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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 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 49,394 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 3,367 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 28,814 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 32,605 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 23,655 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 24,026 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 4,877 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 12,604 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 10,585 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 2,779 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a long position 2,068,350 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a long position 360,929 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a long position 16 0.654461 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 3,561 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 15,807 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 9,308 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 218,666 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 24,622 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 9,908 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 224 0.654039 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a long position 109 0.649961 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 3,341 0.648429 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 539 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 15,196 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 3,678 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 7,576 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 94,543 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 153,230 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 21,360 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 35,767 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 459 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 10,795 0.649984 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 7,328 0.650000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 4,658 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 25,057 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 19,449 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 5,568 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 2,972 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 3,649 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 33,947 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 37,738 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 204,257 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 17,216 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 4,227 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 42,081 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 3,779 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 2,086 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 13,868 0.649127 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 601 0.644039 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 4,238 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 38,927 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 114,620 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 284 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 32,699 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 199,633 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 39,760 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 106,414 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 13,334 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 23,638 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 28,433 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 517 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 25,522 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a long position 486,905 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 1,910 0.650000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 1,756 0.648429 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 28,079 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 4,409 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 5,032 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 10,669 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 64,831 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 31,535 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 20,098 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 45,984 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 41,847 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 1,844 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 2,415 0.649984 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 1 0.652539 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a long position 184 0.654461 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a long position 89 0.649961 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 5,878 0.648429 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 3,879 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 20,742 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 26,205 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 39,182 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 38,403 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 33,934 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 2 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 3,355 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 26,495 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 15,567 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a long position 9 0.651961 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a long position 3 0.649961 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a long position 10,009 0.649961 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 55 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 27,741 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 2,494 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 27,472 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 18,800 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 13,266 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 17,804 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 33,344 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 19,779 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 1,807 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 7,400 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 4,928 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 1,109 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 12,246 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 237,255 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 24,165 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 36,796 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 40,049 0.654000 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 11,500 0.654000 GBP (c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type e.g. American, European etc. Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (ii) Exercise Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise Price per unit N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) Class of relevant security Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion Details Price per unit (if applicable) N/A N/A N/A N/A 3. OTHER INFORMATION (a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" None (b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) The voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" None Date of disclosure: 25/06/2026 Contact name: Kamil Dziedzic Telephone number: +353 86 168 4821 Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk .