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20260623_IP Group PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI_replacemen
20260623_IP Group PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI_replacemen.
About this update from Ip Group Plc
FORM 8.5 Replacement The Form 8.5 IP Group Plc announcement released on 24/06/2026 under RNS 6009J has been amended. Amendments are identified with an asterisk (*). The full amended text is shown below FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI) PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 1. KEY INFORMATION (a) Name of exempt principal trader: Merrill Lynch International (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree IP Group PLC (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: IP Group PLC (d) Date dealing undertaken: 23/06/2026 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" N/A 2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in. The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. (a) Purchases and sales Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received 2p ordinary Purchase *147,662 0.654283 GBP 0.631993 GBP 2p ordinary Sale 231,117 0.666000 GBP 0.634000 GBP (b) Cash-settled derivative transactions Class of relevant security Product description e.g. CFD Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position Number of reference securities Price per unit 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 1,895 0.639000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 172,191 0.639000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 7,724 0.639000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 2,470 0.654327 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 2,427 0.649161 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Short Position 2,620...