Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

29 April 2026

 

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:	28 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	265,403	47.0523 GBP	45.9500 GBP
	Sale	260,181	47.0550 GBP	45.9408 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	45.9521 GBP
			116	45.9546 GBP
			171	46.1618 GBP
			1,700	46.2512 GBP
			12	46.2563 GBP
			2,804	46.2870 GBP
			2,330	46.3209 GBP
			3,760	46.4066 GBP
			7,812	46.4367 GBP
			5,229	46.4508 GBP
			186	46.6107 GBP
		Decrease Short	4,020	45.9408 GBP
			77	45.9430 GBP
			94	45.9463 GBP
			7	45.9466 GBP
			221	45.9493 GBP
			2	46.1192 GBP
			34	46.1272 GBP
			174	46.1411 GBP
			195	46.1422 GBP
			72	46.1857 GBP
			429	46.1889 GBP
			26	46.1922 GBP
			34	46.2072 GBP
			41	46.2075 GBP
			1,079	46.2189 GBP
			94	46.2522 GBP
			76	46.2583 GBP
			229	46.2595 GBP
			54	46.2622 GBP
			78	46.2885 GBP
			3,500	46.2908 GBP
			347	46.2964 GBP
			97	46.2989 GBP
			549	46.3141 GBP
			40	46.3187 GBP
			34	46.3272 GBP
			591	46.3378 GBP
			512	46.3383 GBP
			453	46.3533 GBP
			34	46.3572 GBP
			88	46.3600 GBP
			216	46.3605 GBP
			71	46.3670 GBP
			1,633	46.3697 GBP
			67	46.3872 GBP
			113	46.4072 GBP
			10	46.4293 GBP
			1,657	46.4311 GBP
			407	46.4730 GBP
			9	46.4854 GBP
			198	46.4875 GBP
			857	46.4927 GBP
			34	46.5022 GBP
			92	46.5172 GBP
			109	46.5280 GBP
			417	46.5293 GBP
			102	46.5314 GBP
			26	46.5322 GBP
			54	46.5422 GBP
			86	46.5433 GBP
			68	46.5438 GBP
			178	46.5464 GBP
			47	46.5536 GBP
		42	46.5672 GBP
		39	46.5722 GBP
		1,604	46.5750 GBP
		48	46.5772 GBP
		24	46.5822 GBP
		34	46.5872 GBP
		34	46.6172 GBP
		11	46.6257 GBP
		41	46.6272 GBP
		47	46.6372 GBP
		8	46.6422 GBP
		4,848	46.6551 GBP
		108	46.6732 GBP
		85	46.7468 GBP
		181	46.7525 GBP
		7,998	46.8266 GBP
		14	46.8872 GBP
		141	46.8905 GBP
		426	46.9178 GBP
		61	46.9272 GBP
		89	46.9522 GBP
		138	46.9747 GBP
		208	46.9839 GBP
		938	46.9859 GBP
		8	46.9872 GBP
		25,000	47.0165 GBP
		93	47.0340 GBP
		29	47.0472 GBP
		34	47.0772 GBP
		34	47.0847 GBP
		4,607	46.2862 GBP
		2,967	46.3237 GBP
	Increase Long	65	45.9479 GBP
		667	45.9684 GBP
		6,253	45.9731 GBP
		604	46.0071 GBP
		1,858	46.0528 GBP
		305	46.1303 GBP
		1,560	46.2550 GBP
	Increase Short	13,356	45.9500 GBP
		11,134	45.9507 GBP
		410	45.9509 GBP
		3,000	45.9512 GBP
		6,247	45.9514 GBP
		1,512	45.9674 GBP
		569	45.9706 GBP
		805	46.1160 GBP
		37	46.1300 GBP
		35	46.1508 GBP
		1	46.1546 GBP
		53	46.1588 GBP
		3	46.1852 GBP
		1	46.2219 GBP
		29	46.2239 GBP
		887	46.2677 GBP
		8,510	46.2885 GBP
		950	46.3162 GBP
		319	46.3204 GBP
		5,242	46.3339 GBP
		1,798	46.4559 GBP
		9	46.4990 GBP
		3,430	46.5475 GBP
	Opening a long position	1,065	45.9477 GBP
		453	45.9500 GBP
		338	46.4391 GBP
		12	46.5086 GBP
		3,252	46.6155 GBP
		708	46.9215 GBP
	Opening a short position	855	46.4728 GBP
		30	46.5014 GBP
		2,987	46.5043 GBP
		390	47.0194 GBP
		455	47.0301 GBP
		46	47.0514 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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