Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

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:

18 Aug 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:

26,496,044

3.24%

2,720,286

0.33%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

172,612

0.02%

25,883,387

3.17%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

26,668,656

3.26%

28,603,673

3.50%

(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

322,662

4.8505 GBP

4.8460 GBP

0.5p ordinary

Sale

1,719,435

4.8505 GBP

4.8422 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

Closing Short

10,118

4.8422 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,432

4.8422 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81

4.8400 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

99,239

4.8482 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,757

4.8473 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,255

4.8469 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

26,685

4.8475 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

1,017

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,810

4.8459 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,737

4.8502 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,442

4.8471 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,243

4.8476 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,044

4.8483 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,184

4.8446 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,446

4.8460 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,342

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,546

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,510

4.8475 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

966,185

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,908

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

452

4.8457 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30,254

4.8472 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,678

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

112,330

4.8484 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,106

4.8481 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,764

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,143

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,986

4.8497 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

456

4.8490 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

114

4.8460 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

276,328

4.8452 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,656

4.8468 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:

19 Aug 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213