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Lost Coast Collective Sends Letter to Intertek’s Board of Directors Urging It to Transact with EQT
Current EQT Bid Represents Superior Risk-Adjusted Value to ShareholdersDELRAY BEACH, Fla., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lost Coast Collective LLC (“Lost Coast”), which beneficially owns approximately 1.2% of Intertek Group plc (LSE: ITRK) (“Intertek” or “the Company”), today sent a letter to the Intertek Board of Directors (the “Board”). The letter urges the Board to engage with EQT on the basis of EQT’s latest take-private proposal of £60 per share. Lost Coast believes the proposal represen
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