Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

09 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:	08 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	917,005	55.8388 GBP	54.5500 GBP
	Sale	353,326	55.8450 GBP	54.6484 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	1,157	55.3685 GBP
			2,260	55.3705 GBP
			109	55.4133 GBP
			3,042	55.5283 GBP
			45	55.7025 GBP
			402	55.8017 GBP
			59	55.8431 GBP
		Decrease Short	1,558	54.7610 GBP
			15,000	54.8241 GBP
			5,000	54.9022 GBP
			576	55.0815 GBP
			394	55.1125 GBP
			313	55.2399 GBP
			2,746	55.3635 GBP
			4,590	55.3793 GBP
			20,890	55.4900 GBP
			193	55.5492 GBP
			91	55.5906 GBP
			5,000	55.5998 GBP
			116	55.6242 GBP
			582	55.6289 GBP
			872	55.6457 GBP
			3,770	55.6694 GBP
			646	55.6818 GBP
			1,308	55.6944 GBP
			48	55.6989 GBP
			12,719	55.6992 GBP
			56,719	55.7000 GBP
			11,451	55.7027 GBP
			4,028	55.7180 GBP
			534	55.7196 GBP
			5,003	55.7458 GBP
			55	55.7490 GBP
			9	55.7944 GBP
			19	55.7983 GBP
			2,014	55.8013 GBP
			2	55.8444 GBP
		Increase Long	152	54.6484 GBP
			7	54.9157 GBP
			27,698	55.0918 GBP
			3,812	55.3106 GBP
			2,006	55.4654 GBP
			82	55.5491 GBP
			268	55.5944 GBP
			75	55.6975 GBP
			1,625	55.7000 GBP
			2,921	55.7141 GBP
			3,043	55.7899 GBP
			4,672	73.8089 GBP
		Increase Short	762	54.5882 GBP
			4,129	54.6289 GBP
			5,000	54.6544 GBP
			368	54.6772 GBP
			2,052	54.7044 GBP
			787	54.7294 GBP
			75,000	54.7717 GBP
			68	54.7864 GBP
			14,627	54.8091 GBP
			46	54.8098 GBP
			53,082	54.8683 GBP
			44	54.9055 GBP
			6,245	54.9105 GBP
			3,082	54.9305 GBP
			20,000	54.9384 GBP
		30,000	54.9525 GBP
		665	54.9671 GBP
		484	54.9814 GBP
		88,450	54.9876 GBP
		45	54.9911 GBP
		900	54.9912 GBP
		64	54.9913 GBP
		29	54.9914 GBP
		10	55.0008 GBP
		1,066	55.0151 GBP
		1,509	55.1374 GBP
		175,000	55.1704 GBP
		34,133	55.3170 GBP
		181	55.3262 GBP
		34,532	55.4701 GBP
		90,000	55.5606 GBP
		123	55.6020 GBP
		13,279	55.6782 GBP
		20,492	55.6867 GBP
		42,337	55.6890 GBP
		8,886	55.7008 GBP
		53	55.7485 GBP
		13,483	55.8387 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:	09 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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