	+44 141 245-8893

Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Rotork plc

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