Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Intertek Group PLC

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 Friday 19 December 2008.

Name of Company contact and telephone number for queries:

Maggie Mellor, Deputy Company Secretary, 020 7396 3442

Date of notification by Company: 22 December 2008

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Â	Intertek Group Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Â	Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				Â
Other (please specify):______________				Â
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):		17 December 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:		19 December 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		From 4% - 3%(L&G)

8. Notified details:

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

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Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

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Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

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% of voting rights

Direct

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Indirect

Direct

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Indirect

ORD GBP 0.01

6,420,275

6,420,275

6,217,137

6,217,137

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3.93

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B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Â	Expiration date	Â	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date			Â	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	Â	% of voting rights
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Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights					Â	% of voting rights
6,217,137						3.93
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (6,217,137 - 3.93% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (5,662,623 – 3.58% =Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (5,662,623 – 3.58% = PMC)PMC)	Â	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)(Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (5,662,623 – 3.58% = PMC) Limited (PMC) (5,662,623 – 3.58% = PMC)		Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)(LGAS & LGPL)
		Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)(LGPL)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:			Â	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:	Â	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 157,801,813
14. Contact name:		Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:		020 3124 3851