Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Intertek Group plc Amend.


    19 May 2026 17:59:21
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RNS Number : 9818E
JPMorgan Securities Plc
19 May 2026
 

AMENDMENT

 

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:             

J.P. Morgan Securities 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:

Corporate broker to Intertek Group plc

(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

Purchase

492,981

56.5000 GBP

55.9000 GBP


Sale


255,283


56.5500 GBP


55.9500 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

Equity Swap

Decrease Long

532

55.9964 GBP



354

56.0258 GBP



16

56.0789 GBP



80

56.0961 GBP



355

56.1042 GBP



2,047

56.1110 GBP



4,787

56.1312 GBP



945

56.1399 GBP



88,935

56.1500 GBP



17,814

56.1508 GBP



164

56.1517 GBP



47

56.1525 GBP



5,786

56.1528 GBP



115

56.1556 GBP



1,973

56.2259 GBP



515

56.2337 GBP



434

56.2353 GBP



189

56.2992 GBP



26

56.3008 GBP



36

56.3056 GBP



30

56.3225 GBP



4

56.3619 GBP



5

56.4087 GBP



9

56.4517 GBP



16,201

56.4782 GBP



6

56.5050 GBP



1

56.5940 GBP

 


Decrease Short


64


55.9573 GBP



337

56.0141 GBP



611

56.0145 GBP



1,635

56.0716 GBP



4,879

56.1273 GBP



548

56.1416 GBP



353

56.1444 GBP



4,925

56.2318 GBP



102

56.4705 GBP



5,573

56.4706 GBP

 


Increase Long


604


56.0593 GBP



320

56.0710 GBP



362

56.0742 GBP



209

56.0743 GBP



84

56.0819 GBP



7,018

56.1054 GBP



882

56.1096 GBP



67

56.1475 GBP



564

56.1492 GBP



2,618

56.1655 GBP



67

56.1878 GBP



102

56.1972 GBP



320

56.2328 GBP



20

56.2395 GBP



927

56.2499 GBP



2,185

56.2654 GBP



832

56.2907 GBP



4,819

56.2963 GBP



20

56.2969 GBP



1,028

56.2978 GBP



924

56.2992 GBP



16,475

56.2993 GBP



450

56.4679 GBP



37

56.4944 GBP



3,944

56.4972 GBP



4,858

74.8967 GBP

 


Increase Short


2,782


55.9863 GBP



13,375

56.0000 GBP



22,479

56.0034 GBP



7,800

56.1224 GBP



4,455

56.1534 GBP



6

56.1786 GBP



149

56.1793 GBP



10,320

56.2065 GBP



5,281

56.2415 GBP



24,055

56.2420 GBP



25,000

56.2542 GBP



201

56.4760 GBP



10,000

56.4782 GBP



99

56.4934 GBP

 


Opening a short position


2,435


56.2052 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









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit






 

(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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

Hetvi Shah

Telephone number:

44 2034 936359

 

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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