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REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Intertek Group Plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Intertek Group

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RNS Number : 3298F  Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc  21 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  Intertek Group plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        EQT Fund Management S.a.r.l.
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    18 May 2026
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "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             439,310                     56.1000 GBP                           55.4889 GBP
 1p ordinary                 PURCHASES         612,425                     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  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 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                                                    7,500                           55.5278 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    2,189                           55.5555 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    100                             55.5555 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    798                             55.5555 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    500                             55.5555 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1,100                           55.5555 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    200                             55.5555 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1,137                           55.6219 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1,500                           55.6484 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    6,000                           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                                                    7,500                           55.9809 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                                                    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

 

(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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.
 N/A                         N/A                                   N/A                                         N/A                                           N/A                      N/A                            N/A          N/A

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option
 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               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion
 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

 

(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:  21 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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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