A form TR-1 containing the following information was received by the Company on Friday 24th July 2015.
Name of Company contact and telephone number for queries:
Roseanna Cooke, Company Secretariat Assistant, 01277 358 243
Date of notification by Company: Monday 27th July 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
23 July 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:
24 July 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
7,993,731
7,993,731
8,090,066
5.01%
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
8,090,066
5.01%
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.
176,122
0.11%
MFS Investment Management
5,391,273
3.34%
MFS Heritage Trust Company
716.016
0.44%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.
1,418,191
0.88%
MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.
334,824
0.21%
MFS Investment Management K.K.
53.640
0.03%
Notifiable Interest
8,090,066
5.01%
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:
Robert R. Flaherty
15. Contact telephone number:
617-954-5000
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
Intertek Group plc is one of the world's leading groups specializing in analysis, control and certification of products and systems. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- control and certification services for consumer goods (63.4%): including food, pharmaceuticals, textiles, beauty products, consumer electronics, toys, shoes, home appliances, cars. Also, the group is developing an activity to monitor the certification of international standards;
- monitoring and assessment of petroleum and agricultural products (19.9%). Besides, Intertek Group plc offers inspection services to government system and regulators to support commercial activities, contributing to the movement of goods across borders;
- development of quality assurance solutions (16.7%): for the supply chain of oil, gas, nuclear and mining industries.
At the end of 2022, the group operated more than 1,000 inspection offices and laboratories in the world.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (6.4%), the United States (30%), China and Hong Kong (18.5%), Australia (5.5) and other (39.6%).