Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

28 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:	27 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	319,855	55.3762 GBP	55.0000 GBP
	Sale	94,289	55.3500 GBP	55.0000 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	1,330	55.0305 GBP
			5,003	55.0387 GBP
			20	55.0430 GBP
			257	55.1372 GBP
			102	55.1387 GBP
			573	55.1431 GBP
			3,225	55.1460 GBP
			8	55.1493 GBP
			1,585	55.1508 GBP
			21	55.1525 GBP
			23	55.1555 GBP
			50,010	55.1569 GBP
			182	55.1582 GBP
			9	55.1723 GBP
			3,195	55.1807 GBP
			62	55.1823 GBP
			10	55.2425 GBP
			30	55.2558 GBP
			7,500	55.2776 GBP
			49,800	55.2973 GBP
			142,500	55.3004 GBP
			127	55.3292 GBP
			2	55.3430 GBP
		Decrease Short	2,726	55.0702 GBP
			548	55.1232 GBP
			714	55.1390 GBP
			53	55.1408 GBP
			1,121	55.1783 GBP
			219	55.2398 GBP
		Increase Long	293	55.0474 GBP
			164	55.0477 GBP
			41	55.0492 GBP
			306	55.0638 GBP
			36	55.0931 GBP
			15	55.1268 GBP
			74	55.1297 GBP
			3,019	55.1311 GBP
			209	55.1475 GBP
			21,932	55.1492 GBP
			196	55.1534 GBP
			6,418	55.1649 GBP
			51	55.1658 GBP
			878	55.1687 GBP
			1,681	55.1702 GBP
			37	55.1968 GBP
			716	55.2297 GBP
			2,035	55.2433 GBP
			350	55.2889 GBP
			45	55.3417 GBP
			45	55.3445 GBP
		Increase Short	38	55.0963 GBP
			253	55.1555 GBP
			4,115	55.1827 GBP
			8	55.2069 GBP
			109	55.3003 GBP
		Opening a long position	14,478	55.1497 GBP
			495	55.3483 GBP
		Opening a short position	64	55.0017 GBP
			1,947	55.0579 GBP
			12,156	55.1500 GBP
			806	55.2503 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:	28 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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