Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

13 May 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:	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:	12 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	745,835	54.2750 GBP	51.5000 GBP
	Sale	760,330	54.1608 GBP	51.5000 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	5,714	52.1170 GBP
			1,008	52.2477 GBP
			368	52.4922 GBP
			537	52.6304 GBP
			1,848	52.8716 GBP
			83	52.9961 GBP
			776	53.0000 GBP
			7,551	53.0008 GBP
			958	53.0027 GBP
			15	53.0053 GBP
			41	53.0066 GBP
			35,641	53.0252 GBP
			2,735	53.0349 GBP
			170	53.1253 GBP
			2,271	53.1496 GBP
			209	53.1911 GBP
			149	53.2382 GBP
			97	53.2563 GBP
			25	53.4053 GBP
			68	53.4391 GBP
		Decrease Short	1,807	51.5641 GBP
			20	51.5645 GBP
			48	52.0995 GBP
			304	52.1211 GBP
			7,189	52.1328 GBP
			7,211	52.1332 GBP
			5,136	52.9865 GBP
			1,160	52.9894 GBP
			394	52.9947 GBP
			120,490	53.0000 GBP
			2,621	53.0207 GBP
			4,212	53.0211 GBP
			7,646	53.0404 GBP
			3,765	53.0531 GBP
			150	53.0960 GBP
			4,471	53.2278 GBP
			328	53.2296 GBP
			214	53.2386 GBP
			57	53.2438 GBP
			1,796	53.3381 GBP
			70,000	53.4733 GBP
			7,753	53.6543 GBP
			4,048	53.7833 GBP
			3,000	53.8933 GBP
			5,000	54.0492 GBP
			8,756	54.1142 GBP
		Increase Long	10	52.1948 GBP
			2	52.2450 GBP
			12,673	52.4684 GBP
			1,479	52.4711 GBP
			125	52.6730 GBP
			6,763	52.9200 GBP
			6,563	52.9220 GBP
			1,960	52.9797 GBP
			7	52.9976 GBP
			7,947	52.9992 GBP
			6,115	53.0211 GBP
			15,786	53.0500 GBP
			1,468	53.1019 GBP
			289	53.1037 GBP
			207	53.1353 GBP
			2,342	53.2047 GBP
			27	53.2358 GBP
			17	53.2447 GBP
		1,220	53.3406 GBP
		150	53.4147 GBP
		355	53.5007 GBP
		5,375	54.1446 GBP
	Increase Short	10,000	51.5039 GBP
		20,000	51.5591 GBP
		2,448	51.9039 GBP
		10,000	52.1184 GBP
		1,573	52.1315 GBP
		15,000	52.1642 GBP
		357	52.4695 GBP
		24,000	52.4867 GBP
		10,000	52.5039 GBP
		423	52.6030 GBP
		254	52.6344 GBP
		807	52.6452 GBP
		38	52.7032 GBP
		9,871	52.7302 GBP
		145	52.7454 GBP
		291	52.8331 GBP
		200	52.8484 GBP
		26,316	53.0032 GBP
		10,000	53.0040 GBP
		292	53.0075 GBP
		5,068	53.0080 GBP
		106	53.0282 GBP
		22	53.0532 GBP
		8	53.0614 GBP
		71	53.0621 GBP
		31,640	53.0637 GBP
		416	53.0741 GBP
		20,000	53.1235 GBP
		1,229	53.1728 GBP
		581	53.1743 GBP
		1,205	53.2126 GBP
		760	53.2319 GBP
		5,469	53.2365 GBP
		1,078	53.2519 GBP
		4,603	53.2559 GBP
		20,000	53.2571 GBP
		488	53.2902 GBP
		10,000	53.3001 GBP
		1,047	53.3379 GBP
		120	53.3630 GBP
		3,492	53.3827 GBP
		2,927	53.4024 GBP
		1,793	53.4146 GBP
		1,153	53.4368 GBP
		1,206	53.4684 GBP
		10,000	53.4793 GBP
		1,453	53.7757 GBP
		217	53.8213 GBP
	Opening a long position	1,111	53.0000 GBP
		600	53.0394 GBP
	Opening a short position	500	53.7608 GBP
		100	53.8108 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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