Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

10 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:				07 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:			3,986,175	2.59%	1,780,529	1.16%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,788,002	1.16%	3,576,113	2.32%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,774,177	3.75%	5,356,642	3.48%
(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		55,235		58.4009  GBP	58.3509  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		46,816		58.4116  GBP	58.3500  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		944	58.4008  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		111	58.4008  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		116	58.3691  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,531	58.3996  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,043	58.4029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	58.3971  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,406	58.4269  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,463	58.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		46	58.4041  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	58.3732  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,150	58.3970  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77	58.3691  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13	58.3758  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45	58.3988  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		632	58.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		9,401	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14	58.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		469	58.3793  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	58.3982  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	58.3988  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		416	58.3833  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		430	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		128	58.4028  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		901	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	58.3988  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		275	58.3833  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		126	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		5,239	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		213	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		336	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,485	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		71	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,688	58.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,632	58.3990  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25	58.3750  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		322	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	58.3791  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		659	58.3750  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,484	58.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		429	58.3956  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,978	58.3987  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 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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