Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

19 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:	18 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	2,236,038	58.1517 GBP	56.9500 GBP
	Sale	2,142,673	58.1500 GBP	56.9500 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	401	58.0240 GBP
			17	58.0497 GBP
			9	58.0778 GBP
			5,432	58.1051 GBP
			124	58.1526 GBP
			37,948	76.9155 GBP
		Decrease Short	2,626	57.1704 GBP
			1,566	57.4381 GBP
			147,279	57.5212 GBP
			37,695	57.5654 GBP
			14,200	57.5928 GBP
			1,985	57.5953 GBP
			2,423	57.6212 GBP
			1,334	57.6215 GBP
			1,924	57.6651 GBP
			40,521	57.6688 GBP
			10	57.7233 GBP
			160	57.7241 GBP
			7,873	57.7289 GBP
			66	57.7820 GBP
			1,504	57.8248 GBP
			52,313	57.8305 GBP
			997	57.8472 GBP
			170	57.8924 GBP
			483	57.9027 GBP
			872	57.9265 GBP
			2,462	57.9370 GBP
			234	57.9610 GBP
			4,478	57.9820 GBP
			705	57.9907 GBP
			222	57.9985 GBP
			37,587	58.0057 GBP
			245,731	58.0072 GBP
			516	58.0190 GBP
			198	58.0241 GBP
			17	58.0284 GBP
			131	58.0285 GBP
			2,889	58.0286 GBP
			27	58.0287 GBP
			175,000	58.0451 GBP
			3,911	58.0489 GBP
			1,692	58.0491 GBP
			9	58.0494 GBP
			4,422	58.0506 GBP
			1	58.0750 GBP
			10,323	58.0816 GBP
			5,368	58.0832 GBP
			6,602	58.0850 GBP
			27,610	58.0852 GBP
			65	58.0957 GBP
			2,800	58.0984 GBP
			990	58.1008 GBP
			334	58.1079 GBP
			40,883	58.1125 GBP
			522	58.1413 GBP
			10,015	58.1427 GBP
			773	58.1442 GBP
			145	58.1471 GBP
			505	58.1474 GBP
			57	58.1477 GBP
			706	58.1489 GBP
			233	58.1491 GBP
		Increase Long	3	57.5433 GBP
			802	57.7721 GBP
		266	58.0966 GBP
		608	58.1360 GBP
		880	58.1471 GBP
	Increase Short	35,087	56.9785 GBP
		1,247	57.5473 GBP
		3,029	57.5572 GBP
		15,000	57.6606 GBP
		15,349	57.6714 GBP
		149	57.8622 GBP
		157	57.9220 GBP
		35,000	57.9485 GBP
		200,000	57.9540 GBP
		74,855	58.0290 GBP
		3,566	58.0509 GBP
		13,844	58.0532 GBP
		2,918	58.0558 GBP
		25,000	58.0611 GBP
		1,300	58.0616 GBP
		1,896	58.0684 GBP
		7,255	58.0725 GBP
		1	58.0750 GBP
		203	58.0759 GBP
		310	58.0801 GBP
		109,345	58.0808 GBP
		382	58.0866 GBP
		63,960	58.0982 GBP
		65,000	58.0999 GBP
		686	58.1097 GBP
		83,318	58.1098 GBP
		25,000	58.1157 GBP
		1,294	58.1269 GBP
		16,907	58.1271 GBP
		37	58.1308 GBP
		45,170	58.1323 GBP
		125,562	58.1500 GBP
		10,543	58.1509 GBP
		191	58.1558 GBP
	Opening a long position	3,220	57.4471 GBP
		5,010	57.7564 GBP
		3,784	57.7824 GBP
		2,033	57.8754 GBP
		23,083	57.9931 GBP
		5,171	58.0242 GBP
		10,043	58.0323 GBP
	Opening a short position	5,021	57.7708 GBP
		3,784	57.9067 GBP
		3,600	58.0383 GBP
		208	58.1017 GBP
		6,033	58.1029 GBP
		7,489	58.1047 GBP
		20,376	58.1500 GBP
		180	58.1517 GBP
		5,653	58.1532 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:	19 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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