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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

28 August 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:	27 August 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

SALES

50,321

58.5059 GBP

58.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

PURCHASES

57,488

58.5250 GBP

58.4475 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	increasing a long position	8	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,246	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	523	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	615	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	139,444	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	864	58.4506 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	811	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	39	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,000	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,170	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	106	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	463	58.4565 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	341	58.4566 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	553	58.4566 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	271	58.4566 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	16	58.4594 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	14	58.4614 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	12	58.4750 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3	58.4792 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10	58.4792 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	17	58.4792 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	38	58.4792 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	109	58.4792 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2	58.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,366	58.5250 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	228	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,246	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	523	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	5,266	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	24	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	139,444	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	45	58.4539 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	31	58.4747 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	13	58.4758 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	187	58.4420 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	414	58.4420 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,955	58.4420 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	636	58.4420 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,646	58.4420 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6	58.4483 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	25	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	37	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	24	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	106	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	12	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	62	58.4500 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,170	58.4501 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5	58.4700 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,025	58.4710 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:	28 August 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.

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