Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rotork plc.


    09 November 2026 07:48:30
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 3302C
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
09 November 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:

06 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

 

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

PURCHASES

5,756,075

4.9380 GBP

4.9299 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SALES

1,373,909

4.9380 GBP

4.9297 GBP

0.5p ordinary

PURCHASES

720

6.5925 USD

6.5925 USD

0.5p ordinary

SALES

2

6.5962 USD

6.5962 USD

 

(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

21,541

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

104

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

8,776

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

3,289

4.9315 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

15,924

4.9320 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

949

4.9333 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,167

4.9335 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2

4.9340 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,445

4.9341 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

196

4.9361 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

7,512

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,360,840

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,805

4.9304 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

997

4.9304 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

356

4.9304 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

138,587

4.9304 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

10,358

4.9304 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

431

4.9304 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,227

4.9304 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

119

4.9304 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

83,842

4.9311 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

73,833

4.9317 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

720

4.9325 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

573

4.9329 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

565

4.9332 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

21,367

4.9345 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

75

4.9351 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,861,766

4.9362 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

41,835

4.9370 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,044,064

4.9380 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

575,000

4.9420 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

817

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

5

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

135

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

8,776

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

679

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,167

4.9317 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

62

4.9358 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

26,123

4.9362 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

156

4.9297 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

728

4.9297 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

6,347

4.9298 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,268

4.9299 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

5,818

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

221

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,124

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

480

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

930

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

6,251

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

74,406

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

4,226

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

129

4.9300 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

7,521

4.9303 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

224

4.9305 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

300

4.9307 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,604

4.9326 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

3,469

4.9326 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,002

4.9326 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,593

4.9326 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

878

4.9326 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

144

4.9332 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

672

4.9332 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

21

4.9338 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

26,643

4.9349 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

66

4.9360 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,109,014

4.9380 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:

09 November 2026

Contact name:

Claire Gordon

Telephone number:

+44 141 245-8893

 

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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