Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd disclosed an interest of 6,015,320 Intertek Group PLC shares (3.91%) and short positions of 5,694,707 shares (3.70%) as at 09 Nov 2026, leaving a net long position of 320,613 shares (0.21%). Cash-settled derivative exposure comprised 848,904 long (0.55%) and 4,864,294 short (3.16%). On 09 Nov it purchased 222,264 shares and sold 169,836 shares at prices between £48.68 and £59.45. The position is connected to Isotope Bidco Limited (the EQT-led offeror) in the takeover context; no indemnities or voting arrangements were disclosed.

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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:				09 Nov 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:			5,166,416	3.36%	830,413	0.54%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			848,904	0.55%	4,864,294	3.16%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			6,015,320	3.91%	5,694,707	3.70%
(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		222,264		59.4500 GBP	48.6800 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		169,836		59.4500 GBP	48.6800 GBP
ADR		Purchase		15		79.6800 USD	79.6800 USD
ADR		Sale		15		79.6800 USD	79.6800 USD

(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		39	59.3994 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		259	59.4207 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,283	59.3005 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		281	59.3029 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,513	59.2970 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,605	59.4547 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82,170	59.4500 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		4,848	59.3636 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		59	59.4045 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		10,361	59.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		137	59.3545 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,753	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14	59.4098 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		382	59.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		281	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		226	59.3097 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	59.3992 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		81	59.3086 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		136	59.3892 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		547	59.3053 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		330	59.4343 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,572	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,114	59.4352 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		161	59.3027 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,143	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,153	59.4300 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,852	59.4500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,556	59.3060 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,382	59.3750 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18	59.3750 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,062	59.3750 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		221	59.4250 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		847	59.3188 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:				10 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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