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20260629_IP Group PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI
20260629_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: 29/06/2026 (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 88,459 0.646999 GBP 0.646863 GBP 2p ordinary Sale 12,366 0.653000 GBP 0.640000 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 1,565 0.646218 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 1,460 0.653961 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 285 0.646218 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 1,551 0.645648 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a short position 3,129 0.647013 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 40,733 0.646863 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long p...