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RNS Number : 8476T
BlackRock Group
17 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
16 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:
11,140,341
1.59%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00%
187,325
0.02%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
11,140,341
1.59%
187,325
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
48
GBP 1.3631
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
40
GBP 1.3649
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
77
GBP 1.3659
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
48
GBP 1.3679
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
91
GBP 1.3705
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
45
GBP 1.3729
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
128
GBP 1.3775
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
51
GBP 1.3799
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
43
GBP 1.3834
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
27
GBP 1.3872
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
46
GBP 1.3879
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
32
GBP 1.3894
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
28
GBP 1.3899
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
42
GBP 1.3914
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
610
GBP 1.3949
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
37
GBP 1.3953
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
174
GBP 1.3959
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
30
GBP 1.3989
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
47
GBP 1.4002
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
4
GBP 1.4039
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
39
GBP 1.4049
(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
569,831

2p ordinary
Transfer Out of Shares
17,884

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:
17 October 2017
Contact name:
Jana Blumenstein
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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