Intertek Group Regulatory News (ITRK)

28 Jul 2008 15:14

Intertek Group plc (the Company) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES A form TR-1 containing the following information was received by the Company onFriday 25 July 2008. Name of Company contact and telephone number for queries: Ian Ritchie, Assistant Company Secretary, 020 7396 3436 Date of notification by Company: 28 July 2008 \* TTR-1(1): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of Intertek Group Plc existing shares to which voting rights are attached(2):-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------An acquisition or disposal of voting rights £-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------An event changing the breakdown of voting rights-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other (please specify):-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification 1. Lone Pine Capital LLC, obligation(3): 2. Stephen F. Mandel Jr.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from Goldman Sachs & Co. 3.)(4):-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 23-JUL-2008 threshold is crossed or reached if different)(5):-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. Date on which issuer notified: 25-JUL-2008-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 6%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8. Notified details:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* TA: Voting rights attached to shares-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering shares Triggering transaction (6) transaction(7)(if possible --------------------------------------------------------------------------- using the ISIN Number of Number of Voting Number of Number of voting % of voting CODE) Shares Rights (viii) shares rights (ix) rights ----------------------------------------------- Direct Direct (x) Indirect Direct Indirect 1. 1. 1. (xi)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GB0031638363 9,417,265 9,417,265 9,920,265 9,920,265 6.29%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B: Financial Instruments-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting instrument date (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) that may be acquired rights if the instrument is exercised/ converted.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total (A+B)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Number of voting rights % of voting rights-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9,920,265 6.29%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lone Pine Capital LLC is the investment manager to several funds which indirectly hold shares in the issuer. Stephen F. Mandel Jr. is the Managing Member of Lone Pine Capital LLC and in such capacity is able to direct its operations.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Proxy Voting:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13. Additional information:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14. Contact name: Jeffrey Wechselblatt Lone Pine Capital LLC Two Greenwich Plaza Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830 USA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15. Contact telephone number: +1 203 618 7826-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Copyright Business Wire 2008