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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

17 July 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:	15 July 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	192,582	58.3058 GBP	58.1500 GBP
	Sale	555,111	58.3000 GBP	58.1377 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	8	58.1563 GBP
			85	58.2694 GBP
			263	58.2703 GBP
			940	58.2975 GBP
			51	58.2989 GBP
			4,510	58.3019 GBP
			164	58.3026 GBP
			205	58.3059 GBP
		Decrease Short	1,356	58.1377 GBP
			6,821	58.1483 GBP
			433	58.2140 GBP
			3,659	58.2209 GBP
			1,561	58.2354 GBP
			2,486	58.2465 GBP
			7	58.2468 GBP
			82	58.2490 GBP
			264	58.2684 GBP
			78	58.2761 GBP
			169	58.2966 GBP
			1,928	58.2991 GBP
			204,865	58.3000 GBP
		Increase Long	110	58.2460 GBP
			9	58.2567 GBP
		Increase Short	6,300	58.1542 GBP
			17,729	58.1558 GBP
			3,852	58.2047 GBP
			58	58.2162 GBP
			2,564	58.2503 GBP
			80	58.2509 GBP
			99	58.2518 GBP
			24,927	58.2580 GBP
			522	58.2697 GBP
			25	58.2727 GBP
			6,485	58.2825 GBP
			2,184	58.2828 GBP
			231,627	58.3000 GBP
			1,028	58.3009 GBP
			222	58.3058 GBP
		Opening a long position	224,118 260,257	58.3000 GBP 58.1500 GBP
		Opening a short position	3,346	58.2994 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:	17 July 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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