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:

16 Apr 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:

5,148,674

0.68%

15,831,583

2.08%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

14,827,525

1.95%

4,702,895

0.62%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

19,976,199

2.63%

20,534,478

2.70%

Class of relevant security:

Senior unsecured convertible bond

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

2,200,000

1.46%

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:

2,200,000

1.46%

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

567202

1.2549 GBP

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

986457

1.2270 GBP

1.1994 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

568,622

1.1994 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

99,523

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

339

1.2086 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,187

1.2116 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

683

1.2140 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

61,195

1.2194 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27

1.2198 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,090

1.2224 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

21,396

1.2230 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,145

1.2234 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,639

1.2240 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,330

1.2246 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,242

1.2251 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,868

1.2259 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33,615

1.2270 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31,442

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,064

1.2086 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

995

1.2090 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

443

1.2096 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,659

1.2101 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,324

1.2103 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,470

1.2105 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,523

1.2123 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,349

1.2132 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,372

1.2154 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6

1.2156 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

796

1.2183 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12

1.2190 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

360,652

1.2314 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

357

1.2279 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

439

1.2183 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

36,926

1.2279 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:

17 Apr 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213