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Form 8.3 - Intertek Group plc

22nd May 2026 14:17

RNS Number : 5129F
Societe Generale SA
22 May 2026
 

FORM 8.3

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Full name of discloser:

SOCIETE GENERALE SA

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Intertek Group plc

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

21/05/2026

(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

N/A

 

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

Class of relevant security:

1p ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

3,618,242

2.35

9,309

0.01

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

29,314

0.02

1,457,161

0.95

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

3,647,556

2.37

1,466,470

0.95

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

 

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

 

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,000

55.27763

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,205

54.6047

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,807

54.451

1p ordinary

Purchase

172

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

320

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

469

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

48

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

96

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

85

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

157

54.65

1p ordinary

Purchase

161

54.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

730

54.95

1p ordinary

Purchase

41

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

61

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

61

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

61

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

85

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

110

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

113

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

260

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

320

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

320

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

320

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

340

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

452

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

556

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

628

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,264

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

332

54.9

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

54.7

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

54.7

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

25,581

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

368

54.88902

1p ordinary

Sale

1,786

54.88902

1p ordinary

Sale

641

54.9

1p ordinary

Sale

90

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

129

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

24

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

37

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

48

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

49

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

55

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

60

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

65

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

83

54.45

1p ordinary

Sale

83

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

87

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

88

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

88

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

91

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

100

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

119

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

210

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

3

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

10

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

15

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

17

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

17

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

22

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.6

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.6

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.6

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.6

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.9

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.9

1p ordinary

Sale

32

54.9

1p ordinary

Sale

32

55

1p ordinary

Sale

34

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

35

54.95

1p ordinary

Sale

36

54.45

1p ordinary

Sale

39

54.45

1p ordinary

Sale

43

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

44

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

53

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

54

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

55

54.45

1p ordinary

Sale

55

54.45

1p ordinary

Sale

65

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

73

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

82

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

83

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

100

54.6

1p ordinary

Sale

100

54.6

1p ordinary

Sale

110

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

128

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

167

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

195

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

202

54.85

1p ordinary

Sale

259

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

259

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

370

54.5

1p ordinary

Sale

22

54.45

1p ordinary

Sale

27

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

28

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

29

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

29

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

36

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

45

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

45

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

70

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

73

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

74

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

85

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

85

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

95

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

95

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

119

54.45

1p ordinary

Sale

120

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

189

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

225

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

240

54.6

1p ordinary

Sale

260

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

288

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

39

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

50

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

68

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

90

54.6

1p ordinary

Sale

94

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

96

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.85

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.9

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.9

1p ordinary

Sale

107

54.95

1p ordinary

Sale

111

54.95

1p ordinary

Sale

113

54.65

1p ordinary

Sale

121

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

136

54.85

1p ordinary

Sale

137

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

143

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

149

54.8

1p ordinary

Sale

181

54.7

1p ordinary

Sale

209

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

577

54.9

1p ordinary

Sale

5,608

54.9

1p ordinary

Sale

169,834

54.75

1p ordinary

Sale

332

54.9

 

 

 

(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

GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

15,000

55.27763

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

25,581

54.7

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

368

54.88902

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,786

54.88902

 

 

 

(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)

 

 

4. 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 person 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 person 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

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

22/05/2026

Contact name:

Paul Jenkins

Telephone number*:

+44 20 7676 8921

 

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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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