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IP Group PLC 19 October 2007 DIRECTORS' SHARE PURCHASES IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ('IP Group' or 'the Company' or 'the Group'), the intellectual property commercialisation company, announces that it has today received notification from all of its Executive Directors regarding the purchase of Ordinary Shares in the Company. The Company was notified on 19 October 2007 that Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive Officer, purchased in aggregate 100,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company as set out in the table below. The Company was notified on 19 October 2007 that David Norwood, Founder and Director of Special Projects, purchased in aggregate 100,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company as set out in the table below. The Company was notified on 19 October 2007 that Mike Townend, Director of Capital Markets, purchased in aggregate 55,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company as set out in the table below. The Company was notified on 19 October 2007 that Alison Fielding, Chief Technology Officer, purchased in aggregate 17,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company as set out in the table below. The Company was notified on 19 October 2007 that Magnus Goodlad, Chief Operating Officer, purchased in aggregate 10,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company as set out in the table below. +----------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ | Director |Number of|Price per|Total value| Total | Total | Total | | | shares | share | of |percentage| number of |percentage | | |acquired | |transaction|of issued |shares held| of issued | | | | | | shares | following |shares held| | | | | | acquired |acquisition| following | | | | | | | |acquisition| +----------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ |Alan | 100,000 | 121.82p |£121,820.00| 0.04% | 854,865 | 0.34% | |Aubrey, | | | | | | | |Chief | | | | | | | |Executive | | | | | | | |Officer | | | | | | | +----------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ |David | 100,000 | 121.82p |£121,820.00| 0.04% | 4,380,172 | 1.75% | |Norwood, | | | | | | | |Founder & | | | | | | | |Director | | | | | | | |of Special| | | | | | | |Projects | | | | | | | +----------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ |Mike | 55,000 | 121.82p |£67,001.00 | 0.02% | 130,000 | 0.05% | |Townend, | | | | | | | |Director | | | | | | | |of Capital| | | | | | | |Markets | | | | | | | +----------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ |Alison | 17,000 |121.82p |£20,709.4 | <0.01% | 394,630 | 0.16% | |Fielding, | | | | | | | |Chief | | | | | | | |Technology| | | | | | | |Officer | | | | | | | +----------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ |Magnus | 10,000 | 121.82p |£12,182.00 | <0.01% | 30,000 | 0.01% | |Goodlad, | | | | | | | |Chief | | | | | | | |Operating | | | | | | | |Officer | | | | | | | +----------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ For further information, please contact: IP Group plc Tel: 020 7444 0050 Fax: 0845 074 2928 Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive Officer Liz Vaughan-Adams (Communications) 020 7444 0062/07979853802 Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000 Tim Anderson, Mary-Jane Johnson, Mark Court Notes for Editors About IP Group IP Group Plc is an intellectual property (IP) commercialisation company that specialises in commercialising university technology. Founded in 2001, IP Group listed on AIM in October 2003 and moved to the Official List in June 2006. It has made two acquisitions to date - Techtran, a company set up to commercialise university intellectual property under a long term contract with the University of Leeds, in 2005 and Top Technology Ventures, an investment adviser to early stage technology venture capital funds, in 2004. IP Group has formed long-term partnerships with ten universities - the University of Oxford, King's College London, CNAP/University of York, the University of Leeds, the University of Bristol, the University of Surrey, the University of Southampton, Queen Mary (University of London), the University of Bath and the University of Glasgow. As at 30 June 2007, 60 spin-out companies had been created among IP Group's university partners. Of those, eight have listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, one on PLUS Markets and there have been two trade sales. IP Group also has three 'Modern-themed' subsidiaries - Modern Biosciences, Modern Water and Modern Waste. Modern Water was the first of these subsidiaries to float on AIM in June 2007. For more information, please visit our website at www.ipgroupplc.com. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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