SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Information furnished as at September 22, 2000
Intertek Testing Services Limited
(REGISTRANT)
25 Savile Row
London, W1X 1AA
England
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F)
Form 20-F |X| Form 40-F
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Yes No |X|
Schedule of Information contained in this report
Press Release dated September 22, 2000
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Contact: Ruth Pachman/Hope Sidman
Kekst and Company
212-521-4800
For Immediate Release
INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES EMPHASIZES THERE IS NO INDICATION
OF HEALTH OR SAFETY RISKS
LONDON, September 22, 2000 - Intertek Testing Services Limited (ITS) today made
the following statement :
The press has recently reported statements made by representatives of the U.S.
government regarding improper testing procedures performed by certain former
staff of the now-dormant Intertek Testing Services Environmental Inc.
(Environmental). ITS does not condone any improper testing by any employee.
However, ITS must point out in the strongest terms that such statements have
sensationalized the facts, been misleading and in many respects inaccurate.
Specifically:
o ITS has made substantial efforts to establish that no damage was caused to
human health and the environment.
o Since January 1998, ITS has funded efforts to discover any effects of the
alleged improper conduct. These efforts have found no indication that there
is a present or future danger to human health and the environment.
o Any implication or suggestion that there may be health and safety issues
resulting from these acts does not service the public and verges on the
irresponsible. After over 2 1/2 years of investigation the EPA, with whom
ITS has fully co-operated in this matter from the outset, admits that it
has found no sites that pose health risks, and ITS has itself found no data
that poses health risks.
o It has been reported that a U.S. Airforce audit caused Environmental to
report irregularities to the government. ITS refutes this allegation. The
problem was in fact discovered by its own environmental subsidiary entirely
through internal processes and, as the EPA is fully aware, immediately
reported to the EPA.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
6-K and has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES LIMITED
(Registrant)
By: /s/ RICHARD NELSON
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Name: Richard Nelson
Title: Director
Date: September 22, 2000
