Intertek Investors Push for EQT Talks After $12 Billion Bid

Some top investors in Intertek Group Plc are pushing the British product-testing company to engage with private equity suitor EQT AB, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Canada’s PineStone Asset Management Inc. recently wrote a letter to Intertek’s board urging them to open dialogue with EQT, the people said. Montreal-based PineStone is Intertek’s third-biggest shareholder with a roughly 4% stake, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.