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

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6816D
JPMorgan Securities Plc
08 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:

24 April 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

512,368

49.2200 GBP

48.1000 GBP


Sale


245,262


49.1517 GBP


48.0900 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

15,609

48.1000 GBP



183

48.1022 GBP



29,000

48.1034 GBP



218

48.1048 GBP



404

48.1273 GBP



858

48.1484 GBP



705

48.3011 GBP



22

48.3315 GBP



1,851

48.3363 GBP



523

48.3405 GBP



186

48.3491 GBP



862

48.4142 GBP



21,975

48.4478 GBP



774

48.4664 GBP



12,257

48.5040 GBP



709

48.5148 GBP



2,640

48.5491 GBP



1,265

48.5574 GBP



2,597

48.5821 GBP



2,783

48.6775 GBP



271

48.7674 GBP



131

48.8281 GBP



144

48.8608 GBP



63

48.8802 GBP

 


Decrease Short


2


48.0900 GBP



504

48.0952 GBP



955

48.0962 GBP



208

48.0976 GBP



1,625

48.0993 GBP



45

48.1458 GBP



2,645

48.1569 GBP



134

48.1669 GBP



249

48.2294 GBP



3

48.2767 GBP



82

48.3040 GBP



1

48.3500 GBP



80

48.3564 GBP



64

48.4383 GBP



5,758

48.4467 GBP



507

48.5215 GBP



5

48.5292 GBP



7,568

48.5485 GBP



1,159

48.6249 GBP



153

48.6313 GBP



404

48.6623 GBP



292

48.6710 GBP



4,080

48.6982 GBP



156

48.7410 GBP



820

48.7446 GBP



13

48.7493 GBP



53

48.7525 GBP



40

48.7751 GBP



2,574

48.8226 GBP



824

48.9247 GBP



22

48.9410 GBP



2,644

65.4574 GBP

 


Increase Long


153


48.0978 GBP



184

48.1000 GBP



3,322

48.1999 GBP



748

48.3464 GBP



4

48.3852 GBP



1,772

48.5604 GBP



8,528

48.6965 GBP



300

48.8071 GBP



307

48.8745 GBP



251

48.8787 GBP



211

48.9685 GBP



11

49.1516 GBP

 


Increase Short


11,759


48.1000 GBP



14,823

48.1007 GBP



5,303

48.1029 GBP



10,000

48.1036 GBP



6,161

48.1336 GBP



25,000

48.1426 GBP



3

48.2048 GBP



4,776

48.2907 GBP



1,713

48.3084 GBP



1,944

48.3519 GBP



9

48.4260 GBP



117

48.4411 GBP



12

48.4415 GBP



383

48.4905 GBP



688

48.5185 GBP



9,093

48.5429 GBP



22,547

48.5750 GBP



50,000

48.5843 GBP



1,994

48.5855 GBP



133

48.6798 GBP



536

48.6812 GBP



97

48.7207 GBP



662

48.7561 GBP



791

48.7574 GBP



29,300

48.7666 GBP



4,422

48.7954 GBP



233

48.9078 GBP



246

48.9723 GBP



319

48.9896 GBP



124

49.0272 GBP



186

49.0809 GBP



27

49.1430 GBP

 


Opening a short position


10,000


48.4415 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:

8 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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