RNS Number : 7226X

Rotork PLC

23 February 2017

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES ⁱ

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ Rotork plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv	Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. JP Morgan Chase National Australia Bank Northern Trust Company State Street Bank & Trust Co
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	21 February 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 February 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Below 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights x
			Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00BVFNZH21	44,287,220	43,639,106	43,869,607		43,259,363		4.97%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
43,259,363	4.97%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares of Rotork plc, including the T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, which owns 32,293,609 shares.  Such shares are registered in the following name(s):

Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. -  1,531,379

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. -  46,666

JP Morgan Chase -  4,223,695

National Australia Bank -  150,350

Northern Trust Company -  879,432

State Street Bank & Trust Co -  36,427,841

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Stephen R. Jones
15. Contact telephone number:	01225 733331

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