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

JPMorgan Securities Plc

02 June 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:	29 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	762,310	53.9500 GBP	53.2000 GBP
	Sale	265,123	53.9000 GBP	53.1976 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	66	53.2024 GBP
			78	53.2037 GBP
			16,202	53.2414 GBP
			256	53.4458 GBP
			2,865	53.5131 GBP
			7,723	53.5475 GBP
			634	53.7834 GBP
			111	53.8279 GBP
			60	53.8282 GBP
		Decrease Short	2,952	53.1992 GBP
			4,748	53.2000 GBP
			137	53.3574 GBP
			11,820	53.3676 GBP
			1,785	53.4276 GBP
			7,222	53.5306 GBP
			682	53.6511 GBP
			849	53.6650 GBP
			170	53.6743 GBP
			322	53.6961 GBP
			357	53.7436 GBP
			155	53.7514 GBP
			80	53.7597 GBP
			2,660	53.7652 GBP
			990	53.7706 GBP
			1,762	53.7818 GBP
			382	53.7841 GBP
			8	53.7891 GBP
			114	53.7924 GBP
			48	53.8220 GBP
			103	53.8296 GBP
			43	53.8321 GBP
			623	53.8331 GBP
			198	53.8557 GBP
		Increase Long	56	53.1976 GBP
			184	53.4447 GBP
			15	53.6446 GBP
			1,160	53.3772 GBP
		Increase Short	9,773	53.2008 GBP
			4,748	53.2032 GBP
			34,098	53.2053 GBP
			50,000	53.2067 GBP
			3,100	53.2106 GBP
			39	53.2284 GBP
			4,915	53.2532 GBP
			10,064	53.2798 GBP
			5,000	53.3493 GBP
			5,000	53.5040 GBP
			1,900	53.5607 GBP
			18	53.6508 GBP
			5,000	53.6605 GBP
			16	53.6710 GBP
			95,104	53.6976 GBP
			270,058	53.7263 GBP
			7,500	53.7559 GBP
			2,500	53.7608 GBP
			99	53.7625 GBP
			7	53.7830 GBP
			8	53.8554 GBP
			5,000	53.8560 GBP
			5,288	53.8608 GBP
			5	53.8994 GBP
			4	53.9281 GBP
		Opening a long position	4,510	53.6957 GBP
			13,557	53.7797 GBP
		1,318	53.7819 GBP
		440	53.8065 GBP
		243	53.8484 GBP
	Opening a short position	1,318	53.6003 GBP
		18,633	53.7000 GBP
		117	53.7764 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:	02 June 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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