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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

08 May 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:	06 May 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	272,035	51.7672 GBP	50.9600 GBP
	Sale	312,887	51.7736 GBP	50.9000 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	10,000	51.0600 GBP
			2,654	51.0608 GBP
			5	51.0623 GBP
			5	51.0851 GBP
			25,904	51.0958 GBP
			5,880	51.1094 GBP
			1	51.2651 GBP
			2	51.3023 GBP
			7	51.3208 GBP
			903	51.3711 GBP
			4,861	51.4119 GBP
			3,354	51.4335 GBP
			14,092	51.4363 GBP
			6,825	51.4462 GBP
			15	51.4528 GBP
			87	51.4687 GBP
			2,840	51.4824 GBP
			6	51.4848 GBP
			889	51.4975 GBP
			40	51.5036 GBP
			467	51.5201 GBP
			1,767	51.5251 GBP
			1,919	51.5418 GBP
			666	51.5426 GBP
			226	51.5608 GBP
			21	51.6816 GBP
		Decrease Short	7,482	51.0498 GBP
			5,308	51.0523 GBP
			584	51.0524 GBP
			11,556	51.0569 GBP
			1,099	51.0590 GBP
			6,769	51.1258 GBP
			76	51.1270 GBP
			306	51.1289 GBP
			4,460	51.1473 GBP
			170	51.2973 GBP
			33	51.2974 GBP
			790	51.3567 GBP
			10,772	51.3972 GBP
			407	51.4278 GBP
			729	51.4561 GBP
			3,578	69.6707 GBP
		Increase Long	4	50.8950 GBP
			1,372	51.0523 GBP
			52	51.0577 GBP
			20,103	51.0592 GBP
			7,451	51.0600 GBP
			290	51.0887 GBP
			1,268	51.1092 GBP
			608	51.1225 GBP
			861	51.1358 GBP
			10,302	51.1611 GBP
			510	51.1858 GBP
			989	51.2045 GBP
			288	51.2315 GBP
			2	51.2349 GBP
			10,680	51.2472 GBP
			26	51.2768 GBP
			38	51.2802 GBP
			119	51.2985 GBP
			774	51.2988 GBP
			3,581	51.3007 GBP
			19,330	51.3309 GBP
			17,561	51.3362 GBP
		1,812	51.3460 GBP
		2	51.3549 GBP
		1,754	51.3729 GBP
		4,899	51.4004 GBP
		1,113	51.4205 GBP
		745	51.4343 GBP
		10,200	51.4362 GBP
		4,363	51.4375 GBP
		4,727	51.4662 GBP
		983	51.4734 GBP
		1,559	51.5123 GBP
		277	51.5305 GBP
		2,162	51.5372 GBP
		634	51.5847 GBP
	Increase Short	747	50.9674 GBP
		2,616	51.0631 GBP
		1,005	51.0651 GBP
		295	51.0708 GBP
		513	51.1969 GBP
		50	51.2223 GBP
		62	51.2658 GBP
		551	51.2703 GBP
		744	51.2895 GBP
		98	51.3444 GBP
		169	51.3594 GBP
		28,700	51.4577 GBP
		322	51.4691 GBP
		302	51.5006 GBP
		751	51.5431 GBP
		115	51.5514 GBP
		16,049	51.6855 GBP
	Opening a long position	4,936	51.4285 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:	08 May 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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