REG - BlackRock Group IP Group PLC - Form 8.3 Replacement - IP Group Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">IPO.L</Origin>
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BlackRock Group
01 June 2017
FORM 8.3 Amendment
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 30 May 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: 10,212,348* 1.80% 0 0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00% 14,547 0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,212,348* 1.80% 14,547 0.00%
*Amendment to Section 2,a)
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 Form 8 (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 descriptione.g. CFD Nature of dealinge.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 591 GBP 1.3999
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 210 GBP 1.4054
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 2 GBP 1.4119
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 24 GBP 1.4170
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 144 GBP 1.4177
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 79 GBP 1.4181
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 50 GBP 1.4191
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 28 GBP 1.4193
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 78 GBP 1.4199
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 43 GBP 1.4201
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 15 GBP 1.4203
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 71 GBP 1.4206
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 52 GBP 1.4211
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 49 GBP 1.4215
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 42 GBP 1.4226
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 34 GBP 1.4247
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 37 GBP 1.4250
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 16 GBP 1.4251
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 29 GBP 1.4260
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 37 GBP 1.4281
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 27 GBP 1.4284
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 17 GBP 1.4292
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 33 GBP 1.4314
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 18 GBP 1.4319
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 49 GBP 1.4326
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 83 GBP 1.4329
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 23 GBP 1.4332
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 47 GBP 1.4334
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 48 GBP 1.4338
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 16 GBP 1.4343
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 37 GBP 1.4353
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 68 GBP 1.4358
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 39 GBP 1.4370
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 43 GBP 1.4377
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 34 GBP 1.4465
2p ordinary CFD Increasing short 10 GBP 1.4659
(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 Typee.g. American, European etc. Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product descriptione.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 dealinge.g. subscription, conversion Details Price per unit (if applicable)
2p ordinary Transfer In of Shares 50,053
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: 01 June 2017
Contact name: Marc-Oliver Lesch
Telephone number: +44 20 7743 3650
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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