November 2, 2005 0800 GMT London UK

PARIS, LONDON--(PRNewswire)-- November 2, 2005— Kodak’s European operations (NYSE:EK) have awarded a contract to provide analytical testing support services to Intertek Group Plc (FTSE:ITRK). The lab services contract provides analytical testing support services to manufacturing facilities in Harrow, UK, in Chalon sur Saône, France, and the primary European research center in Cambridge, UK. The Intertek Caleb Brett division will acquire laboratory assets and accept the transfer of Kodak employees currently performing these services.

Intertek Caleb Brett will be the sole provider of these services. Intertek will provide testing services from a laboratory located within the Kodak manufacturing site at Chalon, France. The Intertek Sunbury Laboratory will provide support to Kodak UK operations. 14 Kodak employees are expected to transfer to Intertek in France and five employees are expected to transfer in the UK.

The transfer of experienced staff from Kodak to Intertek ensures continuation of the laboratory expertise and support provided to Kodak. Intertek is expected to achieve efficiency gains through access to the extensive range of services available from the Intertek global laboratory network. Acquisition of the laboratory assets and staff enable Intertek to further expand the range of advanced analytical services available to its growing international customer base.

Mark Loughead, Intertek Caleb Brett chief executive officer commented: “We are delighted that Kodak has chosen Intertek to provide the essential analytical support for its European operations. The new skills and expertise that this contract brings into Intertek will significantly extend the scope of services which Intertek can offer to its international customer base. The new Intertek laboratory in Chalon, in particular, will provide us with a facility which considerably enhances our capabilities in France and the ability to respond to market opportunities across Europe.”

The Chairman of Kodak Industrie, Jean-Pierre Martel, said, “Intertek has an outstanding reputation as a leader in this field, so we are very pleased that they will be setting up a laboratory at our site to provide services to Kodak and other customers. This is another important step in the redevelopment of the Chalon site as an industrial park.”

Dr. Sam Weller, Kodak’s Director of European Research added, “Intertek’s support will allow us to assure our customers that they can continue to expect the same high-quality products and services they have come to expect from Kodak. Similarly, our employees in these labs will benefit by having expanded career opportunities made possible by joining a company that is a specialist in their field of expertise. ”

About Intertek Group Plc:
Intertek is a leading testing, inspection, outsourcing and certification organisation, assessing customers' products and commodities against a wide range of quality, safety, regulatory, and performance standards, and certifies the management systems of customers. Intertek operates 300 laboratories and employs 14,500 people around the world. www.intertek.com

The Intertek Caleb Brett division operates a global network of over 210 laboratories serving clients located in over 118 nations. Services include laboratory testing capabilities and expertise which support a wide range of materials, products and applications. Other services include inspection, certification, pilot plant processes, calibration and other activities supporting global industry. www.intertek-cb.com.

About Eastman Kodak Company:
Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images – for memories, for information, for business, and for entertainment. With sales of $13.5 billion in 2004,
the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on four businesses: Digital & Film Imaging Systems – providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; Health – supplying the medical and dental professions with traditional and digital imaging and information systems, IT solutions and services; Graphic Communications – providing customers with a range of solutions for prepress, traditional and digital printing, and document scanning and multi-vendor IT services; and Display & Components – supplying original equipment manufacturers with imaging sensors as well as intellectual property and materials for the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and LCD display industries.
More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at www.kodak.com.

Contact:

Intertek Caleb Brett Division
Erik Holladay, Global Marketing Director
Tel: 713.407.3533
Email: erik.holladay@intertek.com