Holding(s) in Company

Intertek Group PLC
22 May 2003


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     INTERTEK GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.


3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     BENEFICIAL


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     NOT KNOWN


6)   (%) of issued Class

     NOT KNOWN

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     NOT KNOWN


8)   (%) of issued Class

     NOT KNOWN


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF £0.01 EACH


10)  Date of transaction

     NOT KNOWN


11)  Date company informed

     19TH MAY 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification

     20,694,875

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     13.48%


14)  Any additional information

     THIS NOTIFICATION IS IN RELATION TO A BENEFICIAL HOLDING OF 167,672 SHARES 
     BY MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC., MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS LIMITED HOLDS 
     20,527,203 OF THE TOTAL OF 20,694,875 SHARES AS NOTIFIED ON 19TH MAY 2003.


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     DAVID M J RICE
     020 7396 3442

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     MARTIN C BLACK

     Date of Notification 22ND MAY 2003


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