Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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				INTERTEK GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				ISOTOPE BIDCO LIMITED (A NEWLY FORMED COMPANY TO BE INDIRECTLY OWNED BY EQT X EUR SCSP AND EQT X USD SCSP, EACH ACTING THROUGH ITS MANAGER EQT FUND MANAGEMENT S.A.R.L., TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN INDIRECT MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS INCLUDING, AMONG OTHERS, LUXINVA AND MUBADALA)
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				14 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:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			3,271,713	2.13%	1,801,722	1.17%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,807,515	1.17%	2,941,420	1.91%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,079,228	3.30%	4,743,142	3.08%
(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
1p ordinary		Purchase		269,727		58.1961  GBP	58.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		229,082		58.1808  GBP	58.1000  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20	58.1505  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80	58.1505  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6	58.1550  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		42,060	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,888	58.1250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,888	58.1250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		19,592	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		208	58.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		900	58.1529  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		56,985	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1	58.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		2,941	58.1118  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11	58.1536  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		4,935	58.1118  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		199	58.1527  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,588	58.1517  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,363	58.1465  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		502	58.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,212	58.1517  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		370	58.0953  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		6,794	58.1375  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		873	58.1250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		873	58.1250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		648	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		551	58.1470  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		130	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,976	58.1569  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	58.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		130	58.1682  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,949	58.1682  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,720	58.1511  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,294	58.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,078	58.1280  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		527	58.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,855	58.1711  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		259	58.1755  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62	58.1250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,316	58.1831  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		370	58.1428  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,496	58.1775  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,000	58.1290  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,561	58.1487  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,435	58.1569  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,581	58.1230  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,594	58.1573  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:				15 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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