17th Aug 2026 09:10
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: |
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(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 |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 14 Aug 2026 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 1p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 4,906,243 | 3.19% | 1,631,606 | 1.06% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,648,373 | 1.07% | 4,498,348 | 2.92% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 6,554,616 | 4.26% | 6,129,954 | 3.98% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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1p ordinary | Purchase | 251,506 | 58.4042 GBP | 58.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | Sale | 101,163 | 58.4227 GBP | 58.3554 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30,326 | 58.4040 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 343 | 58.3900 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 652 | 58.3691 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 57 | 58.3691 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9 | 58.3744 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 222 | 58.4056 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 6,598 | 58.4029 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 333 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 115 | 58.3947 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 550 | 58.3959 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 44 | 58.4227 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,343 | 58.4025 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 68 | 58.4025 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 38 | 58.3691 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,574 | 58.4040 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 105 | 58.3986 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 260 | 58.3706 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 23 | 58.3706 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 33 | 58.3691 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20 | 58.4500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 396 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8 | 58.3744 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 206 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 157 | 58.3744 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13 | 58.3744 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13 | 58.3706 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 420 | 58.3608 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 640 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16 | 58.3706 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,702 | 58.3852 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 472 | 58.3923 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 280 | 58.3923 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 564 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,288 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 310 | 58.3923 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 414 | 58.4004 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 34 | 58.4014 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 58 | 58.3988 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 45 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,500 | 58.4041 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 66 | 58.3988 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,904 | 58.3988 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 97 | 58.3988 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 22 | 58.4009 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 31 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 50,000 | 58.3791 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 22 | 58.4024 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 642 | 58.3985 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 40,000 | 58.3891 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 38 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,058 | 58.4000 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 17 Aug 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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