Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

13 July 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:	10 July 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	210,801	58.1750 GBP	58.1000 GBP
	Sale	72,503	58.2000 GBP	58.0991 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	59	58.1026 GBP
			3,177	58.1058 GBP
			85	58.1182 GBP
			814	58.1394 GBP
			2,094	58.1864 GBP
			21	58.1933 GBP
		Decrease Short	1,897	58.0991 GBP
			1,411	58.1050 GBP
			23	58.1052 GBP
			4	58.1067 GBP
			187	58.1096 GBP
			43	58.1173 GBP
			450	58.1192 GBP
			6,418	58.1269 GBP
			14	58.1335 GBP
			156	58.1494 GBP
			1,280	58.1497 GBP
			116	58.1613 GBP
			384	58.1983 GBP
		Increase Long	846	58.0971 GBP
			2,409	58.1073 GBP
			1,147	58.1091 GBP
			3	58.1433 GBP
			219	58.1442 GBP
		Increase Short	28,201	58.1000 GBP
			2,744	58.1009 GBP
			15,000	58.1029 GBP
			22	58.1058 GBP
			6,811	58.1219 GBP
			24,400	58.1318 GBP
			681	58.1498 GBP
			3,840	58.1503 GBP
			7	58.1504 GBP
			4,278	58.1511 GBP
			1,880	58.1513 GBP
			202	58.1535 GBP
			40,000	58.1541 GBP
			2,316	58.1545 GBP
			8	58.1558 GBP
			517	58.1573 GBP
			28,375	58.1580 GBP
			211	58.1582 GBP
		Opening a long position	12,950	58.0975 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:	13 July 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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