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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ROTORK PLC

21st Jul 2026 10:38

RNS Number : 2264N
Barclays PLC
21 July 2026
 

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:

 

20 Jul 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:

 

 

21,191,960

2.59%

3,208,094

0.39%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

838,734

0.10%

21,028,365

2.57%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

22,030,694

2.70%

24,236,459

2.97%

(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

1,744,709

4.8640 GBP

4.8470 GBP

0.5p ordinary

Sale

4,273,476

4.8580 GBP

4.8476 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

1,171

4.8489 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,050

4.8504 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,916

4.8517 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,448

4.8517 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59,621

4.8526 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,756

4.8517 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,713

4.8508 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42,088

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4,826

4.8481 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,735

4.8506 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

54,832

4.8477 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,879

4.8519 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

735

4.8497 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

977,494

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

10,674

4.8598 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

10,553

4.8560 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

145

4.8560 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

46,239

4.8498 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

46,737

4.8497 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

11,116

4.8500 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,721

4.8498 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

201,255

4.8509 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

734

4.8521 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,450

4.8495 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,005

4.8496 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,986

4.8567 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

538,264

4.8500 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34,515

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,667

4.8473 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,799

4.8472 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

180,848

4.8509 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

638

4.8560 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,113

4.8515 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

115,966

4.8488 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,348

4.8529 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

308,059

4.8508 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

209,315

4.8509 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

246,073

4.8477 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,740

4.8524 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

56

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,019

4.8522 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,741

4.8517 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,859

4.8477 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,752

4.8476 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

96,112

4.8498 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,735

4.8509 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

200,000

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,633

4.8523 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,506

4.8499 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,244

4.8528 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,638

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,065

4.8499 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

777

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,695

4.8509 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

47,078

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,179

4.8502 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

80,674

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,007

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68,213

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,239

4.8492 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

128,430

4.8499 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,863

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,186

4.8620 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,642

4.8493 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

260

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64,920

4.8504 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,269

4.8512 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

148,396

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,814

4.8620 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,948

4.8521 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

93,842

4.8480 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

145,730

4.8511 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

568

4.8517 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

67,667

4.8505 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

820

4.8507 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,138

4.8535 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

258

4.8517 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,223

4.8556 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,285

4.8509 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

324,022

4.8514 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

787

4.8507 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,088

4.8510 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,987

4.8509 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,030

4.8508 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,398

4.8511 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,583

4.8507 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,460

4.8507 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,949

4.8516 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,406

4.8510 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

767

4.8493 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

45,017

4.8496 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:

21 Jul 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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