Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

05 June 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:	04 June 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	208,554	53.9032 GBP	53.3326 GBP
	Sale	166,925	53.9000 GBP	53.3000 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	1,198	53.6588 GBP
			118	53.7540 GBP
			2	53.8179 GBP
			73	53.8449 GBP
			4,670	53.8941 GBP
			42	53.9024 GBP
		Decrease Short	413	53.3497 GBP
			1,919	53.5111 GBP
			201	53.5492 GBP
			847	53.5771 GBP
			1,172	53.5969 GBP
			2,019	53.5988 GBP
			22	53.6500 GBP
			766	53.6712 GBP
			265	53.6740 GBP
			84	53.7065 GBP
			81	53.7137 GBP
			80	53.7561 GBP
			4,110	53.7998 GBP
			34	53.8748 GBP
			1,829	53.8919 GBP
			269	53.8946 GBP
			4,911	53.8992 GBP
			9,187	53.9000 GBP
		Increase Long	7	53.4800 GBP
			7	53.8971 GBP
			1	53.8976 GBP
			3,648	53.7289 GBP
		Increase Short	340	53.5566 GBP
			83	53.6258 GBP
			19	53.6291 GBP
			153	53.6328 GBP
			78	53.6505 GBP
			403	53.6640 GBP
			327	53.6695 GBP
			10	53.6704 GBP
			1,555	53.6747 GBP
			287	53.6752 GBP
			13,979	53.6769 GBP
			573	53.7030 GBP
			50	53.7290 GBP
			692	53.7324 GBP
			4	53.7328 GBP
			1,182	53.7337 GBP
			319	53.7418 GBP
			1,394	53.7425 GBP
			52	53.7817 GBP
			229	53.8115 GBP
			2,334	53.9008 GBP
			9,187	53.9032 GBP
			29	53.9067 GBP
		Opening a long position	1,044	53.4863 GBP
			19	53.4984 GBP
			4,631	53.5160 GBP
			4,224	53.6618 GBP
			759	53.7977 GBP
		Opening a short position	879	53.5579 GBP
			13,247	53.6536 GBP
			16	53.8516 GBP
			33,758	53.9000 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:	05 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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