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AMENDMENT
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: | 01 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 | 227,256 | 53.7516 GBP | 53.3000 GBP |
| Sale | 107,792 | 53.7520 GBP | 53.3500 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 | 236 | 53.4231 GBP |
1,208 | 53.4638 GBP | |||
168 | 53.5180 GBP | |||
5,422 | 53.5348 GBP | |||
6,527 | 53.5660 GBP | |||
Decrease Short | 14 | 53.3313 GBP | ||
334 | 53.3844 GBP | |||
3,010 | 53.4021 GBP | |||
114 | 53.4219 GBP | |||
84 | 53.4399 GBP | |||
40 | 53.4447 GBP | |||
216 | 53.4915 GBP | |||
14,380 | 53.5238 GBP | |||
8,921 | 53.5261 GBP | |||
12 | 53.5262 GBP | |||
22 | 53.5356 GBP | |||
367 | 53.5393 GBP | |||
463 | 53.5492 GBP | |||
1,338 | 53.5500 GBP | |||
545 | 53.5506 GBP | |||
23 | 53.5514 GBP | |||
676 | 53.5866 GBP | |||
20 | 53.6096 GBP | |||
5,454 | 53.6143 GBP | |||
74 | 53.6250 GBP | |||
Increase Long | 167 | 53.5202 GBP | ||
61 | 53.5476 GBP | |||
1,009 | 53.5456 GBP | |||
Increase Short | 20 | 53.3046 GBP | ||
10,000 | 53.3607 GBP | |||
372 | 53.3894 GBP | |||
807 | 53.4009 GBP | |||
2,161 | 53.4016 GBP | |||
9,795 | 53.4040 GBP | |||
8,180 | 53.4519 GBP | |||
8 | 53.4942 GBP | |||
74 | 53.4959 GBP | |||
673 | 53.4974 GBP | |||
631 | 53.5050 GBP | |||
69 | 53.5054 GBP | |||
151 | 53.5150 GBP | |||
1,112 | 53.5219 GBP | |||
692 | 53.5258 GBP | |||
91 | 53.5288 GBP | |||
4,126 | 53.5297 GBP | |||
12,410 | 53.5331 GBP | |||
4,173 | 53.5422 GBP | |||
12,859 | 53.5508 GBP | |||
2,427 | 53.5528 GBP | |||
1,338 | 53.5532 GBP | |||
133 | 53.5567 GBP | |||
564 | 53.5767 GBP | |||
2,980 | 53.5986 GBP | |||
74 | 53.6250 GBP | |||
17,000 | 53.6459 GBP | |||
5,000 | 53.6607 GBP | |||
3,385 | 53.6805 GBP | |||
3 | 53.6817 GBP | |||
818 | 53.6935 GBP | |||
120 | 53.7214 GBP | |||
316 | 53.7274 GBP | |||
107 | 53.7502 GBP | |||
Opening a long position | 480 | 53.4436 GBP | ||
26 | 53.5500 GBP | |||
383 | 53.5997 GBP | |||
578 | 53.6261 GBP | |||
Opening a short position | 62 | 53.4193 GBP | ||
1,312 | 53.5605 GBP | |||
93 | 53.7516 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: | 04 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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