RNS Number : 0330N Bank of America Merrill Lynch 20 July 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:

Bank of America Corporation

  • (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

17/07/2026

  • (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"

No

  • 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:

30,230

0.020%

129

0.000%

  • (2)

  • Cash-settled derivatives:

1,279,471

0.831%

1,279,471

0.831%

  • (3)

  • Stock-settled derivatives

    (including options) and

    agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.000%

0

0.000%

TOTAL:

1,309,701

0.851%

1,279,600

0.831%

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:

N/A

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

N/A

  • 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

1p ordinary

Purchase

751

58.200000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

58.250000 GBP

Class of relevant security

1p ordinary

Purchase/sale

Sale

Number of

securities

8

Price per unit

58.200000 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

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a long position

438,076

58.149999 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Long Position

438,076

58.149999 GBP

  • (c)

  • Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

  • (i)

  • Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

of

relevant security

N/A

Product description e.g. call option

N/A

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

N/A

Number

of

securities to which option relates

N/A

Exercise

price

per unit

N/A

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

N/A

Expiry date

N/A

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

  • (ii)

  • Exercise

Class of relevant security

N/A

Product description

e.g. call option

N/A

Exercising/

exercised

against

N/A

Number of

securities

N/A

Exercise Price per

unit

N/A

  • (d)

  • Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

N/A

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

N/A

Details

N/A

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

  • 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:

20/07/2026

Contact name:

Kamil Dziedzic

Telephone number:

+353 86 168 4821

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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