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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: | 19 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 | PURCHASES | 560,326 | 58.1500 GBP | 58.0000 GBP |
1p ordinary | SALES | 445,073 | 58.1517 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 | 10,000 | 57.9130 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 1,530 | 58.0413 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 2,954 | 58.0481 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 60 | 58.0491 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 121 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 5,426 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 62 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 1 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 164 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 11 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 65 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 7 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 3,006 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 778 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 19 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 55 | 58.0577 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 137 | 58.0577 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 31,804 | 58.0583 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 1,658 | 58.0588 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 4,810 | 58.0609 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 9,389 | 58.0731 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 1,721 | 58.0774 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 902 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a long position | 266 | 58.1000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 27 | 58.0000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 2,915 | 58.0497 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 31 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 318 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 2,318 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 397 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 623 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 63 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 285 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 3 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 344 | 58.0506 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 134 | 58.0508 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 53,800 | 58.0512 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 4,394 | 58.0559 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 19,455 | 58.0584 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 4,825 | 58.0587 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 13,401 | 58.0587 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 18,478 | 58.0587 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 275 | 58.0588 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,528 | 58.0614 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 13,392 | 58.0614 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 537 | 58.0614 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 2,334 | 58.0614 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 5,771 | 58.0614 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 427 | 58.0616 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 636 | 58.0665 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 101 | 58.0741 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | increasing a short position | 67,420 | 58.1500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 7,773 | 58.0495 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 104 | 58.0499 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 15 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 1 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 245 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 15 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 410 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 165 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 5,629 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 182 | 58.0506 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 446 | 58.0512 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 64,128 | 58.0523 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 37 | 58.0584 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 7 | 58.0584 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 51,542 | 58.0615 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 194 | 58.0616 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 3,940 | 58.0623 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 100 | 58.0639 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 990 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 351 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 954 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 725 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 134 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,295 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 344 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 586 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 489 | 58.0810 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 2,971 | 58.0856 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a long position | 11 | 58.1500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 36 | 58.0000 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 66 | 58.0371 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 629 | 58.0456 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 338 | 58.0457 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 8 | 58.0463 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 11 | 58.0464 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 38 | 58.0466 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 3 | 58.0467 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 10 | 58.0470 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 5 | 58.0480 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 305 | 58.0493 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 17,790 | 58.0493 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 87 | 58.0493 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 312 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 3 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 63 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 6 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 5 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 335 | 58.0500 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 55 | 58.0501 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 5,660 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 23,713 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 235 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 509 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 74 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,002 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,598 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 127 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 3,586 | 58.0510 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 324 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 115 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 354 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 2,190 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 968 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,076 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 8,262 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 10,362 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 5,170 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,178 | 58.0532 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 15,503 | 58.0543 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 232 | 58.0577 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,692 | 58.0588 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 929 | 58.0841 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | reducing a short position | 6,882 | 58.0933 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: | 22 June 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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