Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd disclosed on 04 Nov 2026 that it holds aggregate interests of 5,897,857 Intertek 1p ordinary shares (3.83%) and aggregate short positions of 5,569,892 shares (3.62%), leaving a net long exposure of c.0.21%; holdings include 5,034,328 shares owned/controlled (3.27%) and cash-settled derivatives showing 863,529 shares (0.56%) long and 4,724,868 shares (3.07%) short. The position, reported as at 03 Nov 2026, included purchases of 116,061 shares at £59.30–£59.40 and sales of 58,328 shares at £59.30–£59.3618 in the context of the Isotope Bidco (EQT-led) transaction.

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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:				03 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:			5,034,328	3.27%	845,024	0.55%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			863,529	0.56%	4,724,868	3.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			5,897,857	3.83%	5,569,892	3.62%
(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		116,061		59.4000 GBP	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		58,328		59.3618 GBP	59.3000 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		100	59.3542 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	59.3452 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		134	59.3027 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		85	59.3488 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	59.3840 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,793	59.3470 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,272	59.3470 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		187	59.3465 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,740	59.3946 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		82	59.3464 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		70,230	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		650	59.3450 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		260	59.3238 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,877	59.3493 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		461	59.3493 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17	59.3452 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,068	59.3504 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,793	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,042	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		330	59.2553 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		102	59.3488 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		122	59.3241 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		562	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		230	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,382	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		330	59.2553 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3	59.4011 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		729	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		464	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,505	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,740	59.3946 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		53	59.3495 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	59.3000 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,969	59.3319 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107	59.3289 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74	59.3472 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	59.3250 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		302	59.3250 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,602	59.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,409	59.3513 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:				04 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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