Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

18 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:	17 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	142,030	58.8000 GBP	58.4000 GBP
	Sale	778,298	58.7500 GBP	58.3991 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	1,798	58.4026 GBP
			875	58.4029 GBP
			1	58.4058 GBP
			3,886	58.4177 GBP
			9	58.7556 GBP
		Decrease Short	4	58.3942 GBP
			43	58.3991 GBP
			38,201	58.4000 GBP
			45	58.5018 GBP
			120,000	58.5090 GBP
			53,995	58.5207 GBP
			232	58.5482 GBP
			14,732	58.5483 GBP
			38,000	58.5486 GBP
			20,000	58.5577 GBP
			25,429	58.5599 GBP
			5,268	58.5944 GBP
			300,000	58.6207 GBP
			18,613	58.6324 GBP
			120	58.7273 GBP
			57	58.7284 GBP
			63,722	58.7471 GBP
			746	58.7482 GBP
			1,251	58.7497 GBP
			34	58.7512 GBP
			30,000	5,858.1747 GBP
		Increase Long	235	58.4488 GBP
		Increase Short	14,317	58.4000 GBP
			12,771	58.4204 GBP
			1,048	58.4968 GBP
			81	58.5355 GBP
			15,000	58.5392 GBP
			11,250	58.5600 GBP
			1,021	58.5987 GBP
			65	58.6059 GBP
			4,693	58.6173 GBP
			22,050	58.6391 GBP
			8,448	58.6699 GBP
			22	58.6768 GBP
			3	58.7434 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:	18 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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