<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 即將接受瑞典私募股權公司 EQT 提出的 106 億英鎊收購要約，這標誌着 FTSE 100 的重要進展。該要約將 Intertek 的估值定為每股 60 英鎊，此前的競標被認為低估了該公司。董事會已同意允許 EQT 進行盡職調查，以便促成正式要約的公告。這一消息是在經歷了數月的不確定性和投資者之間關於公司估值的衝突後發佈的</p>

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

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Intertek 準備接受 100 億英鎊的收購提議，這對 FTSE 100 來説是一個打擊