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12/09/2017 15:25

RNS Number : 5356Q
BlackRock Group
12 September 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 September 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:
10,588,394
1.51%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00%
199,600
0.02%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
10,588,394
1.51%
199,600
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
Reducing short
45
GBP 1.1698
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
88
GBP 1.1701
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
57
GBP 1.1721
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,097
GBP 1.1731
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
271
GBP 1.1739
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
26
GBP 1.1739
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
34
GBP 1.1743
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
91
GBP 1.1745
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
146
GBP 1.1751
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
32
GBP 1.1757
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
101
GBP 1.1760
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
20
GBP 1.1762
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
14
GBP 1.1764
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
22
GBP 1.1765
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
23
GBP 1.1766
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
86
GBP 1.1770
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
32
GBP 1.1778
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
29
GBP 1.1784
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
28
GBP 1.1794
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
20
GBP 1.1815
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
33
GBP 1.1817
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
34
GBP 1.1822
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
22
GBP 1.1831
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
34
GBP 1.1841
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
22
GBP 1.1841
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
100
GBP 1.1901
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
38
GBP 1.1911
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
15
GBP 1.1917
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
20
GBP 1.1926
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
29
GBP 1.1928
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
26
GBP 1.1971
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
13
GBP 1.2001
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
17
GBP 1.2044
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
12
GBP 1.2064
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
32
GBP 1.2073
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
49
GBP 1.2073
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
36
GBP 1.2101
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
32
GBP 1.2174
2p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
20
GBP 1.2183
(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)
2p ordinary
Transfer Out of Shares
6,119

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 September 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. 
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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