<div id="readability-page-1"><div>  <p><time datetime="2026-05-13T08:13:50+01:00">    Wednesday 13 May 2026 8:13 am  </time>      <span> | </span><span> Updated: </span>   <time datetime="2026-05-13T08:14:00+01:00">    Wednesday 13 May 2026 8:14 am  </time></p>         <div>                                                                                                                 Add as a preferred        source on Google                        </div>  </div><p>FTSE 100 giant Intertek is poised to accept a £10bn offer from a Swedish private equity firm after months of uncertainty, in what would be a huge blow to the London Stock Exchange. </p><p>The testing and quality assurance firm said on Wednesday morning that it “would be minded” to recommend the latest offer from EQT – a Swedish buyout firm – to its shareholders. </p><p>This £10.6bn offer is the fourth to be tabled by the Swedish firm in recent months, in a long courting process which caused clashes between top investors. </p><p>The new deal proposes £60 cash per share, valuing Intertek at £10.6bn including debt, and follows previous offers of £51, £54 and £58 per share which the firm said “significantly” undervalued the company.</p><p>“The Board of Intertek has agreed to provide EQT with access to confirmatory due diligence on a customary basis to facilitate the announcement of a firm intention to make an offer,” the firm said.</p><p><em>This is a breaking story and will be updated.</em></p></div>

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<p>Intertek 即将接受瑞典私募股权公司 EQT 提出的 106 亿英镑收购要约，这标志着 FTSE 100 的重要进展。该要约将 Intertek 的估值定为每股 60 英镑，此前的竞标被认为低估了该公司。董事会已同意允许 EQT 进行尽职调查，以便促成正式要约的公告。这一消息是在经历了数月的不确定性和投资者之间关于公司估值的冲突后发布的</p>

Intertek poised to accept £10bn offer in blow to FTSE 100

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Intertek 准备接受 100 亿英镑的收购提议，这对 FTSE 100 来说是一个打击