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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

24 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:	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:	23 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	PURCHASES	509,086	49.8100 GBP	48.4552 GBP
1p ordinary	SALES	409,505	49.8800 GBP	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	PURCHASES	1	65.8405 USD	65.8405 USD
1p ordinary	SALES	3,914	66.0943 USD	66.0943 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	5,811	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	36	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	300	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	176	48.6375 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,191	48.8540 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,510	48.8870 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	96	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	110	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	49	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	535	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	265	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	72	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	57	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	161	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	65	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	57	48.9112 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	37	49.1105 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2	49.1700 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	171	49.2132 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	23	49.2200 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	18	49.2200 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	119	49.2446 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5,956	49.2654 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,175	49.3479 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4,388	49.4306 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	252	49.5846 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	242	49.8000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5	48.4591 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	12	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	224	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	547	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	100	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,047	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	810	48.4629 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,693	48.4702 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	928	48.5246 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,491	48.5246 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,038	48.5246 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,015	48.5921 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,500	48.5946 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	50	48.8467 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	113	48.8845 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	667	48.8964 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	831	48.9105 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,069	48.9105 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,479	48.9285 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	86	48.9329 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	552	48.9576 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9,818	48.9589 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	300	48.9671 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	197	48.9931 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,011	49.0410 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,597	49.0459 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	52	49.0690 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	105	49.0690 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	100	49.0690 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	97	49.2186 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	985	49.2229 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,315	49.2229 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	310	49.2229 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,548	49.2229 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,842	49.2229 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,000	49.2468 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	38	49.2486 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	525	49.3088 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,539	49.3152 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	128	49.3352 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,880	49.3586 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,820	49.3720 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	40	49.4118 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3	49.5033 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	366	49.6089 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,184	49.7314 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	378	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	89	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	242	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	92,227	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	179	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	473	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	12,655	48.7800 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	134	48.7962 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1	48.8000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	85	48.9143 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	47	48.9931 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	340	49.2186 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,386	49.2439 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	289	49.2470 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	282	49.3354 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,507	49.3586 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	143	49.4495 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,027	49.6670 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	225	49.7408 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	176	48.4595 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,666	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	116	48.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	65	48.4601 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	16	48.4606 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	311	48.5114 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,237	48.6102 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	468	48.6102 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,851	48.6180 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	444	48.6375 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,971	48.7800 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,628	48.8364 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	7,429	48.8555 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,713	48.8899 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,914	48.9881 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	435	48.9904 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	107	48.9905 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	77	48.9905 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	626	48.9910 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,256	48.9910 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	200	48.9910 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	716	48.9910 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,043	48.9910 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,054	48.9910 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	947	49.0018 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	255	49.0267 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	676	49.0267 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	98	49.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8	49.2266 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	195	49.2394 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	206	49.2396 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	403	49.2399 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,536	49.2617 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	203	49.2809 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10	49.3479 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,897	49.3673 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	11,196	49.3712 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	89	49.3900 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	356	49.4074 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	124	49.4585 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	199	49.4719 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	70	49.6725 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	80	49.6914 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	225	49.6947 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	246	49.7107 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10	49.7800 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	42	49.7976 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	98	49.7985 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	90	49.8053 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:	24 April 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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