27 May 2026 13:54
FORM 8.3 | |||||||
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
MORE | |||||||
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||
1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Full name of discloser: |
| Barclays PLC. | ||||
(b) | Owner or controller of interest and short |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | INTERTEK GROUP PLC | |||||
| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 26 May 2026 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(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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| 2,787,414 | 1.81% | 2,371,257 | 1.54% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,917,877 | 1.25% | 2,402,748 | 1.56% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| TOTAL: |
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| 4,705,291 | 3.06% | 4,774,005 | 3.10% |
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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1p ordinary | Purchase | 66,874 | 55.1001 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 62,836 | 55.0852 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 53,018 | 55.1000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 42,994 | 55.1500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 25,000 | 55.0110 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 19,631 | 55.1008 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,849 | 55.0962 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,590 | 55.1223 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,942 | 55.0949 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,450 | 54.9956 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,703 | 55.1073 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,561 | 55.1132 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,053 | 55.1139 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,897 | 55.0500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,390 | 55.0506 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,129 | 55.0356 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,113 | 55.0984 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 908 | 54.9388 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 793 | 55.1269 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 734 | 55.1021 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 720 | 55.0518 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 572 | 55.0250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 542 | 55.0623 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 494 | 55.0104 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 450 | 55.0325 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 409 | 55.0942 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 362 | 55.0288 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 312 | 55.0750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 239 | 55.1051 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 146 | 55.1089 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 132 | 55.0102 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 93 | 55.1231 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 72 | 55.1090 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 61 | 54.9983 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 46 | 55.0760 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 44 | 55.1750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 40 | 55.0000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 37 | 55.0944 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 31 | 55.0114 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 23 | 55.0239 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 14 | 55.0375 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 13 | 74.5400 USD | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7 | 55.0947 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 109,987 | 55.1000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 56,259 | 55.0996 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 16,241 | 55.1110 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 14,128 | 55.1083 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 13,015 | 55.0966 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,361 | 55.0148 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 10,496 | 55.0976 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,540 | 55.1500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,790 | 55.0673 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,047 | 55.0935 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,466 | 55.0828 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,398 | 55.0977 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,223 | 55.1134 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,142 | 55.0969 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,695 | 55.0668 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,693 | 55.0458 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,411 | 55.0787 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,918 | 55.0745 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,431 | 55.0417 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,302 | 55.0876 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,232 | 55.0386 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,081 | 55.1146 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 936 | 55.0442 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 858 | 55.1149 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 796 | 54.9293 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 671 | 55.1008 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 621 | 55.0500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 604 | 55.0942 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 410 | 55.1277 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 366 | 55.0963 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 351 | 55.0250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 302 | 55.1062 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 265 | 55.1196 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 259 | 55.1204 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 255 | 55.1250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 193 | 55.1349 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 146 | 55.1144 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 121 | 54.9500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 115 | 55.0955 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 108 | 55.1087 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 93 | 55.1286 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 85 | 55.0867 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 80 | 54.8956 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 74 | 55.0750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 64 | 55.0000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 52 | 55.0658 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 36 | 54.8995 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 13 | 74.5400 USD | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6 | 55.3500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4 | 55.0961 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 | Increasing Long | 80 | 54.8956 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36 | 54.8995 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6 | 54.9750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,361 | 55.0148 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 936 | 55.0442 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,693 | 55.0458 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 496 | 55.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 374 | 55.0518 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,800 | 55.0673 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,918 | 55.0745 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,781 | 55.0851 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4 | 55.0950 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 723 | 55.0952 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 115 | 55.0955 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,691 | 55.0961 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 366 | 55.0963 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,142 | 55.0969 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,496 | 55.0976 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 57,453 | 55.1000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8 | 55.1250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4 | 55.1494 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6 | 54.9750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,450 | 54.9956 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 25,000 | 55.0110 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 23 | 55.0239 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 362 | 55.0288 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,821 | 55.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 47 | 55.0505 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,509 | 55.0544 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 542 | 55.0623 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,496 | 55.0852 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7 | 55.0947 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,336 | 55.0978 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 562 | 55.0980 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,317 | 55.1000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 734 | 55.1021 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,160 | 55.1027 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 298 | 55.1043 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,328 | 55.1082 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,926 | 55.1125 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,561 | 55.1132 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,053 | 55.1139 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,590 | 55.1223 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8 | 55.1250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 42,911 | 55.1500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 54 | 55.0994 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 887 | 55.0961 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 206 | 55.0983 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 170 | 55.0776 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,786 | 55.0832 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 13 | 55.1538 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 |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercise |
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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 person 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: | 27 May 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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