Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

26 June 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:				25 Jun 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:			2,451,522	1.59%	2,501,015	1.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,498,462	1.62%	1,959,601	1.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,949,984	3.22%	4,460,616	2.90%
(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		786,124		58.0523  GBP	57.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		184,298		58.0500  GBP	57.8884  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 Long		1,600	57.9536  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	58.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	58.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		130	58.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		784	57.8971  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,072	58.0243  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,559	58.0005  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		18	58.0127  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		7,638	58.0017  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,789	57.9965  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,142	58.0017  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		632	57.9953  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,757	58.0064  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,116	57.9829  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		54,500	58.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		54,500	58.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		7,607	57.9647  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	58.0005  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,909	58.0501  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,370	57.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,258	58.0230  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		27,671	58.0451  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36	58.0500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,487	57.9187  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,313	58.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,579	58.0500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		328	57.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		81	57.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38,010	57.9019  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		859	57.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,873	58.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		791	58.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		40,000	58.0290  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		180	58.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,236	58.0243  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,075	58.0204  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3	58.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		81	57.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30	57.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,012	57.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		358	58.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,969	58.0010  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50,338	58.0241  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:				26 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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