Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

21 April 2026

 

AMENDMENT

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:	17 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	375,661	50.3200 GBP	48.1250 GBP
	Sale	560,294	50.2962 GBP	48.1309 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	1,653	49.5021 GBP
			590	49.6815 GBP
			80	49.6962 GBP
			7,211	49.7131 GBP
			518	49.7358 GBP
			518	49.7455 GBP
			24,805	49.7492 GBP
			1,973	49.7623 GBP
			1,355	49.8530 GBP
			302	49.9180 GBP
			8,225	49.9270 GBP
			687	50.0620 GBP
			12	50.1800 GBP
		Decrease Short	535	48.1310 GBP
			1,725	48.5849 GBP
			12,571	48.6867 GBP
			2,526	48.7103 GBP
			980	48.7587 GBP
			4,049	48.8652 GBP
			41	48.9373 GBP
			37	49.3508 GBP
			4,433	49.4198 GBP
			1,043	49.5860 GBP
			2,183	49.5950 GBP
			26	49.5993 GBP
			2,648	49.6450 GBP
			20	49.6541 GBP
			5,922	49.6542 GBP
			4	49.6825 GBP
			22	49.6838 GBP
			124	49.6890 GBP
			6,518	49.6893 GBP
			8,447	49.6952 GBP
			4,321	49.7203 GBP
			984	49.7253 GBP
			15,698	49.7373 GBP
			3,001	49.7421 GBP
			314	49.7597 GBP
			1,689	49.7666 GBP
			3,400	49.7709 GBP
			11,652	49.7728 GBP
			3,028	49.7761 GBP
			323	49.7774 GBP
			1,973	49.7796 GBP
			523	49.7876 GBP
			1,063	49.7960 GBP
			12,525	49.8164 GBP
			35,128	49.8298 GBP
			1,525	49.8309 GBP
			9,272	49.8371 GBP
			640	49.8704 GBP
			300	49.8963 GBP
			150	49.9063 GBP
			798	49.9371 GBP
			3,508	49.9480 GBP
			25,000	49.9952 GBP
			450	49.9962 GBP
			95	50.0397 GBP
			1,102	50.0474 GBP
			25,000	50.0575 GBP
			118	50.1050 GBP
			2,000	50.1749 GBP
			125	50.2962 GBP
		Increase Long	95,683	48.9600 GBP
		128	49.2453 GBP
		10,650	49.3497 GBP
		290	49.6496 GBP
		9,286	49.6617 GBP
		1,397	49.6831 GBP
		808	49.7705 GBP
		540	49.8626 GBP
		7	50.1321 GBP
	Increase Short	222	48.3348 GBP
		2,315	48.3518 GBP
		300	48.4309 GBP
		63	48.5022 GBP
		3,063	48.6579 GBP
		113	48.7085 GBP
		348	48.9961 GBP
		6,021	49.2904 GBP
		35	49.6113 GBP
		40	49.6900 GBP
		6,442	49.6908 GBP
		130	49.6910 GBP
		1,973	49.6915 GBP
		1,672	49.7171 GBP
		1,366	49.7314 GBP
		960	49.7831 GBP
		1,092	49.8361 GBP
		595	49.8441 GBP
		140	49.9458 GBP
		4,797	50.0322 GBP
		2,619	50.0323 GBP
		131	50.1456 GBP
		23	50.1650 GBP
	Opening a short position	75,000	49.8198 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:	21 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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