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:

18 Sep 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:

22,785,297

2.90%

4,764,752

0.61%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

2,513,189

0.32%

22,467,245

2.85%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

25,298,486

3.21%

27,231,997

3.46%

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

833959

1.8979 GBP

1.8628 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

337429

1.8990 GBP

1.8658 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

6,706

1.8826 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

250,000

1.8643 USD

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,000

1.8658 USD

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,000

1.8662 USD

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

185,001

1.8663 USD

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17

1.8758 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

180

1.8759 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

91

1.8813 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21

1.8836 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

90

1.8837 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,350

1.8850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

1.8859 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,503

1.8860 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,486

1.8865 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,714

1.8973 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

550,000

1.8671 USD

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,322

1.8835 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,010

1.8839 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

124,987

1.8841 USD

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,220

1.8845 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,667

1.8846 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,775

1.8855 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,520

1.8860 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,916

1.8868 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

142,376

1.8869 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

701

1.8878 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,232

1.8879 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,312

1.8894 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,429

1.8899 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,140

1.8900 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,012

1.8948 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,127

1.8851 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:

19 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213