Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

11 July 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.	KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:			BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose  relevant securities this form relates:			ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  principal trader is connected			ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			10 Jul 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			YES:  AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED)
2.	POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				15,689,246	2.01%	5,382,973	0.69%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				4,101,045	0.53%	15,549,317	2.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				19,790,291	2.54%	20,932,290	2.69%
Class of relevant security:				Senior unsecured convertible bond
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				2,000,000	1.33%	0	0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,000,000	1.33%	0	0.00%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to  which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights  concerned and relevant percentages:
3.	DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Total number of  securities	Highest price per unit  paid/received	Lowest price per unit  paid/received
1p ordinary	Purchase	225084	1.7505  GBP	1.7300  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	291401	1.7510  GBP	1.7300  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,896	1.7329  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	52,867	1.7330  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,032	1.7352  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,833	1.7353  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,068	1.7369  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,936	1.7371  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,103	1.7373  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	140	1.7403  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,082	1.7405  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,387	1.7430  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	611	1.7468  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	305	1.7469  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,491	1.7510  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,876	1.7320  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	19,200	1.7323  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,786	1.7330  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,130	1.7334  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5	1.7354  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,701	1.7369  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,838	1.7373  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,325	1.7400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,184	1.7401  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	33,515	1.7412  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,766	1.7470  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,970	1.7505  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	5,620	1.7352  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	11,817	1.7355  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  applicable)
4.	OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which  any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				11 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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