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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

19 May 2026

AMENDMENT(2(a), 2(b))

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:	15 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	699,609	56.5829 GBP	55.9000 GBP
1p ordinary	PURCHASES	669,138	56.6500 GBP	55.9500 GBP
1p ordinary	SALES	7,358	74.8580 USD	74.8580 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	622	55.9797 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2	56.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	21	56.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	39	56.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	458	56.1214 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	255	56.1315 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	7	56.1457 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3	56.1467 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	138,994	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	108	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	7,358	56.2010 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,511	56.2047 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5,184	56.2258 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	444	56.2467 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	59	56.2500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	88	56.2750 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	24	56.3003 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	605	56.4493 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,630	55.9763 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	142	55.9763 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,000	56.0328 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1	56.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	103	56.0517 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,588	56.0965 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	270	56.1053 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,000	56.1063 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,877	56.1142 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	765	56.1142 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,306	56.1142 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	270	56.1142 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	163	56.1251 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,378	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,000	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,293	56.1540 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6	56.1567 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	18	56.1584 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	210	56.1584 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	121	56.1612 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	21	56.1714 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,040	56.1750 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,500	56.1781 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	45,333	56.1792 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	241	56.1793 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	392	56.1793 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,352	56.1793 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	41	56.1795 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,000	56.1854 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	21	56.1981 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,500	56.1993 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	858	56.2013 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,381	56.2071 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	459	56.2088 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,000	56.2124 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,194	56.2235 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,406	56.2235 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	15,000	56.2358 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,015	56.2450 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	721	56.2451 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	952	56.2451 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,000	56.2840 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3	56.3017 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,046	56.3156 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,640	56.3156 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,488	56.3156 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	37	56.4911 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	35	56.4914 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13	56.4914 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,511	56.5339 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	456	56.0000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	108	56.0000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	78	56.0087 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	120	56.1103 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	13,481	56.1473 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	257	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	27	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	605	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	19	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	72	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,624	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	69	56.1520 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	174	56.1612 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	48	56.1613 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,667	56.1792 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	94	56.1869 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	12,000	56.1996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,800	56.1996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	27,200	56.1996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,000	56.1996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	800	56.1996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,265	56.2071 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2	56.2250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	20,000	56.3670 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,127	56.3776 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	5	56.4073 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	215	56.4270 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	6	56.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	85	55.9837 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	220	56.0709 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	223	56.0735 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	566	56.0735 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	623	56.0735 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2	56.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	167	56.1057 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	291	56.1138 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	804	56.1138 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,239	56.1138 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,036	56.1138 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	443	56.1197 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,103	56.1230 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	405	56.1388 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	624	56.1388 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,026	56.1388 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	146	56.1388 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	253	56.1416 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,041	56.1416 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,549	56.1416 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,989	56.1416 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	202	56.1416 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5	56.1430 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,583	56.1430 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	45,333	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	17	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	222	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	14	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	100	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	466	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	404	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10	56.1500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	166	56.1779 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	79	56.1916 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	19	56.1917 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5	56.1917 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	7	56.1917 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	23	56.1917 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9	56.1917 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,363	56.2340 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	145	56.2381 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	26,235	56.2777 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	268	56.2850 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	232	56.2901 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,757	56.2916 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	42,133	56.2954 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	510	56.3184 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	600	56.3785 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,035	56.4498 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	590	56.4706 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	80	56.4706 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,490	56.4706 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	242	56.4706 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,215	56.4706 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	845	56.4706 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.

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