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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: | 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: | 01 July 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 | SALES | 144,911 | 58.1116 GBP | 58.0000 GBP |
1p ordinary | PURCHASES | 286,101 | 58.1621 GBP | 58.0000 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 | CFD | increasing a long position | 1 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 34 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 8 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 36 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 224 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 61 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 137 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 151 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 10 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 70 | 58.0633 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 670 | 58.0744 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 602 | 58.0750 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 3,982 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 300 | 58.0355 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 248 | 58.0444 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,302 | 58.0489 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 47 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 122 | 58.0521 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 57 | 58.0521 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 239 | 58.0521 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 17 | 58.0600 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 193 | 58.0606 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,190 | 58.0619 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 131 | 58.0633 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 8,531 | 58.0634 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 41 | 58.0759 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 16 | 58.0788 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 20,944 | 58.0916 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 184 | 58.0930 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 6,947 | 58.0990 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 146,053 | 58.0990 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 1 | 58.1017 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 3,338 | 58.1098 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 4,636 | 58.1621 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 562 | 58.1621 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 500 | 58.1621 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 100 | 58.1621 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 400 | 58.1621 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 4 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 871 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 126 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 4,584 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 40 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,770 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 131 | 58.0506 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,060 | 58.0619 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 551 | 58.0633 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 3,520 | 58.0671 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 5 | 58.0800 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,089 | 58.0823 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 686 | 58.0859 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 603 | 58.0937 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 669 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 623 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 916 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 36 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 117 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 424 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,124 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 859 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 304 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 298 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 508 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 143 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 3,719 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 218 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 300 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 43 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 417 | 58.0545 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 218 | 58.0545 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 912 | 58.0545 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 3,259 | 58.0545 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 23 | 58.0548 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 3,983 | 58.0552 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 56 | 58.0583 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 416 | 58.0583 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,146 | 58.0583 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 2,837 | 58.0586 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 2,440 | 58.0595 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 854 | 58.0599 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 70 | 58.0606 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 50 | 58.0619 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 216 | 58.0625 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 203 | 58.0625 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 33,465 | 58.0710 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 8 | 58.0713 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 24 | 58.0733 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 47 | 58.0750 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 51 | 58.0840 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 79 | 58.0886 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 16,565 | 58.0911 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,160 | 58.0911 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 150 | 58.0950 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 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(ii) Exercise
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 |
(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) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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: | 02 July 2026 |
| Contact name: | Claire Gordon |
| Telephone number: | +44 141 245-8893 |
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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