Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities 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:	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:	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	Purchase	850,018	48.5350 GBP	45.8461 GBP
	Sale	667,177	48.5712 GBP	45.8271 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	1,433	46.4415 GBP
			25	46.4750 GBP
			120	47.1111 GBP
			1,750	47.3829 GBP
			5,091	47.5664 GBP
			308	47.6492 GBP
			101	47.6648 GBP
			17,627	47.6971 GBP
			27	47.7048 GBP
			1	47.7448 GBP
			138	47.7467 GBP
		Decrease Short	3	45.8267 GBP
			68	45.9324 GBP
			153	46.0392 GBP
			34	46.0472 GBP
			105	46.0572 GBP
			83	46.0662 GBP
			79	46.1141 GBP
			143	46.1572 GBP
			15,000	46.1942 GBP
			4,012	46.2012 GBP
			25,026	46.2169 GBP
			407	46.3870 GBP
			100	46.4051 GBP
			3,087	46.5601 GBP
			100	47.1033 GBP
			3,245	47.1524 GBP
			514	47.3249 GBP
			2,640	47.4959 GBP
			34	47.5472 GBP
			417	47.5885 GBP
			150	47.6107 GBP
			107	47.6457 GBP
			2	47.6500 GBP
			8	47.6571 GBP
			719	47.6593 GBP
			16	47.6852 GBP
			150	47.6885 GBP
			1,638	47.7031 GBP
			375	47.7108 GBP
			356	47.7114 GBP
			1,181	47.7145 GBP
			61	47.7225 GBP
			322	47.7562 GBP
			310	47.7808 GBP
			1,113	47.8035 GBP
			1,045	47.8182 GBP
			200	47.9065 GBP
			358	47.9310 GBP
			3,574	47.9908 GBP
			25,000	48.0005 GBP
			1,000	48.0041 GBP
			79	48.0132 GBP
			10,000	48.0841 GBP
			144	48.1339 GBP
			10,000	48.4964 GBP
			300	48.5464 GBP
			5,000	48.5644 GBP
			3,166	47.0787 GBP
		Increase Long	199	46.1965 GBP
			617	47.4105 GBP
			222	47.6579 GBP
			1,006	47.6805 GBP
			11,162	47.6952 GBP
		798	47.7240 GBP
		2,356	47.9072 GBP
	Increase Short	659	46.0884 GBP
		23	46.1441 GBP
		1,006	46.2740 GBP
		81	47.3891 GBP
		637	47.4249 GBP
		2,353	47.4703 GBP
		13,450	47.5819 GBP
		30,000	47.6136 GBP
		15	47.6280 GBP
		7,865	47.6600 GBP
		40,613	47.6607 GBP
		50	47.6800 GBP
		3,574	47.7020 GBP
		956	47.7156 GBP
		10,200	47.7721 GBP
		1,000	47.7883 GBP
		1	47.7898 GBP
		15,177	47.8019 GBP
		5,000	47.8367 GBP
		20	47.8520 GBP
		237	47.8764 GBP
		59	47.8818 GBP
		18,569	47.9440 GBP
		5,064	47.9487 GBP
		235	47.9619 GBP
		49,230	47.9939 GBP
		481	48.0217 GBP
		20,477	48.0552 GBP
		31,351	48.0997 GBP
		200	48.3496 GBP
		24,876	48.4568 GBP
	Opening a long position	13,846	47.4231 GBP
		3,509	47.5901 GBP
		493	48.0971 GBP
	Opening a short position	43	46.0723 GBP
		2	46.1814 GBP
		917	46.2475 GBP
		926	46.2877 GBP
		56	46.3502 GBP
		436	46.6069 GBP
		15,468	47.6600 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:	30 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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