Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

22 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:	19 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	1,320,298	58.1500 GBP	58.0000 GBP
	Sale	1,320,323	58.1500 GBP	58.0000 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	34	58.0526 GBP
			1,813	58.0622 GBP
			16,104	58.0642 GBP
			5,868	58.1013 GBP
		Decrease Short	8	58.0178 GBP
			133	58.0391 GBP
			199	58.0419 GBP
			23	58.0432 GBP
			770	58.0442 GBP
			263	58.0491 GBP
			5	58.0494 GBP
			80	58.0497 GBP
			472,999	58.0500 GBP
			22,990	58.0510 GBP
			244	58.0548 GBP
			27	58.0549 GBP
			14	58.0567 GBP
			252	58.0593 GBP
			63	58.0602 GBP
			8,340	58.0610 GBP
			8	58.0692 GBP
			23	58.0774 GBP
			296	58.0942 GBP
			291	58.0993 GBP
			1,624	58.1442 GBP
			11	58.1446 GBP
		Increase Long	93	58.0442 GBP
			13,756	58.0458 GBP
			73	58.0474 GBP
			413	58.0556 GBP
		Increase Short	197,656	58.0290 GBP
			13,030	58.0509 GBP
			10,522	58.0556 GBP
			25,701	58.0558 GBP
			58	58.0559 GBP
			3,518	58.0567 GBP
			10,000	58.0573 GBP
			368	58.0587 GBP
			901	58.0596 GBP
			50,000	58.0598 GBP
			5,612	58.0657 GBP
			515	58.0665 GBP
			150,000	58.0790 GBP
			3,561	58.0808 GBP
			4,480	58.0825 GBP
			12,209	58.0918 GBP
			11,651	58.0941 GBP
			5,106	58.1009 GBP
			17,923	58.1033 GBP
			62,607	58.1040 GBP
			551	58.1178 GBP
			100	58.1509 GBP
			28	58.1558 GBP
		Opening a long position	12,560	58.0497 GBP
			78,944	58.0500 GBP
			95	58.0983 GBP
		Opening a short position	10,409	58.0500 GBP
			11,089	58.0512 GBP
			2,182	58.0517 GBP
			64	58.0767 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:	22 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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