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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: |
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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: |
| 25 Jun 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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| 2,451,522 | 1.59% | 2,501,015 | 1.62% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 2,498,462 | 1.62% | 1,959,601 | 1.27% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,949,984 | 3.22% | 4,460,616 | 2.90% |
(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 | 786,124 | 58.0523 GBP | 57.9000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | Sale | 184,298 | 58.0500 GBP | 57.8884 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 | 1,600 | 57.9536 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 58.0250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 58.0250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 130 | 58.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 784 | 57.8971 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,072 | 58.0243 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,559 | 58.0005 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 18 | 58.0127 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 7,638 | 58.0017 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 6,789 | 57.9965 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 4,142 | 58.0017 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 632 | 57.9953 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,757 | 58.0064 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19,116 | 57.9829 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 54,500 | 58.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 54,500 | 58.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 7,607 | 57.9647 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4 | 58.0005 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,909 | 58.0501 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,370 | 57.9000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,258 | 58.0230 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 27,671 | 58.0451 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,487 | 57.9187 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,313 | 58.0250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,579 | 58.0500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 328 | 57.9000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 81 | 57.9000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 38,010 | 57.9019 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 859 | 57.9000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,873 | 58.0250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 791 | 58.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 40,000 | 58.0290 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 180 | 58.0250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 33,236 | 58.0243 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,075 | 58.0204 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3 | 58.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 81 | 57.9000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 30 | 57.9000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,012 | 57.9000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 358 | 58.0250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8,969 | 58.0010 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 50,338 | 58.0241 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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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: | 26 Jun 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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