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20260707_IP Group PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI
20260707_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: 07/07/2026 (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 302,323 0.647816 GBP 0.645995 GBP 2p ordinary Sale 256,529 0.650600 GBP 0.644001 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 long position 24,146 0.647993 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a long position 18,163 0.647581 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 280 0.648968 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 14,672 0.650430 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a short position 110 0.645032 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a short position 20,305 0.646039 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 894 0.650430 GBP 2p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a short position 1,084 0.648968 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: 08/07/2026 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 .