Holding(s) in Company

Intertek Group PLC
26 August 2003



                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     INTERTEK GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     DEUTSCHE BANK AG

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     SEE BELOW


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     NOT KNOWN


6)   (%) of issued Class

     NOT KNOWN


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     1,492,939


8)   (%) of issued Class

     0.97%


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF £0.01 EACH


10)  Date of transaction

     NOT KNOWN


11)  Date company informed

     22 AUGUST 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification

     19,981,731

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     12.99%


14)  Any additional information

     N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     DENISE JOHNSON
     020 7396 3400


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification


     Date of Notification 26TH AUGUST 2003


Letter to Intertek dated 22 August 2003

Further to our letter of 23 June, 2003, and in accordance with Sections 198-202
of the Companies Act 1985, we write on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG, to inform you
that, on the basis that the relevant issued share capital of your company is
153,789,841 ordinary shares, Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies have
a notifiable interest in the shares of 12.99%. The total interest is in
19,981,731 shares registered in the names and in the amounts as set out in the
Schedule below.

Companies within the Group acting as Fund Managers hold some of the shares on
behalf of a number of clients whose portfolios are managed on a discretionary
basis.

Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany, of which
Deutsche Bank AG London is a branch,

Letter from Deutsche Bank AG London


SCHEDULE

                         INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES PLC 
                             ORDINARY £0.01 SHARES

Held as Principal                                             No of Shares

Deutsche Bank AG, London                                           588,049
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt                                          16,799

Held in Client Portfolios

Morgan Nominees Limited                                          8,390,259
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c CHY                                     55,720
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c CSL                                     33,554
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c DGR                                     79,000
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c MER                                     37,210
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c SL                                      45,740
Bank of New York Nominees                                        1,113,679
BT Globenet Nominees                                                21,650
Channel Nominees                                                    48,360
Chase Nominees                                                   3,710,139
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                                 124,721
Deutsche Bank International Limited                                 58,760
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd                              345,880
Lloyds Bank Nominees                                                 8,620
Lothian Regional Council                                           267,505
Master Trust Bank of Japan                                           1,100
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                            2,226,749
State Street Nominees                                            2,714,407
Tokyo Trust                                                         93,830
                                                 
TOTAL                                                           19,981,731
 
                                           
NOTE: The shares comprised under this notification may, from time to time, be
the subject of a stock lending agreement resulting in a change in registration
but not in DBAG's interest in the shares.

22 August 2003


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