Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

11 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:	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 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	Purchase	99,818	58.5532 GBP	58.5000 GBP
	Sale	83,928	58.5568 GBP	58.4912 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	1,728	58.5026 GBP
			853	58.5096 GBP
			10	58.5559 GBP
			1	58.5600 GBP
		Decrease Short	254	58.4942 GBP
			15,643	58.4964 GBP
			875	58.4971 GBP
			2,637	58.4983 GBP
			2,520	58.4997 GBP
			23,095	58.5000 GBP
			11,987	58.5098 GBP
			69	58.5158 GBP
			2,860	58.5173 GBP
			46	58.5192 GBP
			4,598	58.5320 GBP
			122	58.5400 GBP
			246	58.5403 GBP
			77	58.5469 GBP
			505	58.5568 GBP
		Increase Long	39	58.4913 GBP
			9	58.5043 GBP
			42	58.5441 GBP
		Increase Short	3,551	58.5000 GBP
			93	58.5059 GBP
			13	58.5062 GBP
			16,746	58.5121 GBP
			123	58.5140 GBP
			449	58.5254 GBP
			29,527	58.5293 GBP
			2,803	58.5398 GBP
			1,890	58.5409 GBP
			623	58.5439 GBP
			9,228	58.5460 GBP
			3,406	58.5488 GBP
			2,520	58.5503 GBP
			18	58.5518 GBP
			504	58.5532 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:	11 September 2026
Contact name:	Natasha Mondon
Telephone number:	01202 325175

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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