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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

13 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:	07 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	448,270	51.9800 GBP	50.4600 GBP
	Sale	340,478	52.0000 GBP	50.4499 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	86,938	50.4600 GBP
			14,715	50.4608 GBP
			88	50.4625 GBP
			17	50.4635 GBP
			9	50.4739 GBP
			50,274	50.5099 GBP
			8	50.5138 GBP
			477	50.5212 GBP
			275	50.5723 GBP
			12,932	50.5843 GBP
			11	50.6651 GBP
			1,351	50.7337 GBP
			593	50.8268 GBP
			583	50.9830 GBP
			38	51.0015 GBP
			81	51.2051 GBP
			14,343	51.2232 GBP
			3,329	51.2712 GBP
			10,000	51.2756 GBP
			478	51.2996 GBP
			2,826	51.3026 GBP
			1,296	51.3130 GBP
			283	51.3292 GBP
			25	51.4992 GBP
			2,608	51.5506 GBP
			701	51.8682 GBP
		Decrease Short	174	50.4499 GBP
			12,533	50.4570 GBP
			1,379	50.5395 GBP
			84	50.8376 GBP
			59	51.4582 GBP
			444	51.4937 GBP
			11	51.7800 GBP
			5,747	51.9961 GBP
			3,752	69.4831 GBP
		Increase Long	141	50.4577 GBP
			218	50.4592 GBP
			24,042	50.4600 GBP
			1,115	50.6057 GBP
			1,351	50.7346 GBP
			4	50.8950 GBP
			257	51.0184 GBP
			102	51.0357 GBP
			277	51.0549 GBP
			5,056	51.0612 GBP
			287	51.1188 GBP
			256	51.1974 GBP
			32,827	51.2459 GBP
			1,226	51.2826 GBP
			322	51.2839 GBP
			14	51.3192 GBP
			1,760	51.3208 GBP
			354	51.3215 GBP
			9,849	51.3358 GBP
			5	51.3719 GBP
			8,500	51.3743 GBP
			2,638	51.3900 GBP
			12,280	51.3901 GBP
			14,279	51.4237 GBP
			362	51.4326 GBP
			25,000	51.4543 GBP
			2,243	51.5222 GBP
			151	51.5306 GBP
			1,040	51.5857 GBP
		930	51.6033 GBP
		15	51.6148 GBP
		380	51.6958 GBP
	Increase Short	12,977	50.4600 GBP
		1,529	50.4651 GBP
		4,211	50.5316 GBP
		1,980	50.6301 GBP
		255	50.6833 GBP
		12,222	51.0430 GBP
		400	51.0616 GBP
		1,867	51.0617 GBP
		21,297	51.3903 GBP
		7,015	51.4516 GBP
	Opening a long position	392	51.4884 GBP
	Opening a short position	392	51.4677 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:	13 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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