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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

19 May 2026

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:	18 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	SALES	433,576	56.1000 GBP	55.4889 GBP
1p ordinary	PURCHASES	591,377	56.1500 GBP	55.4961 GBP
1p ordinary	SALES	3,858	74.7845 USD	74.7845 USD

(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	48,306	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,054	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4,446	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	22	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	14	55.5922 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	8,549	55.6294 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	6,083	55.6360 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	129	55.6500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	307	55.6615 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	237	55.6958 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	127	55.6958 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	86	55.7000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	194	55.7000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	63	55.7103 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	466	55.7552 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,256	55.7556 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,858	55.7927 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,139	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	151	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,856	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	667	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,180	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,065	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,296	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	711	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,856	55.8509 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	535	55.9000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	666	55.9665 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	27	56.0000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,397	56.0022 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	75	56.0072 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	105	56.0252 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	11	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,446	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,137	55.6219 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,500	55.6485 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,700	55.6562 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	20	55.6730 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,000	55.7097 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	100	55.7801 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	53,750	55.8013 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,081	55.8163 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	284	55.8275 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	158	55.8275 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	69	55.8276 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,976	55.8276 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	164	55.8276 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8	55.8276 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	12	55.8611 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	30	55.8933 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	18,280	55.9229 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,788	55.9234 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	694	55.9997 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	179	56.0000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	154	56.0017 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,522	56.0336 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	30	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	27	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	34	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	415	56.0558 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	173	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	62	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,397	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	138,994	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	105	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	6	55.5700 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,210	55.5874 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	451	55.6219 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,821	55.8130 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	84	55.8500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,002	55.8733 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	249	55.8912 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,386	55.9000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,680	55.9000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	358	55.9000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	302	55.9000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	512	55.9000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	15,502	55.9100 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	898	56.0005 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	30,520	56.0008 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,488	56.0008 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,142	56.0008 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	13,914	56.0008 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,250	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,091	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8,300	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,750	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	250	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,490	56.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	72	55.4889 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	154	55.4889 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	58	55.4890 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	55.4900 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	21	55.4995 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,702	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	14	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	573	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	13	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	57	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	179	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	168	55.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	305	55.5250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	757	55.5420 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,025	55.5441 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	631	55.5456 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	787	55.5456 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,677	55.5456 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5	55.5758 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	11	55.5758 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	44	55.5758 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4	55.5758 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4	55.5758 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	13	55.5758 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	90	55.5995 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,167	55.5996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	726	55.5996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	215	55.5996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	580	55.5996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,137	55.5996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	172	55.6333 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	75	55.6513 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	650	55.6531 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	179	55.6564 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,318	55.6662 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	581	55.6719 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,263	55.6791 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	143	55.7636 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	556	55.7923 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	614	55.7923 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	220	55.7923 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,611	55.8490 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	322	55.8498 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	273	55.8565 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,806	55.9665 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	487	56.0022 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	11,065	56.0062 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,362	56.0220 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,255	56.0220 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	7,877	56.0220 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,669	56.0409 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9,971	56.0409 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,249	56.0409 GBP

(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

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

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

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

(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

Date of disclosure:	19 May 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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