Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC

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:

06 May 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: 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:

5,546,458

0.73%

16,734,129

2.20%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

15,108,457

1.99%

5,471,647

0.72%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

20,654,915

2.72%

22,205,776

2.92%

Class of relevant security:

Senior unsecured Convertible Bond

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

4,200,000

2.80%

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: 

4,200,000

2.80%

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

325497

1.3030 GBP

1.2629 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

310907

1.2999 GBP

1.2770 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

Increasing Long

1,093

1.2748 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,328

1.2775 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

31,472

1.2785 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,495

1.2788 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

236

1.2837 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,081

1.2854 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,165

1.2856 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

100

1.2940 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

179,532

1.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,743

1.3015 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,561

1.2629 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,237

1.2810 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,630

1.2837 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

73,812

1.2852 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

34,190

1.2865 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16

1.2891 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

170

1.2900 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7

1.2944 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,911

1.2953 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,137

1.2959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

90,402

1.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4

1.2975 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,414

1.2987 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

18,168

1.2698 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

15,599

1.2894 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

797

1.2968 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

221

1.3070 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

23,531

1.2861 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,403

1.2939 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

6,229

1.2959 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,966

1.2960 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:

07 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213