Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- INTERTEK GROUP PLC.


    17 April 2026 11:54:10
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RNS Number : 9726A
GoldmanSachs International
17 April 2026
 

 

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:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

(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:

INTERTEK GROUP PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

16 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 the 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

819,919

49.4800 GBP

43.5600 GBP

1p ordinary

Sales

747,044

49.5050 GBP

43.5600 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

CFD

Reducing a long position

7

43.5603 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

185

43.5856 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

43.6300 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1

43.6300 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

138

43.7005 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

40

43.7005 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

21,885

43.7300 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

9

43.7516 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3

43.7516 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

16

43.7650 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

70

43.7650 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

54

43.7650 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

325

43.7740 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

573

43.7905 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

33

43.8782 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

28

43.8908 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

8

43.8908 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1

43.9066 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

22

43.9066 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

7

43.9066 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

61

44.0307 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

931

44.2152 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

31

44.2152 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

12

45.2346 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4

45.2346 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

728

46.1963 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

20

46.2520 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

450

46.4213 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,173

46.4696 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a short position

450

46.5607 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

13,907

46.6794 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

704

46.8291 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a short position

5,631

47.1771 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

939

47.1835 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,823

47.2306 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

2,107

47.3709 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

9,244

47.4509 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

3,329

47.4602 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,211

47.5405 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

474

47.5405 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,405

47.5405 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,469

47.5405 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

485

47.5405 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

25

47.5428 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

4,416

47.5429 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

3,998

47.5429 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

1,515

47.5443 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

289

47.5483 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,035

47.5497 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a long position

312

47.5500 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

5,631

47.5505 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

7,948

47.5512 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a long position

42

47.5548 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

513

47.5595 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a long position

48,475

47.5619 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a long position

24,237

47.5619 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

9,941

47.5713 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

42

47.5806 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

100

47.6052 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

8,895

47.6144 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

8,054

47.6144 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

403

47.6201 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

41

47.6348 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

10,957

47.6494 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

4

47.6703 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,622

47.6932 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

46

47.6965 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

13

47.6965 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

23

47.7154 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a short position

219

47.7329 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a short position

6,505

47.7329 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

50

47.7386 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

252

47.7782 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

703

47.7869 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

588

47.7896 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

154

47.7954 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

25

47.7954 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3,936

47.7954 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,165

47.7954 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

10,677

47.7991 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

283

47.8448 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

399

47.8603 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

783

47.8648 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3

47.8922 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

360

47.9112 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

274

47.9383 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

16

47.9769 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

4

47.9775 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

7,973

47.9809 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

1,903

48.0015 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,052

48.0440 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

470

48.0865 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

631

48.0990 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

948

48.1014 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

957

48.1106 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

48.1194 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5

48.1271 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a short position

406

48.1294 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

15

48.1302 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

5

48.1317 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing a short position

33

48.1424 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

312

48.1424 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

3

48.1452 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

6,241

48.1688 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

100

48.1923 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

373

48.2302 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

335

48.2969 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

6

48.3072 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

33

48.3169 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1

48.3222 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4

48.3222 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1

48.3222 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

6,233

48.3294 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

7

48.3460 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2

48.3460 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

25,222

48.3754 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

703

48.3848 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,680

48.3921 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

9,600

48.4130 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

114

48.4178 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,976

48.4557 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

12,453

48.4735 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

22,195

48.4783 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

40,680

48.4783 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

18,554

48.4841 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3

48.5609 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

168

48.5609 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

11

48.5609 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

49

48.5647 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

10,000

48.5761 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

6,957

48.5768 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

153

48.5791 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4

48.6826 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1

48.6826 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

23

48.6826 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

40

48.6826 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

12,302

48.7561 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3,981

49.2279 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:

17 April 2026

Contact name:

Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka

Telephone number:

+33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817

 

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.

 

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

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