22 Jun 2026 11:58
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: | Β | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | ||||
(b) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | Β | INTERTEK GROUP PLC | ||||
Β | relevant securities this form relates: | Β | |||||
(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) | |||||
Β | principal trader is connected | Β | Β | ||||
(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | Β | 19 Jun 2026 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO | Β | Β | |||
Β | trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | Β | Β | ||||
2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree | Β | |||||
Β | to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) | Β | |||||
Class of relevant security: | 1p ordinary | ||||||
Β | Interests | Short Positions | |||||
Β | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | Β | Β | Β | Β | ||
Β | and/or controlled: | Β | Β | 2,531,714 | 1.64% | 3,611,915 | 2.35% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | Β | Β | Β | Β | ||
Β | and/or controlled: | Β | Β | 2,929,553 | 1.90% | 2,139,408 | 1.39% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | Β | Β | Β | Β | ||
Β | and agreements to purchase/sell: | Β | Β | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β |
Β | TOTAL: | Β | Β | 5,461,267 | 3.55% | 5,751,323 | 3.74% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive | Β | |||||
Β | options) | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β |
Class of relevant security in relation to | Β | Β | Β | Β | |||
which subscription right exists | Β | Β | Β | Β | |||
Details, including nature of the rights | Β | Β | Β | Β | |||
concerned and relevant percentages: | Β | Β | Β | Β | |||
3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | |
Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
security | Β | securities | paid/received | paid/received | |||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,778,271 | 58.1494 GBP | 58.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,108,757 | 58.1476 GBP | 58.0046 GBP | |||
Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β |
(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | Β | |||||
Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
relevant | description | Β | reference | unit | |||
security | Β | Β | securities | Β | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,300 | 58.0465 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,870 | 58.0625 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 137 | 58.0606 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 562 | 58.0634 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 158 | 58.0761 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 769 | 58.0526 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 26,930 | 57.9236 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 16,352 | 58.0470 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 79,482 | 58.0529 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,813 | 58.0616 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 246,487 | 58.1000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,361 | 58.0447 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 715 | 58.0459 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 684 | 58.0482 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 260 | 58.0703 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 3,605 | 58.1017 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 2,263 | 58.1017 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 29,422 | 58.0614 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 364 | 58.0614 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 19,801 | 58.0606 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 15,500 | 58.0606 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,266 | 58.0606 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 31 | 58.0606 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 14 | 58.0606 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 167 | 58.0634 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 836 | 58.0625 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,425 | 58.0512 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,967 | 58.0625 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 128 | 58.0498 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 1,408 | 58.1027 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,435 | 58.1348 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 54 | 58.0566 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,181 | 57.5933 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 15 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 38,230 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,373 | 57.9110 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 61,957 | 58.1000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Closing Long | 23,939 | 58.0532 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 411 | 58.1027 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,077 | 58.1027 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 107 | 58.0758 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10 | 58.0494 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 24,135 | 57.7347 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,174 | 58.0810 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,813 | 58.1574 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,790 | 58.0711 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 157 | 58.0743 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 78,230 | 57.9640 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,397 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,000 | 57.5995 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 58.1000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 58.0551 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 218,692 | 58.1000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 439 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,625 | 58.1073 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 54,827 | 58.0522 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,865 | 58.0874 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 176 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,409 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,749 | 58.0414 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 15,991 | 58.0618 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 96,293 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 10,925 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 527 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,616 | 58.1151 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,629 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,563 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 170 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 16,554 | 58.0906 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 83,446 | 58.0906 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 709 | 58.1250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,121 | 58.0715 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 347 | 58.0616 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 58.1000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 206 | 58.0383 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13,168 | 58.0840 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 78,227 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 28,714 | 58.1476 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 86 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 18,744 | 58.1000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 50,000 | 58.1000 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | Β | |||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | Β | |||||
Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price | Β | date | money |
relevant | Β | selling, | securities | per unit | Β | Β | paid/ |
security | Β | varying etc | to which | Β | Β | Β | received |
Β | Β | Β | option | Β | Β | Β | per unit |
Β | Β | Β | relates | Β | Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β |
(ii) | Exercising | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β |
Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
security | Β | Β | securities | unit | |||
Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | |||
Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β |
(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | Β | |||||
Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
security | Β | Β | applicable) | ||||
Β | Β | Β | Β | ||||
4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements | Β | |||||
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, | Β | Β | |||||
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal | Β | Β | |||||
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party | Β | ||||||
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: | Β | Β | Β | ||||
NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives | Β | |||||
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between | Β | Β | |||||
the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: | Β | Β | |||||
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or | Β | Β | Β | ||||
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which | Β | Β | |||||
any derivative is referenced: | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | |
NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Β |
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 22 Jun 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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