Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

17 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:	16 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	1,262,602	57.2165 GBP	56.7250 GBP
	Sale	448,249	57.1000 GBP	56.7250 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	12	56.8026 GBP
			30	56.8030 GBP
			5	56.8060 GBP
			1,096	56.8088 GBP
			331	56.8425 GBP
			15,273	56.8433 GBP
			33	56.8863 GBP
		Decrease Short	696	56.7926 GBP
			3,675	56.7977 GBP
			2,514	56.7980 GBP
			1,197	56.7992 GBP
			311	56.8173 GBP
			140	56.8263 GBP
			1,691	56.8426 GBP
			149	56.8444 GBP
			176	56.8546 GBP
			6,063	56.8600 GBP
			236	56.8769 GBP
			328	56.8864 GBP
			410	56.8974 GBP
			490	56.9018 GBP
			16,832	56.9113 GBP
			385	56.9368 GBP
			1,031	56.9390 GBP
			1	56.9443 GBP
			281	56.9851 GBP
			9	57.0207 GBP
			49	57.0231 GBP
			1,765	57.0588 GBP
		Increase Long	3,210	56.8025 GBP
			182	56.8065 GBP
			74	56.8118 GBP
			273	56.8665 GBP
		Increase Short	22	56.7168 GBP
			1,637	56.8009 GBP
			5	56.8164 GBP
			150,000	56.8284 GBP
			84	56.8339 GBP
			65,600	56.8398 GBP
			790	56.8484 GBP
			145	56.8488 GBP
			83	56.8673 GBP
			728	56.8726 GBP
			400	56.8727 GBP
			59,565	56.8995 GBP
			41	56.9034 GBP
			341	56.9119 GBP
			43,169	56.9222 GBP
			913	56.9568 GBP
			44,817	57.0231 GBP
			44,758	57.0232 GBP
			100,000	57.0285 GBP
			48,859	57.0399 GBP
			132,500	57.0475 GBP
			100,000	57.1150 GBP
			33,934	57.2084 GBP
		Opening a long position	295	56.7983 GBP
			16,690	56.8000 GBP
			6,159	56.8494 GBP
			751	56.8988 GBP
			1,442	56.9925 GBP
		Opening a short position	547	56.8158 GBP
			2,401	56.8562 GBP
			359	57.1517 GBP
		22,030	57.2190 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:	17 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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