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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

12 May 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:	08 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	900,070	49.4900 GBP	46.5300 GBP
	Sale	1,268,323	51.0800 GBP	46.6800 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	52	46.6419 GBP
			448	48.2072 GBP
			17,390	48.4701 GBP
			1,523	48.4711 GBP
			7,522	48.5157 GBP
			9	48.5744 GBP
			1,552	48.7564 GBP
			123	48.7966 GBP
			220	48.8739 GBP
			1,912	49.1007 GBP
			39	49.1022 GBP
			6,504	49.1673 GBP
			256	49.1733 GBP
			18,400	49.1990 GBP
		Decrease Short	6,817	46.6840 GBP
			38,183	47.0114 GBP
			14,400	47.7277 GBP
			15,000	47.9883 GBP
			60,787	48.1572 GBP
			15,292	48.3444 GBP
			10,000	48.4964 GBP
			10,000	48.5032 GBP
			390	48.6513 GBP
			5,000	48.7463 GBP
			12	48.7871 GBP
			2	48.8471 GBP
			5,000	48.8993 GBP
			4,442	48.9055 GBP
			5,000	48.9163 GBP
			4,847	48.9877 GBP
			5,000	48.9963 GBP
			831	49.0926 GBP
			16,610	49.0971 GBP
			73,190	49.1000 GBP
			106	49.1558 GBP
			2,028	49.2043 GBP
			72	49.2148 GBP
			7,928	49.3000 GBP
			2,627	49.4963 GBP
			2,280	66.4943 GBP
		Increase Long	191	46.6855 GBP
			5,000	48.2540 GBP
			195,000	48.3194 GBP
			91	48.4891 GBP
			28	48.5905 GBP
			852	48.6175 GBP
			730	48.7030 GBP
			3,940	48.8190 GBP
			421	48.8627 GBP
			717	48.8854 GBP
			5,000	48.8967 GBP
			4,203	48.9284 GBP
			77	48.9415 GBP
			35,330	48.9770 GBP
			43	49.0555 GBP
			706	49.0660 GBP
			2,268	49.0840 GBP
			1	49.0978 GBP
			221,838	49.1000 GBP
			2,271	49.1005 GBP
			3,284	49.1303 GBP
			790	49.1308 GBP
			1,499	49.1318 GBP
			28	49.1862 GBP
		828	49.2031 GBP
		81	49.2309 GBP
		161	49.2806 GBP
		18	49.3088 GBP
	Increase Short	896	48.7017 GBP
		19,037	48.7123 GBP
		11,406	48.7564 GBP
		172	48.7840 GBP
		7	48.8657 GBP
		150,552	48.9794 GBP
		19,037	48.9851 GBP
		64,580	49.0527 GBP
		47,333	49.0924 GBP
		8,072	49.1012 GBP
		1,819	49.1049 GBP
		154	49.1387 GBP
		4,812	49.1391 GBP
		28,647	49.1564 GBP
		1,064	49.1712 GBP
		18,856	49.2767 GBP
		3,600	49.3022 GBP
		4,328	49.3049 GBP
		304	49.4325 GBP
	Opening a long position	146	48.6983 GBP
		631	48.7416 GBP
		12,240	49.1000 GBP
		19,375	49.1047 GBP
		1,549	49.2160 GBP
	Opening a short position	14,040	46.9981 GBP
		122	47.7444 GBP
		28	47.9002 GBP
		1,704	48.1248 GBP
		103	48.1249 GBP
		20	48.1250 GBP
		376	48.4501 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:	12 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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