Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

14 May 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:	13 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	1,636,408	57.5288 GBP	55.8000 GBP
	Sale	1,249,377	57.4713 GBP	55.7975 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	25	55.8000 GBP
			4,271	55.8003 GBP
			19,708	55.8008 GBP
			10	55.8025 GBP
			2,274	55.8056 GBP
			5	55.8070 GBP
			523	55.8084 GBP
			24,500	56.3371 GBP
			6,600	56.3570 GBP
			3,052	56.4306 GBP
			2,307	56.4320 GBP
			768	56.4436 GBP
			296	56.4505 GBP
			2,284	56.4706 GBP
			2,413	56.4777 GBP
			6,600	56.4821 GBP
			366	56.4831 GBP
			806	56.4915 GBP
			1,050	56.5238 GBP
			376	56.5653 GBP
			130	56.5759 GBP
			654	56.5821 GBP
			18	56.5939 GBP
			669	56.6201 GBP
			54,694	56.6262 GBP
			503	56.6394 GBP
			6,650	56.6484 GBP
			104,600	56.6696 GBP
			13	56.7057 GBP
			140	56.7336 GBP
			679	56.7859 GBP
			10,955	56.7929 GBP
			3,761	56.8013 GBP
			77	56.8164 GBP
			583	56.8745 GBP
			885	56.8898 GBP
			9	56.8902 GBP
			168	56.9009 GBP
			21,737	56.9159 GBP
			150,000	57.0285 GBP
			251	57.0860 GBP
			3	57.1009 GBP
			90,000	57.4843 GBP
		Decrease Short	1,200	55.7944 GBP
			64,208	55.8000 GBP
			8,205	55.9890 GBP
			11,974	55.9938 GBP
			22	56.1084 GBP
			977	56.1512 GBP
			5,552	56.3171 GBP
			221	56.3689 GBP
			1,502	56.4133 GBP
			9,241	56.5637 GBP
			173	56.5705 GBP
			54	56.5744 GBP
			200	56.7125 GBP
			8,756	56.9922 GBP
			17,878	56.9934 GBP
			40,000	57.3713 GBP
			75,000	57.4713 GBP
		Increase Long	4	55.7975 GBP
			4,921	55.7992 GBP
			6,863	55.8000 GBP
			267	55.8115 GBP
		25,117	55.8897 GBP
		529	55.9173 GBP
		3,254	55.9330 GBP
		124	56.0617 GBP
		423	56.1797 GBP
		5,591	56.2198 GBP
		941	56.2399 GBP
		33	56.2430 GBP
		137	56.3398 GBP
		16	56.4992 GBP
		1,525	56.5176 GBP
		2,430	56.5387 GBP
		6,803	56.5472 GBP
		334	56.5483 GBP
		6	56.5492 GBP
		13,688	56.5542 GBP
		79	56.5568 GBP
		1,241	56.5602 GBP
		1,765	56.5654 GBP
		541	56.5722 GBP
		707	56.5843 GBP
		4,154	56.6273 GBP
		1,493	56.6929 GBP
		18,670	56.7146 GBP
		3,918	57.0035 GBP
	Increase Short	22,494	55.8034 GBP
		25,000	55.8042 GBP
		18,830	56.0534 GBP
		25,000	56.0681 GBP
		477	56.1030 GBP
		1,193	56.1486 GBP
		288	56.2784 GBP
		68	56.2949 GBP
		306	56.3034 GBP
		1,348	56.3159 GBP
		1,848	56.3534 GBP
		696	56.3668 GBP
		1,398	56.3755 GBP
		1,234	56.4102 GBP
		3,814	56.4175 GBP
		1,163	56.4193 GBP
		9	56.4201 GBP
		632	56.4219 GBP
		378	56.4284 GBP
		225	56.4310 GBP
		860	56.4389 GBP
		348	56.4409 GBP
		866	56.4565 GBP
		1,260	56.4635 GBP
		2,934	56.4731 GBP
		1,446	56.4766 GBP
		1,757	56.4867 GBP
		1,622	56.4887 GBP
		4,540	56.4942 GBP
		25,000	56.5024 GBP
		464	56.5265 GBP
		77	56.5284 GBP
		522	56.5341 GBP
		80	56.5506 GBP
		85	56.5534 GBP
		2,435	56.5659 GBP
		556	56.5888 GBP
		23	56.5909 GBP
		1,547	56.5935 GBP
		141	56.6284 GBP
		874	56.6464 GBP
		442	56.6496 GBP
		19	56.6584 GBP
		1,015	56.6663 GBP
		1,023	56.6720 GBP
		2,403	56.6969 GBP
		1,243	56.7238 GBP
		1,012	56.7639 GBP
	Opening a short position	25,000	56.4782 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:	14 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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