Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Intertek Group plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

14 August 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:	13 August 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	SALES	99,548	58.4500 GBP	58.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	PURCHASES	220,779	58.4617 GBP	58.3482 GBP
1p ordinary	PURCHASES	13	78.8108 USD	78.8108 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	243	58.3779 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,615	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	92	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	321	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,010	58.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9	58.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	22	58.3750 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	648	58.3920 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,652	58.3923 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	96	58.3944 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	151	58.3945 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	95	58.3945 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	219	58.3945 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	233	58.3945 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	852	58.3983 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13	58.3994 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	34	58.3997 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	35	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	162	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,027	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	241	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,971	58.4036 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	111	58.4036 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	664	58.4036 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,502	58.4036 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	382	58.4036 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	16,347	58.4250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	151	58.4617 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	243	58.3937 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	950	58.3963 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	29	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	40	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	16	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	179	58.4047 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	525	58.4252 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	339	58.4308 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	101,111	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	12	58.3563 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	104	58.3775 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	584	58.3775 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	57	58.3775 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	41	58.3775 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,771	58.3775 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	297	58.3899 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,083	58.3907 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	100	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	22	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,032	58.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,027	58.4000 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:	14 August 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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