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Form8.5EPT/NonRIAQUAACQUISITIONSUBLLC

6th Nov 2025 11:59

RNS Number : 5223G
Barclays PLC
06 November 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 relevant securities this form relates:

AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED)

(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:

05 Nov 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: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:

7,130,410

0.66%

6,829,247

0.63%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,227,188

0.11%

376,561

0.03%

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

770,600

0.07%

3,208,039

0.29%

TOTAL: 

9,128,198

0.84%

10,413,847

0.96%

 

(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

USD 0.0001 common

Purchase

551

153.5400 EUR

150.6561 EUR

USD 0.0001 common

Sale

663

153.9000 EUR

150.9750 EUR

USD 0.0001 common

Purchase

2847281

183.1500 USD

172.8400 USD

USD 0.0001 common

Sale

2623738

182.8600 USD

172.8400 USD

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Decreasing Short

170

151.8942 EUR

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

153.8900 EUR

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Increasing Short

61

153.5399 EUR

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,359

176.0850 USD

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Increasing Long

100

181.2388 USD

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,718

176.0850 USD

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,346

179.7200 USD

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Decreasing Short

591

178.8261 USD

USD 0.0001 common

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,654

179.5847 USD

 

(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

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Written

40000

180

American

19 Dec 2025

9.0000 USD

 

(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?

YES

Date of disclosure:

06 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

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 are being disclosed:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this from relates:

AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED)

 

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

100.00

American

18-Dec-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-170,000

160.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-55,900

100.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-53,600

105.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-37,400

110.00

American

20-Mar-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-29,000

170.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-22,200

110.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-11,000

110.00

American

18-Jun-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-7,100

105.00

American

20-Mar-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-6,500

100.00

American

18-Jun-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-2,900

95.00

American

20-Mar-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-2,500

115.00

American

18-Jun-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-2,300

105.00

American

18-Jun-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Purchased

-2,000

115.00

American

20-Mar-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Purchased

2,600

195.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Purchased

21,600

185.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Purchased

31,100

190.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Written

-1,112,330

160.61

European

30-Apr-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Written

-403,618

229.16

European

30-Oct-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Written

-317,375

163.51

European

06-Apr-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Written

-233,923

185.64

European

12-Oct-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Written

-191,840

150.87

European

06-Apr-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Written

-89,341

220.15

European

29-Oct-26

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Written

-157,114

146.54

European

04-Dec-25

USD 0.0001 common

Call Options

Written

-100,098

153.18

European

15-Apr-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Written

40,000

180.00

American

19 Dec 2025

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Written

27,000

120.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Written

30,000

130.00

American

15-Jan-27

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Written

30,000

130.00

American

16-Jan-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Written

70,000

120.00

American

18-Dec-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Written

200,000

135.00

American

18-Dec-26

USD 0.0001 common

Put Options

Written

318,300

140.00

American

16-Jan-26

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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