Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

24 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:	23 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	102,719	58.2500 GBP	58.1500 GBP
	Sale	114,072	58.4000 GBP	58.1491 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	14,962	58.1500 GBP
			84	58.1509 GBP
			1	58.1526 GBP
			4,192	58.1762 GBP
			24	58.1781 GBP
			10,640	58.1837 GBP
			71	58.1907 GBP
			1	58.1933 GBP
			174	58.2228 GBP
			8	58.2418 GBP
		Decrease Short	2,549	58.1491 GBP
			72,947	58.1500 GBP
			54	58.1626 GBP
			1,293	58.1705 GBP
			32	58.1838 GBP
			2,312	58.1839 GBP
			1,179	58.1840 GBP
			31	58.1854 GBP
			100	58.1994 GBP
			2,564	58.1997 GBP
			3,237	58.2071 GBP
			3	58.2075 GBP
			66	58.2494 GBP
		Increase Long	799	58.1456 GBP
			909	58.1782 GBP
			85	58.2441 GBP
		Increase Short	8,962	58.1500 GBP
			1,332	58.1509 GBP
			201	58.1660 GBP
			85	58.1735 GBP
			55	58.1776 GBP
			2,293	58.1896 GBP
			285	58.1957 GBP
			90	58.2018 GBP
			10,635	58.2029 GBP
			3	58.2058 GBP
			17	58.2259 GBP
			16,787	58.2328 GBP
			984	58.2330 GBP
			5,000	58.2698 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:	24 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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