Companies Act 2006

Public Company Limited By Shares

Resolutions of Rotork plc (the "Company") (Company number: 00578327)

(passed 30 April 2024)

At the Annual General Meeting of the members of the above named Company, duly convened and held in the Brunel Suite at Bailbrook House Hotel, Eveleigh Avenue, London Road West, Bath, Somerset, BA1 7JD on 30 April 2024 at 12 noon, all resolutions were passed including the following resolutions concerning items of special business:

As an Ordinary Resolution:

Authority to allot shares

14. THAT the directors be generally and unconditionally authorised, in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company:

  1. up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,435,432; and
  2. comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) up to a further aggregate nominal amount of £1,435,432 in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue,

such authorities to apply until the earlier of the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company or close of business on 29 July 2025 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority expires and the directors may allot shares or grant such rights under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.

For the purposes of this resolution 14 'rights issue' means an offer to:

  1. ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
  2. holders of other equity securities, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the directors otherwise consider necessary,

to subscribe for further securities by means of the issue of a renounceable letter (or other negotiable document) which may be traded for a period before payment for the securities is due, including an offer to which the directors may impose any limits or restrictions or make any other arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares,

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fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.

As a Special Resolution:

General authority to disapply pre-emption rights

15. THAT the directors be generally empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority granted by resolution 14 and/or pursuant to section 573 of the Act to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, in each case as if the restriction in section 561 of the Act did not apply, such authority to be limited:

  1. to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares for cash in connection with an offer of equity securities (but in the case of an allotment pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (b) of resolution 14, by way of a rights issue only):
    1. to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
    2. to holders of other equity securities, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the directors otherwise consider necessary,

and so that the directors may impose any limits or restrictions or make any other arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; and

  1. to the allotment of equity securities pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (a) of resolution 14 and/or sale of treasury shares for cash (in each case otherwise than in the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) of this resolution 15) up to a nominal amount of £430,630, being not more than 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 14 March 2024, being the last practicable date prior to the publication of this notice (calculated, in the case of equity securities which are rights to subscribe for, or to convert securities into, ordinary shares by reference to the aggregate nominal amount of relevant shares which may be allotted pursuant to such rights); and
  2. to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph
    (a) or paragraph (b) above) up to a nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (b) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Board of the Company determines to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights published by the Pre-Emption Group in November 2022,

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such authority to apply until the earlier of the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company or until the close of business on 29 July 2025 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the directors may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.

For the purpose of this resolution 15, 'rights issue' has the same meaning as in resolution 14 above.

As a Special Resolution:

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisitions/capital investments)

16. THAT, in addition to any authority granted under resolution 15, the directors be generally empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority granted by resolution 14 and/or pursuant to section 573 of the Act to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, in each case free of the restriction in section 561 of the Act, such authority to be:

  1. limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £430,630, being not more than 10% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company as at 14 March 2024, being the latest practicable date prior to publication of the notice of meeting, such authority to be used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within 12 months after the original transaction) a transaction which the directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre- Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group in 2022; and
  2. limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (a) above) to any person up to an aggregate nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (a) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the directors determine to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group in 2022,

such authority to apply until the earlier of the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company or close of business on 29 July 2025 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the directors of the

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Company may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.

As a Special Resolution:

Authority to purchase own ordinary shares

17. THAT, in accordance with section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act'), the Company is generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693 (4) of the Act) of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the 'Ordinary Shares') on such terms and in such manner as the directors of the Company may determine provided that:

  1. the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that may be purchased under this authority is 86,125,908 (representing 10% of the Ordinary Shares remaining in issue at the date of this notice);
  2. the maximum price which may be paid for any Ordinary Share purchased under this authority (exclusive of expenses) shall not be more than the higher of:
    1. an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market prices shown in the quotations for the Ordinary Shares in the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that Ordinary Share is purchased; and
    2. an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an Ordinary Share and the highest current independent bid for an Ordinary Share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out;
  3. the minimum price which may be paid shall be the nominal value of that Ordinary Share (exclusive of expenses);
  4. this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 29 July 2025 unless renewed before that time; and
  5. the Company may make a contract or contracts to purchase Ordinary Shares under this authority before its expiry which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of this authority and may make a purchase of Ordinary Shares in pursuance of any such contract.

As a Special Resolution:

Authority to purchase own preference shares

18. THAT the Company be, and it is generally and unconditionally, authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of preference shares of the Company provided that:

  1. the maximum number or preference shares hereby authorised to be acquired is 40,073 (being all the preference shares remaining in issue at the date of this notice);

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  1. the minimum price which may be paid for any such share is the nominal value of such share (exclusive of expenses);
  2. the maximum price which may be paid for any such share shall be the higher of:
    1. an amount equal to 105% of the average middle market quotations for a preference share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the preference share is contracted to be purchased; and
    2. £1.60; and
  3. the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 29 July 2025, save that the Company may, prior to the expiry of such authority, make an offer or agreement which would or might require preference shares to be purchased by the Company after such expiry and the Company may purchase preference shares pursuant to any such offer or agreement notwithstanding such expiry.

As a Special Resolution:

Notice period for general meetings

19. THAT the directors of the Company be authorised to call general meetings of the Company (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice, such authority to expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution, or at the close of business on 29 July 2025, whichever is the earlier.

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Stuart Pain, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

30 April 2024

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