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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: | 21 May 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 | 254,748 | 55.0000 GBP | 54.4772 GBP |
| Sale | 165,291 | 55.0000 GBP | 54.5000 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 | 7,500 | 54.4772 GBP |
20 | 54.4833 GBP | |||
417 | 54.5623 GBP | |||
2,550 | 54.5805 GBP | |||
246 | 54.5981 GBP | |||
43 | 54.6372 GBP | |||
268 | 54.7450 GBP | |||
3 | 54.7841 GBP | |||
2,429 | 54.7907 GBP | |||
62 | 54.7986 GBP | |||
88 | 54.8483 GBP | |||
338 | 54.8541 GBP | |||
87 | 54.8646 GBP | |||
1,033 | 54.8837 GBP | |||
2,423 | 54.9003 GBP | |||
4,787 | 54.9008 GBP | |||
1,802 | 54.9055 GBP | |||
38 | 54.9072 GBP | |||
25 | 54.9077 GBP | |||
121 | 54.9675 GBP | |||
Decrease Short | 13 | 54.6062 GBP | ||
13 | 54.6294 GBP | |||
140 | 54.6467 GBP | |||
248 | 54.6894 GBP | |||
162 | 54.6967 GBP | |||
267 | 54.6984 GBP | |||
1,417 | 54.7141 GBP | |||
14 | 54.7227 GBP | |||
2 | 54.7411 GBP | |||
288 | 54.7467 GBP | |||
480 | 54.7512 GBP | |||
355 | 54.7546 GBP | |||
87 | 54.7592 GBP | |||
761 | 54.7696 GBP | |||
9 | 54.7770 GBP | |||
1,662 | 54.7796 GBP | |||
221 | 54.7898 GBP | |||
481 | 54.7915 GBP | |||
167 | 54.7933 GBP | |||
203 | 54.7967 GBP | |||
181 | 54.8154 GBP | |||
6 | 54.8217 GBP | |||
107 | 54.8397 GBP | |||
760 | 54.8890 GBP | |||
132 | 54.8967 GBP | |||
5,669 | 54.9000 GBP | |||
106 | 54.9401 GBP | |||
138 | 54.9467 GBP | |||
Increase Long | 714 | 54.6372 GBP | ||
1,019 | 54.6869 GBP | |||
64 | 54.6961 GBP | |||
154 | 54.6984 GBP | |||
972 | 54.7167 GBP | |||
155 | 54.7237 GBP | |||
189 | 54.7276 GBP | |||
5,138 | 54.7279 GBP | |||
25 | 54.7374 GBP | |||
3,048 | 54.7420 GBP | |||
3,260 | 54.7439 GBP | |||
1,267 | 54.7549 GBP | |||
215 | 54.7721 GBP | |||
123 | 54.7945 GBP | |||
2,646 | 54.7947 GBP | |||
45 | 54.8031 GBP | |||
8,346 | 54.8210 GBP | |||
6 | 54.8299 GBP | |||
141 | 54.8578 GBP | |||
518 | 54.8743 GBP | |||
922 | 54.8973 GBP | |||
46 | 54.8975 GBP | |||
978 | 54.8992 GBP | |||
119 | 54.9000 GBP | |||
10 | 54.9013 GBP | |||
339 | 54.9032 GBP | |||
2,402 | 54.9092 GBP | |||
Increase Short | 5,000 | 54.5041 GBP | ||
10,000 | 54.5109 GBP | |||
22,460 | 54.6162 GBP | |||
4,985 | 54.6609 GBP | |||
18,602 | 54.7512 GBP | |||
27,500 | 54.7900 GBP | |||
6,000 | 54.8421 GBP | |||
12,296 | 54.9033 GBP | |||
95 | 54.9055 GBP | |||
Opening a long position | 2,803 | 54.6470 GBP | ||
11,201 | 54.6479 GBP | |||
4,184 | 54.6945 GBP | |||
7,827 | 54.7540 GBP | |||
714 | 54.7849 GBP | |||
423 | 54.7984 GBP | |||
34 | 54.8109 GBP | |||
Opening a short position | 385 | 54.5640 GBP | ||
25,859 | 54.9000 GBP | |||
194 | 54.9017 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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