4th Apr 2008 14:06
IP Group PLC04 April 2008 04 APRIL 2008 DIRECTOR DEALING IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or the "Company" or "Group"), the UK'sleading university intellectual property commercialisation company, was todaynotified by Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive Officer, that he had transferred 93,450ordinary shares in IP Group at a price of 106p per share into his personalpension. This transaction has no effect on Alan Aubrey's beneficial ownership; hecontinues to hold a total direct and indirect voting right interest in 854,865ordinary shares in IP Group, being approximately 0.34% of the issued ordinaryshare capital of IP Group of 250,291,965 ordinary shares of 2p each. For further information, please contact: IP Group 0845 0742929Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive OfficerLiz Vaughan-Adams (Communications) 020 7444 0062/07979853802 Notes for Editors About IP Group IP Group is an intellectual property (IP) commercialisation company thatspecialises in commercialising university technology. Founded in 2001, IP Grouplisted on AIM in October 2003 and moved to the Official List in June 2006. Ithas made two acquisitions to date - Techtran, a company set up to commercialiseuniversity intellectual property under a long term contract with the Universityof Leeds, in 2005 and Top Technology Ventures, an investment adviser to earlystage technology venture capital funds, in 2004. IP Group has formed long-term partnerships with ten universities - theUniversity of Oxford, King's College London, CNAP/University of York, theUniversity of Leeds, the University of Bristol, the University of Surrey, theUniversity of Southampton, Queen Mary (University of London), the University ofBath and the University of Glasgow. The Company's portfolio is diverse with exposure to five main sectors - Energy &Renewables, Healthcare & Life Sciences: Non-therapeutics, Healthcare & LifeSciences: Therapeutics, IT & Communications and Chemicals & Materials. To date,ten portfolio companies have listed on the AIM market of the London StockExchange, one on PLUS Markets and there have been two trade sales. IP Group alsoestablished three 'Modern-themed' subsidiaries - Modern Biosciences, ModernWater and Modern Waste. Modern Water was the first of these subsidiaries tofloat 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
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