Intertek Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Dec 28, 2016

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RNS Number : 8603S

Intertek Group PLC

28 December 2016

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 Thursday 22nd December 2016.

Name of Company contact and telephone number for queries:

Ida Woodger, Deputy Company Secretary, 01277 358164

Date of notification by Company: Wednesday 28th December 2016.

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	Marathon Asset Management LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	See attached breakdown
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	21 December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%

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	9,695,614	8,166,089	9,580,034		8,050,509		4.99%

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	% of voting rights
			acquired if the
			instrument is
			exercised/ converted.

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
8,050,509	4.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:  xxi

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Marathon Asset Management LLP
14. Contact name:	James Bennett
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 (0)207 7497 2211

Breakdown of Holdings

Custodian	Nominal
Bank of New York Mellon	1,675,245
BNP Paribas Securities Services	64,845
Brown Brothers Harriman	103,610
JP Morgan Chase	518,521
Northern Trust	4,589,126
Royal Bank of Canada	11,234
State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston	2,617,453
Total	9,580,034

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