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RNS Number : 4704T
BlackRock Group
12 October 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 October 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%
188,400
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%
188,400
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
118
GBP 1.2949
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
74
GBP 1.2969
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
123
GBP 1.2979
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
84
GBP 1.3069
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
56
GBP 1.3109
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
122
GBP 1.3119
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
123
GBP 1.3131
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
17
GBP 1.3150
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
217
GBP 1.3156
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
56
GBP 1.3180
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
42
GBP 1.3184
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
114
GBP 1.3189
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
84
GBP 1.3203
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
60
GBP 1.3216
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
42
GBP 1.3224
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
36
GBP 1.3224
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,264
GBP 1.3229
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
30
GBP 1.3236
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
107
GBP 1.3237
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
134
GBP 1.3239
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
44
GBP 1.3267
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
60
GBP 1.3273
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
36
GBP 1.3274
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
68
GBP 1.3279
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
53
GBP 1.3289
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
37
GBP 1.3299
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
12
GBP 1.3309
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
58
GBP 1.3329
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
42
GBP 1.3340
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
47
GBP 1.3341
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
44
GBP 1.3348
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
63
GBP 1.3349
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.3364
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
29
GBP 1.3365
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
37
GBP 1.3386
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
49
GBP 1.3388
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
28
GBP 1.3388
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
39
GBP 1.3390
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
18
GBP 1.3397
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
35
GBP 1.3398
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
42
GBP 1.3398
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
148
GBP 1.3399
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
47
GBP 1.3404
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
53
GBP 1.3409
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
49
GBP 1.3412
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
45
GBP 1.3437
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
57
GBP 1.3446
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
26
GBP 1.3483
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
21
GBP 1.3486
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
52
GBP 1.3514
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
79
GBP 1.3516
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
58
GBP 1.3542
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
29
GBP 1.3568
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
104
GBP 1.3576
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
52
GBP 1.3589
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
29
GBP 1.3590
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
126
GBP 1.3615
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
61
GBP 1.3642
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
9
GBP 1.3689
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
204
GBP 1.3707
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
851
GBP 1.3869
(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 In of Shares
8,457

2p ordinary
Transfer In of Shares
9,427

2p ordinary
Transfer Out of Shares
8,457

2p ordinary
Transfer Out of Shares
9,427

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 October 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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