Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd disclosed under Rule 8.5 that as at 30 Oct 2026 it holds 6,066,581 Intertek 1p ordinary shares (3.94%) in interests and controls short positions of 5,746,436 shares (3.73%), yielding a net long exposure of 320,145 shares (0.21%); cash-settled derivatives total 1,037,000 (0.67%) long and 4,724,962 (3.07%) short, with zero stock-settled derivatives; on the date the firm purchased 69,727 shares at £59.20–£59.30 and sold 268,559 shares at £59.20–£59.3041 in connection with the Isotope Bidco (EQT-led) offer for Intertek.

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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:				30 Oct 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:			5,029,581	3.27%	1,021,474	0.66%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,037,000	0.67%	4,724,962	3.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			6,066,581	3.94%	5,746,436	3.73%
(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		69,727		59.3000 GBP	59.2000 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		268,559		59.3041 GBP	59.2000 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		Decreasing Short		48	59.1994 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		13,736	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	59.2455 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,354	59.2000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,980	59.2970 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,376	59.2970 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		69,678	59.2000 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		5,742	59.2947 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		316	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,289	59.2756 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		306	59.2504 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,523	59.3005 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		688	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107,927	59.2000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,980	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,376	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	59.2000 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		316	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		283	59.2962 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,272	59.2997 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		520	59.2994 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		186	59.2994 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,135	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		492	59.2000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,974	59.2000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		489	59.2500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		686	59.2250 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		89	59.2356 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,028	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		811	59.2250 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		512	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		165	59.2548 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:				02 Nov 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

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