Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Intertek Group plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

08 September 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:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International 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:	EQT Fund Management S.a.r.l.
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	07 September 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	PURCHASES	50,466	58.6000 GBP	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	SALES	41,621	58.6018 GBP	58.4906 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	CFD	increasing a long position	631	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	145	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	546	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	749	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5,798	58.5569 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,877	58.5893 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	107	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	46	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	539	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,784	58.5088 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	93	58.5134 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	854	58.5198 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,968	58.5527 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9,773	58.5793 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	110,000	58.5793 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,521	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	212	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	534	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	670	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	305	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,383	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	807	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	578	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	304	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	429	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	872	58.5851 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	95	58.5852 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	31	58.6000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4	58.6000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	29	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,508	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	546	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	381	58.5076 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	235	58.5148 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	15	58.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	38	58.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	28	58.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	662	58.5650 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,611	58.4906 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	548	58.4906 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	47	58.4982 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,369	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	125	58.5088 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	162	58.5099 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	14	58.5107 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	333	58.5222 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	552	58.5222 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	441	58.5222 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9	58.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	11	58.5732 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	25	58.5982 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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(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)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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:	08 September 2026
Contact name:	Claire Gordon
Telephone number:	[phone]

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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