Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

15 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:	14 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	446,130	56.7568 GBP	56.0000 GBP
	Sale	463,349	56.7500 GBP	56.0000 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	364	56.0549 GBP
			18	56.1054 GBP
			738	56.2517 GBP
			223	56.2531 GBP
			93	56.2702 GBP
			363	56.3197 GBP
			2	56.3556 GBP
			41	56.3898 GBP
			114	56.4216 GBP
			71	56.4263 GBP
			41	56.5056 GBP
			269	56.6337 GBP
			13,697	56.7009 GBP
			23,536	56.7500 GBP
			4,194	56.7509 GBP
			3	56.7526 GBP
			50,000	56.7571 GBP
		Decrease Short	51	56.1494 GBP
			34	56.2032 GBP
			586	56.3198 GBP
			40	56.3841 GBP
			330	56.4000 GBP
			1,585	56.4526 GBP
			45	56.4981 GBP
			33	56.5504 GBP
			6,384	56.5992 GBP
			3,084	56.6122 GBP
			16	56.7413 GBP
			57	56.7414 GBP
			249	56.7443 GBP
			64,488	56.7500 GBP
		Increase Long	3,691	56.0455 GBP
			1,957	56.2684 GBP
			13,097	56.3125 GBP
			368	56.3515 GBP
			1,356	56.3548 GBP
			2,526	56.3927 GBP
			15,955	56.3987 GBP
			7,111	56.4071 GBP
			1,283	56.4078 GBP
			344	56.4104 GBP
			2,843	56.4140 GBP
			31	56.4611 GBP
			8,085	56.4785 GBP
			339	56.4990 GBP
			3	56.4992 GBP
			3,096	56.5163 GBP
			1	56.5475 GBP
			377	56.5650 GBP
			4	56.6725 GBP
			193	56.7475 GBP
			22,002	56.7492 GBP
			4,305	56.4354 GBP
		Increase Short	139	56.2574 GBP
			311	56.3429 GBP
			241	56.3534 GBP
			27	56.3784 GBP
			274	56.3928 GBP
			257	56.3969 GBP
			180	56.3995 GBP
			493	56.4034 GBP
			27,019	56.4308 GBP
			17,999	56.4549 GBP
			635	56.4700 GBP
		2,994	56.4835 GBP
		29,105	56.6487 GBP
		12,012	56.7534 GBP
	Opening a long position	442	56.3997 GBP
		50,000	56.7330 GBP
		1,092	56.7500 GBP
	Opening a short position	2,521	56.0042 GBP
		4,925	56.3438 GBP
		1,534	56.4503 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:	15 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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