Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

14 August 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:				13 Aug 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:			4,790,415	3.11%	1,666,121	1.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,682,885	1.09%	4,382,449	2.85%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			6,473,300	4.21%	6,048,570	3.93%
(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		497,310		58.4500  GBP	58.3622  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,230		58.4500  GBP	58.3622  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		3,941	58.4032  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		309	58.4007  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	58.3733  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125	58.3941  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	58.3798  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		544	58.4150  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		799	58.4005  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16	58.4450  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,511	58.4035  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		96	58.4035  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82	58.3941  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,701	58.4013  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,959	58.4040  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		504	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20	58.3994  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57	58.4191  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,621	58.4217  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		631	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14	58.3994  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		782	58.3799  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	58.4191  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		568	58.4254  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		421	58.4250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		519	58.3799  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		189	58.3789  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	58.4350  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		240,000	58.3879  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		124	58.3789  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		123	58.3988  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		575	58.3761  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,800	58.4460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63	58.4191  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		95	58.4191  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25	58.4500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		140,000	58.4120  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80	58.3988  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		280	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		178	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		930	58.4250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,186	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		160	58.4500  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:				14 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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