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FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
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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")
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1. KEY INFORMATION
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(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: | 04 June 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 |
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2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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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.
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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(a) Purchases and sales
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Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales Ā | Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
1p ordinary | SALES | 220,286 | 53.9054 GBP | 53.3452 GBP |
1p ordinary | PURCHASES | 235,411 | 53.9108 GBP | 53.3401 GBP |
1p ordinary | SALES | 7,632 | 72.2156 USD | 72.2156 USD |
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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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 | 10 | 53.5000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 36 | 53.5500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 3,500 | 53.5732 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 157 | 53.5971 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 553 | 53.7108 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 7,632 | 53.7570 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 2,331 | 53.7981 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 500 | 53.8263 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 665 | 53.8488 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 20 | 53.8919 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 7,439 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 160 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 553 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 1,353 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 961 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 15 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 187 | 53.3401 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 20,000 | 53.4374 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 97 | 53.4815 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 676 | 53.4984 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 182 | 53.5469 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 8,087 | 53.5529 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 476 | 53.5908 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 73 | 53.5918 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 2,779 | 53.6335 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 10,000 | 53.6402 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 3 | 53.6500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 139 | 53.6621 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 56 | 53.6621 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 732 | 53.6748 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 9,408 | 53.6784 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 349 | 53.7135 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,301 | 53.7261 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 320 | 53.7337 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 19 | 53.7342 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 180 | 53.7543 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 270 | 53.7883 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 2,210 | 53.7890 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 27,544 | 53.8007 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 11,533 | 53.8007 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 9,178 | 53.8007 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 27 | 53.8056 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 2,131 | 53.8133 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 143 | 53.8161 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,578 | 53.8249 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,430 | 53.8467 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 292 | 53.8467 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 834 | 53.8467 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 3,143 | 53.8467 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 6 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 270 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 74 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 177 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 61 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 186 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 200 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,705 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 20,368 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 3,036 | 53.9011 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 366 | 53.9108 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,187 | 53.6168 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,476 | 53.6555 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 151 | 53.7946 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 95 | 53.8000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 291 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 2 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 57 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 11,695 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 27,927 | 53.3452 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 37,930 | 53.5072 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 14 | 53.5786 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 84 | 53.6000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 4 | 53.6000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 992 | 53.6000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 3,076 | 53.6000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 8 | 53.6000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 7,047 | 53.6000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 198 | 53.6000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 695 | 53.6000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 252 | 53.6007 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 2,271 | 53.6444 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 732 | 53.6983 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 2 | 53.7000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,270 | 53.7186 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,330 | 53.7308 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,423 | 53.7330 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 300 | 53.7573 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 199 | 53.7839 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 53 | 53.8000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 178 | 53.8092 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 4 | 53.8092 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 15 | 53.8092 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 12 | 53.8092 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 5 | 53.8092 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 2 | 53.8092 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 437 | 53.8092 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 45 | 53.8611 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 22,735 | 53.8615 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 877 | 53.8829 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 45 | 53.8891 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 902 | 53.8892 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 264 | 53.8919 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,803 | 53.8919 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,641 | 53.8919 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 192 | 53.8919 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 809 | 53.8919 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 20 | 53.8920 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 177 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 2,914 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,948 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 5 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 62 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 354 | 53.9000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,001 | 53.9000 GBP |
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
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(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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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 |
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(ii) Exercise
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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 |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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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 |
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
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(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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 Ā |
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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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 Ā |
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| Date of disclosure: | 05 June 2026 |
| Contact name: | Claire Gordon |
| Telephone number: | +44 141 245-8893 |
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.Ā
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The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
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The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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