Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

29 April 2026

 

AMENDMENT

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Intertek Group plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Corporate broker to Intertek Group plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	27 April 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
1p ordinary	Purchase	440,423	49.1014 GBP	46.1450 GBP
	Sale	620,058	47.4700 GBP	46.2400 GBP

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
1p ordinary	Equity Swap	Decrease Long	6,774	46.5172 GBP
			64	46.5207 GBP
			69	46.6405 GBP
			35	46.6846 GBP
			5,062	46.8578 GBP
			56	46.8979 GBP
			24,344	46.9095 GBP
			2,836	46.9417 GBP
			7,541	47.0100 GBP
			2	47.0300 GBP
			2,050	47.0338 GBP
			7,783	47.0471 GBP
			51,591	47.0784 GBP
			3,770	47.0930 GBP
			1,816	47.1007 GBP
			1,179	47.1045 GBP
			119	47.1453 GBP
			3,014	47.1494 GBP
			3	47.2307 GBP
			1,012	47.2767 GBP
		Decrease Short	795	46.3998 GBP
			70,000	46.5517 GBP
			20	46.5888 GBP
			3,500	46.6867 GBP
			1,523	46.7257 GBP
			2,768	46.7260 GBP
			5,000	46.7897 GBP
			15,309	46.8043 GBP
			351	46.8729 GBP
			32	46.8841 GBP
			25,000	46.8970 GBP
			3,500	46.9193 GBP
			46,033	46.9570 GBP
			151	46.9577 GBP
			10,000	47.0015 GBP
			72	47.0229 GBP
			78	47.0230 GBP
			3,977	47.0272 GBP
			13,305	47.0293 GBP
			5,187	47.0409 GBP
			2,845	47.0434 GBP
			168	47.0701 GBP
			1,351	47.1007 GBP
			678	47.1060 GBP
			30	47.1194 GBP
			12,320	47.1209 GBP
			133	47.1271 GBP
			228	47.1469 GBP
			794	47.1623 GBP
			578	47.1809 GBP
			97,749	47.2188 GBP
			998	47.2293 GBP
			1	47.2472 GBP
			10,000	47.2497 GBP
			1,572	47.2516 GBP
			45,000	47.2578 GBP
			2,033	47.2649 GBP
			39	47.2697 GBP
			44,300	47.2797 GBP
			6,134	47.2807 GBP
			90	47.2819 GBP
			74	47.3141 GBP
			84	47.3231 GBP
			500	47.3317 GBP
		140	47.3551 GBP
		64	47.3625 GBP
		2	47.3972 GBP
		394	47.4071 GBP
		1	47.4372 GBP
		83	47.4642 GBP
		2,360	47.4964 GBP
		2,797	63.7337 GBP
	Increase Long	1,448	46.5215 GBP
		54	47.0279 GBP
		796	47.0410 GBP
		443	47.0806 GBP
		1,316	47.0892 GBP
		88	47.2752 GBP
		16	47.4465 GBP
	Increase Short	150	46.4735 GBP
		60	46.5035 GBP
		30,000	46.5624 GBP
		30	46.6473 GBP
		2,429	46.6655 GBP
		5,533	46.7110 GBP
		20,000	46.7370 GBP
		317	46.7746 GBP
		90	46.9036 GBP
		1,663	46.9685 GBP
		4,954	47.0179 GBP
		7,282	47.0300 GBP
		1,987	47.0307 GBP
		2,375	47.0347 GBP
		161	47.0672 GBP
		317	47.0673 GBP
		21,427	47.0863 GBP
		2	47.1097 GBP
		44	47.2997 GBP
		324	47.3144 GBP
		745	47.3753 GBP
		28,190	47.3932 GBP
		3	47.3974 GBP
		2	47.4132 GBP
	Opening a long position	457	46.6974 GBP
		311	46.7300 GBP
		923	46.9772 GBP
		23,918	47.0300 GBP
		2	47.2386 GBP
		36	47.2616 GBP
		57	47.2703 GBP
		38	47.3398 GBP
	Opening a short position	1,170	46.4550 GBP
		13,213	46.7044 GBP
		311	46.7300 GBP
		10	46.7338 GBP
		155	46.7759 GBP
		10	46.8547 GBP
		351	46.8971 GBP
		533	46.9311 GBP
		22	47.0183 GBP
		212	47.0192 GBP
		968	47.0309 GBP
		11,241	47.1329 GBP

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

Date of disclosure:	29 April 2026
Contact name:	Hetvi Shah
Telephone number:	44 2034 936359

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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