Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4365P

Intertek Group PLC

18 August 2014

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 Monday 18^th August 2014.

Name of Company contact and telephone number for queries:

Laura Smith, Company Secretariat Trainee, 01277 359728

Date of notification by Company: 15 August 2014

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:		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:	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	14 August 2014
6. Date on which the issuer notified:	15 August 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 6%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares(GB0031638363)	9,837,828	9,837,828		9,677,828		9,677,828		5.998%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period ^xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

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

Number of Percent of

Shares Outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings 9,677,828 5.998%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

· Capital Research and Management Company 9,677,828 5.998%

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: