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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: | 11 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 |
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 | 1,568,824 | 56.3500 GBP | 55.5500 GBP |
| Sale | 1,441,920 | 56.3718 GBP | 55.5389 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 | 259 | 55.5525 GBP |
10,495 | 55.5976 GBP | |||
7,657 | 55.7691 GBP | |||
957 | 55.8952 GBP | |||
12 | 56.2308 GBP | |||
Decrease Short | 564 | 55.5389 GBP | ||
1,835 | 55.5445 GBP | |||
1,878 | 55.5478 GBP | |||
16,761 | 55.5481 GBP | |||
144 | 55.5492 GBP | |||
700 | 55.5500 GBP | |||
47,950 | 55.7842 GBP | |||
13 | 55.7930 GBP | |||
130 | 55.7987 GBP | |||
3,915 | 55.8007 GBP | |||
46 | 55.8008 GBP | |||
64 | 55.8945 GBP | |||
75,000 | 55.9000 GBP | |||
963 | 55.9650 GBP | |||
117 | 55.9680 GBP | |||
52,644 | 55.9722 GBP | |||
720 | 56.0798 GBP | |||
3,036 | 56.0852 GBP | |||
13 | 56.0944 GBP | |||
4,302 | 56.1183 GBP | |||
13,637 | 56.1350 GBP | |||
71 | 56.1366 GBP | |||
367 | 56.1396 GBP | |||
11,248 | 56.1666 GBP | |||
178,639 | 56.1811 GBP | |||
2,105 | 56.2000 GBP | |||
19,275 | 56.2106 GBP | |||
20 | 56.2244 GBP | |||
14,470 | 56.2416 GBP | |||
3,990 | 56.2430 GBP | |||
10,000 | 56.2458 GBP | |||
7 | 56.2491 GBP | |||
10,000 | 56.3718 GBP | |||
Increase Long | 1 | 55.5475 GBP | ||
13,959 | 55.6813 GBP | |||
288 | 55.8037 GBP | |||
Increase Short | 9,223 | 55.5508 GBP | ||
25,000 | 55.5889 GBP | |||
15,000 | 55.6611 GBP | |||
20,200 | 55.6890 GBP | |||
355 | 55.7070 GBP | |||
249 | 55.7269 GBP | |||
5,000 | 55.7390 GBP | |||
1 | 55.8056 GBP | |||
11,196 | 55.8391 GBP | |||
96 | 55.8857 GBP | |||
14,811 | 55.8861 GBP | |||
69 | 55.8886 GBP | |||
372 | 55.9133 GBP | |||
93 | 55.9250 GBP | |||
16,660 | 55.9887 GBP | |||
22 | 56.1056 GBP | |||
46,694 | 56.1178 GBP | |||
31 | 56.1234 GBP | |||
42 | 56.1389 GBP | |||
1,364 | 56.1451 GBP | |||
66,535 | 56.1643 GBP | |||
227 | 56.2008 GBP | |||
399,133 | 56.2098 GBP | |||
7 | 56.2508 GBP | |||
700 | 56.2950 GBP | |||
Opening a long position | 5,442 | 55.9527 GBP | ||
28,838 | 55.9927 GBP | |||
168 | 55.9983 GBP | |||
Opening a short position | 26,865 | 55.5500 GBP | ||
690 | 55.6517 GBP | |||
134 | 55.9513 GBP | |||
1,165 | 56.2517 GBP | |||
5,594 | 56.2701 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) |
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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
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(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
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| Date of disclosure: | 12 June 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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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