Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 3814Q

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			4,147,165	2.69%	1,762,572	1.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,778,573	1.16%	3,742,846	2.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			5,925,738	3.85%	5,505,418	3.58%
(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		649,794		58.4876 GBP	58.3587 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		433,860		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		700	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23	58.4008 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		97	58.4008 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	58.3878 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,166	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,201	58.4876 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		123,627	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		40	58.3955 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,080	58.4039 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		91	58.4039 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,218	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	58.3878 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		454	58.4116 USD
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		88	58.4117 USD
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		855	58.3897 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		130	58.3993 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	58.3994 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		134	58.3500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		326	58.3999 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	58.3994 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25	58.3888 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	58.3816 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		134	58.3750 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		176	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	58.3816 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		707	58.3852 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		624	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		196	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		467	58.3852 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	58.3858 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		69	58.3985 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,877	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		627	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,000	58.3891 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		109	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,240	58.3587 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,287	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		175,000	58.3808 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		857	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		482	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,555	58.3511 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		885	58.4000 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:				12 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Market Cap	£67.14bn

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI INTERTEK GROUP PLC

Date	12 Aug 2026
Time	10:35:35
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3814Q