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20260624_IP Group PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI
20260624_IP Group PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI.
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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: 24/06/2026 (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 25,000 0.654062 GBP 0.644027 GBP 2p ordinary Sale 44,082 0.654450 GBP 0.647845 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 2,620 0.643961 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 6,858 0.645132 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a short position 713 0.652033 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 355 0.650000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 11,864 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 22,581 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 40,008 0.65400...