Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Intertek Group PLC

GoldmanSachs International

17 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:	(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(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:	INTERTEK GROUP PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	14 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 the 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	132,707	58.4500 GBP	58.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	Sales	382,933	58.4500 GBP	58.3750 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	CFD	Opening a short position	1,000	58.3664 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	421	58.3756 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing a short position	107	58.3756 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,851	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	3,959	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,943	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	12,062	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	8,387	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	4,118	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	7,539	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	11,390	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	30,382	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	19,854	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	5,524	58.3850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	180	58.3853 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,011	58.3867 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing a short position	21	58.3886 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	80	58.3886 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing a short position	1,000	58.3962 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,040	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,984	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	3,873	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	5,326	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	359	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	166	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	70	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	274	58.4040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	122	58.4047 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing a long position	19	58.4047 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	46	58.4047 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	674	58.4049 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	467	58.4058 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	62	58.4117 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	150	58.4117 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	108	58.4117 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	31	58.4117 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening a long position	380,250	58.4500 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:	17 August 2026
Contact name:	Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number:	[phone] / [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 disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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