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12/07/2017 15:25

RNS Number : 8885K
BlackRock Group
12 July 2017
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
BlackRock, Inc.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
IP Group plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
11 July 2017
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Yes, Touchstone Innovations plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(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:
2p ordinary
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
10,569,501
1.51%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00%
146,155
0.02%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
10,569,501
1.51%
146,155
0.02%
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit




(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
19
GBP 1.2589
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
152
GBP 1.2609
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
13
GBP 1.2633
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
213
GBP 1.2639
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
45
GBP 1.2641
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
160
GBP 1.2644
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
203
GBP 1.2647
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
170
GBP 1.2664
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
112
GBP 1.2666
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
15
GBP 1.2669
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
37
GBP 1.2682
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
117
GBP 1.2691
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
165
GBP 1.2725
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
65
GBP 1.2729
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
123
GBP 1.2739
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
67
GBP 1.2742
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
68
GBP 1.2742
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
85
GBP 1.2749
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
93
GBP 1.2753
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
56
GBP 1.2753
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
227
GBP 1.2783
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
433
GBP 1.2839
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,103
GBP 1.3049
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.3109
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit








(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit




(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)




4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None.
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None.
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
No
Date of disclosure:
12 July 2017
Contact name:
Andrew Manchester
Telephone number:
+44 20 7743 3650
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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