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REG - Barclays PLC Qualcomm Inc - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI QUALCOMM INC

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RNS Number : 9198Z  Barclays PLC  18 September 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                                          AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM

                                                                                    INCORPORATED)

 relevant securities this form relates:
 (c)                  Name of the party to the offer with which exempt                                     ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC

 principal trader is connected
 (d)                  Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                               17 Sep 2025
 (e)                  In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal                    YES:

ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 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:                                                          7,338,097            0.68%                       7,182,292                   0.67%
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                             994,756              0.09%                       79,494                      0.01%
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                       773,600              0.07%                       3,216,172                   0.29%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                           9,106,453            0.84%                       10,477,958                  0.96%

 TOTAL:

 

 (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    Purchase/sale              Total number of                Highest price per unit     Lowest price per unit

 security
 securities
 paid/received
 paid/received
 USD 0.0001 common    Purchase                   441                            139.3400  EUR              138.6760  EUR
 USD 0.0001 common    Sale                       2211                           139.3400  EUR              138.6760  EUR
 USD 0.0001 common    Purchase                   688165                         165.8851  USD              163.4400  USD
 USD 0.0001 common    Sale                       823386                         165.8851  USD              140.5685  USD

 (b)                  Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of             Product  description       Nature of dealing              Number of                  Price per

 relevant
 reference
 unit

 security
 securities
 USD 0.0001 common    SWAP                       Increasing Short               506                        165.2847  USD
 USD 0.0001 common    SWAP                       Decreasing Short               123                        138.9601  EUR
 USD 0.0001 common    SWAP                       Decreasing Short               1,689                      139.1600  EUR
 USD 0.0001 common    SWAP                       Increasing Short               42                         138.8447  EUR
 USD 0.0001 common    SWAP                       Increasing Short               119                        165.2625  USD
 USD 0.0001 common    SWAP                       Increasing Long                100                        164.7600  USD
 USD 0.0001 common    SWAP                       Increasing Long                616                        164.8461  USD

 (c)                  Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
 (i)                  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
 Class                Product                    Writing,                       Number                     Exercise             Type                        Expiry                      Option

 of
 description
 purchasing,
 of
 price
 date
 money

 relevant
 selling,
 securities
 per unit
 paid/

 security
 varying etc
 to which
 received

 option
 per unit

 relates
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Purchase                       861100                     140.5685             European                    13-Aug-26                   0.0019  USD

 (ii)                 Exercising
 Class of relevant    Product description        Exercising/ exercised against  Number of                  Exercise price per

 security
 securities
 unit

 (d)                  Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
 Class of relevant    Nature of Dealings         Details                        Price per unit (if

 security
 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:                                                                                       18 Sep 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                                                                                BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

 are being disclosed:
 Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                                                                                    AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM

                                                                                                                              INCORPORATED)

 relevant securities this from relates:

 2.    OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
 Class                Product                    Writing,                       Number                     Exercise             Type                        Expiry

 of
 description
 purchasing,
 of
 price
 date

 relevant
 selling,
 securities
 per unit

 security
 varying etc
 to which

 option

 relates
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -200,000                   100                  American                    18-Dec-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -170,000                   160                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -55,900                    100                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -53,600                    105                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -37,400                    110                  American                    20-Mar-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -29,000                    170                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -22,200                    110                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -11,000                    110                  American                    18-Jun-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -7,100                     105                  American                    20-Mar-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -6,500                     100                  American                    18-Jun-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -2,900                     95                   American                    20-Mar-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -2,500                     115                  American                    18-Jun-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -2,300                     105                  American                    18-Jun-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Purchased                      -2,000                     115                  American                    20-Mar-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Purchased                      2,600                      195                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Purchased                      21,600                     185                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Purchased                      31,100                     190                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -570,172                   138.9757             European                    06-Jul-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -341,130                   145.7435             European                    24-Oct-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -333,243                   141.0187             European                    23-Oct-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -317,375                   163.5057             European                    06-Apr-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -305,529                   143.8098             European                    15-Oct-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -191,840                   150.867              European                    06-Apr-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -177,206                   143.1938             European                    14-Oct-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -157,114                   146.5413             European                    04-Dec-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -120,165                   140.8456             European                    07-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Call Options               Written                        -100,098                   153.1754             European                    15-Apr-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        100                        170                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        1,000                      150                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        2,200                      120                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        2,500                      175                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        2,500                      165                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        2,900                      160                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        4,800                      140                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        5,900                      145                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        9,400                      95                   American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        11,700                     100                  American                    19-Sep-25
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        27,000                     120                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        30,000                     130                  American                    15-Jan-27
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        30,000                     130                  American                    16-Jan-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        70,000                     120                  American                    18-Dec-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        200,000                    135                  American                    18-Dec-26
 USD 0.0001 common    Put Options                Written                        318,300                    140                  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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