Holding in Company

Rotork PLC
29 November 2001


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Rotork plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Royal & Sun Alliance Investments

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

Non beneficial

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Registered Name                                        Holding

Littledown Nominees Limited 'R' A/C for                165,310
Phoenix Assurance Public Limited Company

Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/C for                    475,171
Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc No 1 A/C

Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/C for                    295,114
Royal Insurance Group Pension Scheme (UK Equities)

Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/C for                    813,877
Royal & Sun Alliance Life & Pensions Ltd

Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/C for                    612,265
Sun Alliance & London Assurance Company Ltd

Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/C for                    453,402
SAL Pension Fund Limited

Royal Heritage Life Assurance Ltd                        2,500


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

300,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.3%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A


9) Class of security

5p ordinary shares

10) Date of transaction

Not provided

11) Date company informed

27/11/01

12) Total holding following this notification

2,817,639


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.28%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Stephen R Jones Telephone Number 01225 733331

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification ....................20.....