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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Intertek Group

3rd Jun 2026 16:08

RNS Number : 8990G

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

03 June 2026

AMENDMENT(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:	01 June 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	PURCHASES	388,324	53.8000 GBP	53.3000 GBP
1p ordinary	SALES	179,162	53.8032 GBP	53.3000 GBP
1p ordinary	PURCHASES	10,000	71.8275 USD	71.8275 USD
1p ordinary	SALES	6,939	71.9882 USD	71.9882 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	938	53.3538 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5,322	53.3898 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	158	53.4241 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	169	53.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4,394	53.5042 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	94	53.5069 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	560	53.5198 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	6,939	53.5288 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	849	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	289	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	332	53.5798 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1	53.6300 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1	53.6300 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	500	53.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,500	53.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,500	53.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	500	53.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	100	53.3774 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	400	53.3774 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	395	53.3774 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	877	53.3787 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	205	53.3974 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	37	53.3999 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,365	53.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	395	53.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	79	53.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,285	53.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,918	53.4177 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,503	53.4250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,833	53.4250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,664	53.4250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	166	53.4305 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9,855	53.4349 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,400	53.4519 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	400	53.4519 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,239	53.4519 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	100	53.4519 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,980	53.4519 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	900	53.4519 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,000	53.4582 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,495	53.4606 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	284	53.4665 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	732	53.4920 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	631	53.4934 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	114	53.4996 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	463	53.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	368	53.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	197	53.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	62	53.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,200	53.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	910	53.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	40	53.5080 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,973	53.5128 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6,348	53.5152 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,931	53.5312 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	57	53.5377 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	87	53.5499 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	271	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	253	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	280	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	380	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,929	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,506	53.5532 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	28	53.5982 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,754	53.6072 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	20	53.6250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	116	53.6329 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	158	53.6602 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1	53.7000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7	53.7286 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4	53.7500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	9	53.3154 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	122	53.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	288	53.3576 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	304	53.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	224	53.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,490	53.4606 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8	53.4663 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	14	53.4686 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,600	53.4791 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,881	53.4854 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	6,535	53.5058 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	302	53.5344 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	164,885	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,268	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	933	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	471	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2	53.3500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	53.3750 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	115	53.3863 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	39	53.3863 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	165	53.3863 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	54	53.4000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	271	53.4393 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	64	53.4445 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,874	53.4842 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,393	53.4869 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	636	53.4871 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	42	53.4978 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	352	53.4993 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	134	53.5270 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	23	53.5270 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	962	53.5282 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	122	53.5371 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	235	53.5393 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4	53.5425 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	142	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	202	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	28	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	352	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	57	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	378	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,141	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	43	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	35	53.5494 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	57	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,735	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,126	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	311	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,738	53.5500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	84	53.5798 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	132	53.5884 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	172	53.6065 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3	53.6067 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	20	53.6250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	576	53.6380 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,346	53.6402 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:	03 June 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.

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