Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Intertek Group plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

30 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:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International 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:	EQT Fund Management S.a.r.l.
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	29 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	PURCHASES	731,061	48.6900 GBP	45.8300 GBP
1p ordinary	SALES	617,572	48.8859 GBP	45.8300 GBP
1p ordinary	SALES	3,776	63.7981 USD	63.7981 USD
1p ordinary	PURCHASES	75,071	64.6691 USD	63.9442 USD

(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	CFD	increasing a long position	73	47.1073 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5	47.1073 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	7,742	47.1636 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,105	47.1970 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,477	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	59	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,748	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	129	47.6601 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,410	47.7738 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	306	47.7922 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,907	47.9101 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	129	48.0157 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	448	48.1350 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	28	45.8314 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	26	45.9838 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	341	45.9998 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3	46.0100 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	982	46.0482 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	351	46.0700 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	397	46.0739 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10	46.0830 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	119	46.0883 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	28	46.0884 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5	46.0884 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	18	46.0884 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	19	46.0884 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	587	46.1157 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	862	46.1179 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,585	46.1180 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	917	46.1181 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1	46.2014 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	531	46.2166 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	209	46.2300 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,639	46.2733 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	110	46.3322 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	209	46.3322 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	235	46.3322 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	49	46.9497 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	945	47.0762 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6,226	47.1912 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	285	47.2967 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,294	47.4872 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	377	47.5958 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	198	47.5958 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	425	47.5958 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	220	47.6300 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	39	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,101	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,228	47.6610 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	15,176	47.6870 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	689	47.6975 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	20,000	47.7070 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	370	47.7139 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	302	47.7139 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	138	47.7139 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,020	47.7357 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	104	47.7419 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	49	47.7419 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	93	47.7420 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6,296	47.8012 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,704	47.8012 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,768	47.8547 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,982	47.8547 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,250	47.8547 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	75,000	47.8566 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	155	47.9185 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,784	47.9306 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	817	47.9440 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	525	47.9440 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,370	47.9440 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	155	47.9440 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	589	47.9440 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	195	47.9587 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1	47.9619 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10	47.9619 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5	47.9619 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6	47.9619 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	44	47.9619 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,388	47.9939 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,937	47.9939 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	408	47.9939 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,162	47.9939 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,549	47.9939 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	15,432	48.0122 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13	48.0217 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	87	48.0217 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13	48.0217 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	20	48.0217 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3	48.0217 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,983	48.0247 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,768	48.0247 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,249	48.0247 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,513	48.0679 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,375	48.0679 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,090	48.0679 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,692	48.0997 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	883	48.0997 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	259	48.0997 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,376	48.0997 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	984	48.0997 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3	48.1333 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,500	48.1836 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,252	48.1889 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,000	48.2482 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,041	48.3678 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,375	48.3678 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,879	48.3678 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	626	48.4568 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	205	48.4568 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,092	48.4568 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	700	48.4568 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,516	48.4568 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	154	48.4569 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	32	46.4722 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	7,360	46.6933 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,626	46.9827 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	71	47.3590 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,048	47.5738 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	9	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	939	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	43,704	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	11	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	338	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,321	47.6979 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	65	47.7300 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	104	47.7400 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	48	47.7500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	236	47.8860 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	448	48.2623 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2	46.0150 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	15,600	46.0207 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	558	46.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2	46.1086 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	20	46.1275 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	236	46.1413 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3	46.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	34	46.1600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	19	46.1647 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	209	46.1891 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	207	46.1920 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	145	46.1921 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	121	46.2155 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	51	46.2253 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	72	46.2254 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6	46.3367 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	419	46.5440 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	150	46.6872 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	105	46.6872 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	467	46.7298 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,606	47.1551 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,065	47.1551 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,873	47.1666 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,650	47.1970 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,776	47.2649 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,026	47.3903 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	63	47.4086 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	671	47.5190 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,440	47.5314 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,661	47.5600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	347	47.5935 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	47.6500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	47.6500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	47.6500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3	47.6500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	120	47.6528 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3	47.6533 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	11,596	47.6590 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	30	47.6597 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,140	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,057	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	39	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	39,829	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	41	47.6600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	139	47.6601 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	298	47.6655 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	120	47.6786 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,360	47.6869 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	399	47.6899 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	696	47.6920 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,000	47.7047 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9	47.7242 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	19	47.7242 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	23	47.7242 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	98	47.7922 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,010	47.7983 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9,886	47.8052 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	394	47.8172 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	54	47.8870 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	48.0100 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	249	48.0437 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	126	48.0886 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,252	48.1333 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	13,592	48.1388 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	28	48.1711 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,500	48.2874 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,000	48.4702 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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(ii)        Exercise

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

(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)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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:	30 April 2026
Contact name:	Claire Gordon
Telephone number:	[phone]

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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