Intertek Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Oct 22, 2015

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RNS Number : 0995D

Intertek Group PLC

22 October 2015

Intertek Group plc

(the Company)

NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

A form TR-1 containing the following information was received by the Company on Wednesday 21 October 2015.

Name of Company contact and telephone number for queries:

Roseanna Cooke, Company Secretariat Assistant, 01277 358 243

Date of notification by Company: Thursday 22 October 2015.

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Intertek Group Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		MFS Investment Management
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		20 October 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		21 October 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5.00%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB0031638363	7,653,309			7,653,309							9,547,182				5.92%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
9,547,182								5.92%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Entity		Holding	Percentage Held
MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd.		163,444	0.1013%
MFS Investment Management		7,253,177	4.4950%
MFS Heritage Trust Company		721,807	0.4473%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.		1,012,508	0.6275%
MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.		342,308	0.2121%
MFS Investment Management K.K.		53,938	0.0334%
Notifiable Interest		9,547,182	5.9166%
Shares Outstanding		161,361,777

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease

to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold

voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Chris Clark

15. Contact telephone number:

617-954-4725

This information is provided by RNS

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