Form8.5EPT/NonRIAQUAACQUISITIONSUBLLC(ANINDIRECTWH

Barclays PLC

01 December 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				AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED)
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				28 Nov 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				YES:
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC
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:				USD 0.0001 common
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			6,492,819	0.61%	6,276,383	0.59%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,056,755	0.10%	373,331	0.03%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			1,100,600	0.10%	3,787,253	0.35%
	TOTAL:			8,650,174	0.80%	10,436,967	0.97%
(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)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
USD 0.0001 common		Purchase		204		144.2800  EUR	142.1200  EUR
USD 0.0001 common		Sale		290		142.8382  EUR	142.7735  EUR
USD 0.0001 common		Purchase		1,056,257		168.1900  USD	164.2600  USD
USD 0.0001 common		Sale		1,350,218		168.0900  USD	164.3600  USD
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
USD 0.0001 common		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64	142.8382  EUR
USD 0.0001 common		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145	143.1386  EUR
USD 0.0001 common		SWAP		Increasing Short		117	144.0549  EUR
USD 0.0001 common		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	144.2866  EUR
USD 0.0001 common		CFD		Decreasing Long		3	144.2600  EUR
USD 0.0001 common		SWAP		Decreasing Long		144	167.3634  USD
USD 0.0001 common		SWAP		Closing Long		2,290	168.0900  USD
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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?				YES
Date of disclosure:				01 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213
DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO
PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings				BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED)
relevant securities this from relates:
2.				OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
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
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-200,000	100.0000	American	18 Dec 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-170,000	160.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-55,900	100.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-53,600	105.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-37,400	110.0000	American	20 Mar 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-29,000	170.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-22,200	110.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-11,000	110.0000	American	18 Jun 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-7,100	105.0000	American	20 Mar 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-6,500	100.0000	American	18 Jun 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-2,900	95.0000	American	20 Mar 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-2,500	115.0000	American	18 Jun 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-2,300	105.0000	American	18 Jun 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-2,000	115.0000	American	20 Mar 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-160,000	130.0000	American	18 Dec 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-100,000	115.0000	American	15 Jan 2027
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Purchased	-50,000	130.0000	American	18 Jun 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Purchased	2,600	195.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Purchased	21,600	185.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Purchased	31,100	190.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Purchased	20,000	165.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-1,112,330	160.6078	European	30 Apr 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-403,618	185.6429	European	30 Oct 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-317,375	163.5057	European	06 Apr 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-233,923	204.6337	European	12 Oct 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-191,840	150.8670	European	06 Apr 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-89,341	153.1754	European	29 Oct 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-157,114	160.6078	European	04 Dec 2025
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-100,098	185.6429	European	15 Apr 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-249,214	163.5057	European	18 Nov 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Call Options	Written	-20,000	165.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	40,000	180.0000	American	19 Dec 2025
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	27,000	120.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	30,000	130.0000	American	15 Jan 2027
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	30,000	130.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	70,000	120.0000	American	18 Dec 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	200,000	135.0000	American	18 Dec 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	318,300	140.0000	American	16 Jan 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	50,000	130.0000	American	18 Jun 2026
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	100,000	115.0000	American	15 Jan 2027
USD 0.0001 common	Put Options	Written	160,000	130.0000	American	18 Dec 2026
3.				AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

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